ALAN BOOT CENG MRINA

Alan Boot is a Chartered Naval Architect with over 25 years of experience in the Marine Industry. Since graduating from Newcastle University in 1999, Alan has worked for a number of companies on projects both in the UK and abroad including Europe, USA and New Zealand.

Companies Alan has worked for include, Green Marine, GURIT, Farr Yacht Design, BMT (Nigel Gee), King Marine, Bavaria Yachts, Land Rover BAR, INEOS Team UK and Artemis Technologies.

Projects range from series production to custom builds with emphasis on design, build support, weights and compliance. Work has included cruising yachts, river boats, commercial craft, search and rescue, round the world racing yachts and America’s Cup Foiling Boats.

Areas of expertise include designing for production, composite material selection and validation, weight calculation and reporting, project management and compliance support. Alan is also passionate about sustainability and is developing that further as a core part of Boot & Co. Naval Architecture.

As part of being a Chartered Naval Architect with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), Alan is a mentor to a number of Graduate Naval Architects and will be visiting universities to present to undergraduates from September 2024 onwards.

Outside of work, Alan is a keen cyclist (with far too many bikes) and when not on a bike can be found out and about with his family and dog.