Starcraft Marine’s Starcraft ‘57 Ski Champ won a Metstrade Boat Builder Award in Amsterdam during the 2025 show in November. The company won the “Collaborative Solution between a Builder and its Supply Chain Partner” award for its partnership with Uflex USA, Axium Group, Rollie Williams and Williamsburg Marine on the ‘57 Ski Champ model.
“The ‘57 project was an incredible collaborative success that involved our long-term employees, Josh Drudge, our valued vendors and my great-grandfather’s design,” says Smoker Craft’s Nate Barrett. “We are excited to see it come full circle and win an award so many years later.”
The judges of the award said: “Against such a commendable field of finalists in this category with technologically advanced collaborations, the judges chose arguably the simplest boat entered. To understand why, look at the number of bespoke parts created by Starcraft’s suppliers to recreate this top-selling model from the 1950s, in a pitch to mirror the upsurge of interest in all things vintage. Thanks to tight collaboration and cost controls, the ‘57 Ski Champ was resurrected for the 21st Century with a price tag under $20,000.”
For more information, visit starcraftmarine.com/57SkiChamp.
