Sorry I am a little late to the party, I've been pretty busy and haven't sat down to take care of this and I apologize...
With that out of the way, it’s time to nominate 2025 splashes for the 2025 Resto Forum Splash of the Year!
Use this thread to nominate members who have splashed in 2025 (along with a link).
I’ll PM the nominee for his/her acceptance and their acknowledgement of the rules.
The nomination period will close on Feb 28th at midnight eastern standard time.
A voting topic will then be started and is to run March 1st - 21st, 2026.
MOD DRAFTED RULES:
Conditions:
1: Restoration, rebuild, redo, rehab or re-worked project must have been well documented @ iboats forums. With good reference text and pix posts.
2; Nominated member must have been active prior to the nominations starting AND be willing to commit to being active after winning PLUS agree to return and help manage next years SOTY process including paying for the next year's winner plates and plaque shipping.
3: It will NOT be an iboats sponsored award.
4: Members MUST have 5 posts to vote in the SOTY poll. The Mod/admin team can and will look into voting irregularities, and has had to in the past.
5: This is not a popularity contest. It is stipulated that if you had a good buddy help on a resto, encourage him to join (the iboats community) and vote. But not every random person (who you likely don't even know) who reads your posts on Facebook should be joining solely to vote. It will further be stipulated that ballot box stuffing, as deemed by the Mod team and iboats admins, will be dealt with. This includes removal of a nominated boat from consideration plus possible banning of the nominated member for unsportsmanlike conduct not in the spirit of the award.
6: This is a nomination, voting and award by members: fellow peers here at iboats, that have followed a resto, probably assisted at some point along the way and want to recognize your hard work and dedication to completing your resto. Again, not a popularity contest open to voting for everyone that works where you do, the dominoes, square dancing or hockey group you're a member of or open to all your Facebook, Twitter or other social media "friends ".
7: No 'self' nominated boats, boats must be nominated by another member.
8: Again, as noted above, this is NOT an iboats sponsored award or poll, and there should be no expectations otherwise.
9: SOTY winners may be contacted by iboats admin or corporate staff to possibly be featured in a newsletter at some future date. This is not an endorsement (paid or otherwise) of the boat or owner by iboats. It should be a badge of pride to have been nominated, and is a great honor to be voted the (14th annual) " Starmada Splash of the Year 2026 winner ".. Or the 10th annual "Restoration Forum Splash Of The Year 2026 winner".
10. The nomination, win and plaque are the ONLY recognition or award. There is no award or prize of any kind from iboats.
Please post your nominations in this thread and paste a link to the owners rebuild thread. Please don’t include pictures in this nominations thread. I will contact each of the nominees by Private Message to confirm that they wish to be entered in the award contest. I will add their info by updating this top-of-the-page post. Nominations up to a maximum of 10 will be accepted until midnight EST Feb. 28th, 2026.
After Feb 28, 2026, a new voting thread will be created that will show all nominees and a link to their rebuild thread for your review. As in past years, I expect that 1 or 2 pictures of each entry will be included in the voting thread, usually a before and after shot. You will be permitted one vote for your favorite boat that was splashed in either forum in 2025. Voting will end at midnight EST March 21st, 2026.
Good Luck to all those nominated!
With that out of the way, it’s time to nominate 2025 splashes for the 2025 Resto Forum Splash of the Year!
Use this thread to nominate members who have splashed in 2025 (along with a link).
I’ll PM the nominee for his/her acceptance and their acknowledgement of the rules.
The nomination period will close on Feb 28th at midnight eastern standard time.
A voting topic will then be started and is to run March 1st - 21st, 2026.
MOD DRAFTED RULES:
Conditions:
1: Restoration, rebuild, redo, rehab or re-worked project must have been well documented @ iboats forums. With good reference text and pix posts.
2; Nominated member must have been active prior to the nominations starting AND be willing to commit to being active after winning PLUS agree to return and help manage next years SOTY process including paying for the next year's winner plates and plaque shipping.
3: It will NOT be an iboats sponsored award.
4: Members MUST have 5 posts to vote in the SOTY poll. The Mod/admin team can and will look into voting irregularities, and has had to in the past.
5: This is not a popularity contest. It is stipulated that if you had a good buddy help on a resto, encourage him to join (the iboats community) and vote. But not every random person (who you likely don't even know) who reads your posts on Facebook should be joining solely to vote. It will further be stipulated that ballot box stuffing, as deemed by the Mod team and iboats admins, will be dealt with. This includes removal of a nominated boat from consideration plus possible banning of the nominated member for unsportsmanlike conduct not in the spirit of the award.
6: This is a nomination, voting and award by members: fellow peers here at iboats, that have followed a resto, probably assisted at some point along the way and want to recognize your hard work and dedication to completing your resto. Again, not a popularity contest open to voting for everyone that works where you do, the dominoes, square dancing or hockey group you're a member of or open to all your Facebook, Twitter or other social media "friends ".
7: No 'self' nominated boats, boats must be nominated by another member.
8: Again, as noted above, this is NOT an iboats sponsored award or poll, and there should be no expectations otherwise.
9: SOTY winners may be contacted by iboats admin or corporate staff to possibly be featured in a newsletter at some future date. This is not an endorsement (paid or otherwise) of the boat or owner by iboats. It should be a badge of pride to have been nominated, and is a great honor to be voted the (14th annual) " Starmada Splash of the Year 2026 winner ".. Or the 10th annual "Restoration Forum Splash Of The Year 2026 winner".
10. The nomination, win and plaque are the ONLY recognition or award. There is no award or prize of any kind from iboats.
Please post your nominations in this thread and paste a link to the owners rebuild thread. Please don’t include pictures in this nominations thread. I will contact each of the nominees by Private Message to confirm that they wish to be entered in the award contest. I will add their info by updating this top-of-the-page post. Nominations up to a maximum of 10 will be accepted until midnight EST Feb. 28th, 2026.
After Feb 28, 2026, a new voting thread will be created that will show all nominees and a link to their rebuild thread for your review. As in past years, I expect that 1 or 2 pictures of each entry will be included in the voting thread, usually a before and after shot. You will be permitted one vote for your favorite boat that was splashed in either forum in 2025. Voting will end at midnight EST March 21st, 2026.
Good Luck to all those nominated!
