We are excited to announce that Boat Brim signed a licensing deal with Mighty Ventures, Inc. Mighty Ventures are the inventors of the world famous Smartgrip technology, which has been applied to an array of products, namely Mighty Mug which sold more than 3 million units! This deal places the Boat Brim brand and IP in experienced hands, to scale Boat Brim's windproof hat technology to new markets and enterprise partners.
Boat Brim is very thankful to Mighty Ventures for being our wholesale licensing partner, a culmination of years of friendship and collaboration between our two companies. We want to offer our sincerest gratitude to all our customers for your continued support, and stay tuned for Boat Brim coming to a store near you!
Learn more about our journey, success, and wholesale licensing opportunities here. Or email info@boatbrim.com for more information about licensing Boat Brim technology for your product!
]]>Boat Brim is powering into the 2021 boating season at full throttle, with a brand new line of Made in USA trucker hats. These 'Wave' hats fit great, look sleek, and feature a stylized American flag logo. Nothing beats American manufacturing, your purchase directly supports American small businesses and workers.
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So what are you waiting for?! Start your engines, grab the helm, and bring your Boat Brim out on the water for a day of fun (and speed) in the sun. Boat Brim is proud to offer you the world's only windproof Made in USA trucker hat; a perfect fusion of performance and design. Check out the Made in USA Styles Now!
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Boat Brim is the only patented windproof hat technology proven to fit the needs of outdoor sports enthusiasts. We worked hard to secure excellent intellectual property protection. This guarantees that you are wearing the most cutting-edge, high-performance hat on the market. With the granting of two patents in 2019, we have achieved all our early goals and are now turning our focus to wholesale markets.
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We worked hard to secure excellent intellectual property protection, which guarantees that you are wearing the most cutting-edge hat on the market, capable of speeds up to 60+mph! [Utility Patent, Design Patent]
Customers Love Boat Brim
We've sold thousands of first-generation hats to retail customers in our short existence as a company, largely through word of mouth. We recently surveyed our customers about their experience with Boat Brim, and the results speak for themselves: 95% have a positive reaction to Boat Brim, and 98% are likely to use Boat Brim instead of another hat when engaged in outdoor activities such as boating.
Next Steps & Licensing
Since Boat Brim's founding in 2017, our mission was to design and build the best product, test its feasibility with different weather conditions and demographics, and obtain strong IP protection. With the granting of two patents in 2019, we have achieved all our early goals and are now turning our focus to wholesale markets.
This is your chance to ride the wave and make a big splash with Boat Brim. Visit our wholesale page to learn more about licensing opportunities, with exclusive rights to manufacture and sell Boat Brim technology. A Utility Patent with broad claims protection, and a Design Patent with multiple renderings form the core of your protection, as the licensee.
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GearJunkie.com, launched in 2006, is a top online publication for product reviews and news in the outdoors world.
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Here's what Proto Labs hat to say about Boat Brim:
"Nothing says summer at Proto Labs HQ in Minnesota like getting out on the lake for a boat ride. As boaters have been known to experience, losing a hat in the water is a common side effect of high speeds and wind. Boat Brim provides a solution with its molded plastic brim that can be sewn into any standard baseball hat to prevent it from blowing off in 60+ mph winds."
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Hudson River Community Sailing opens many doors, but for these two members, it opened up a whole new world of open ocean sailing.
Mary Rankin, an HRCS member who recently completed her US Sailing Coastal Navigation course at the HRCS Pier 66 Clubhouse over the winter, and Evan Kereiakes, a longtime HRCS member and racing captain recently teamed up to help transit a boat from Bermuda to Connecticut. Along the way, they stopped off at the America’s Cup for the launch of their new windproof hat called the ‘Boat Brim’, which was invented here at HRCS.
Here’s a recap of their story:
Upon arriving in Bermuda mid-day on Wednesday, June 21, the first thing we noticed were the vibrant pastel colors, crisp turquoise waters, and stepped white roofs bestrewed across the island. It was an incredible feeling to step off a quick 90-minute flight from New York City and arrive in the tropical oasis of Bermuda. First stop: customs, where our crew was pulled away to a separate interrogation-style room to be questioned by a customs officer. Why? We all arrived in paradise with one-way tickets and a plan to sail 650 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to Rowayton, Connecticut.
Evan and I are avid sailors with a passion for traveling and exploration. When a family friend was seeking a return crew to sail Cynthia, his 46-foot Grand Soleil, back to our home-town of Rowayton, we didn’t think twice. We were in for the ride because we knew we were ready to utilize our training in navigation and sailing at HRCS and apply it to the open ocean.
First we linked up with our crew at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and shortly found our departure from Bermuda was being pushed back a day due to the remnants of a tropical cyclone dissipating up the Gulf Stream. Blessed with sunshine and blue skies, we spent some extra time exploring the coral beaches and volcanic cliffs that hug the island’s pink shores.
The storm also scored us more time to show our Boat Brim hats to the America’s Cup village where the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup winners were presented their awards (nice win, team UK!). We were surprised by how much better our views of the racing were from our couches at home in comparison to trying to spot the teams on the waters of the actual course. Never the less, it was a sensational feeling to be among the best and fastest sailors in the world.
On Friday morning, our journey back to America began with a beautiful day meandering through the coral alcoves of Bermuda to the open ocean. The captain and boat owner gave us the navigational explanation of our journey and some quick tips of living aboard in the open ocean for a few days.
The seas were to be fairly calm with a steady breeze of 7 to 15 knots for a majority of the trip, though it was projected that we were to hit the tail end of the storm making its way up the Gulf Stream at some point. That night a dense fog set in and for the first time we all felt the aloneness and awe of floating in the middle of the ocean miles away from the nearest boat. It was nice to have a calm start to the journey, though the next few days were shaping up to be a much wilder ride.
I have never been one for sea-sickness on sail boats, and my confidence in my stomach superseded reality. By the second evening, after a few hours of riding the rising waves at sea, extreme nausea and drowsiness struck and I couldn’t help but keep my head down and my eyes fixed to the rolling waves to balance my mind and stomach. With lots of fresh air and an anti-nausea patch stuck behind my right ear, I began to feel more and more accustomed to life at sea.
At night, we would team up in groups of 2 and sail for 4 hour shifts to keep on course. To ensure safety under the pitch-black, twinkling night’s sky, those on night watch harnessed themselves to jack lines strapped up to the foredeck of the boat. These lines deemed themselves necessary when we reached the tail end of the storm in the Gulf. By the third morning Cynthia was surfing 15+ foot waves with 35+ knots of true wind speed. With the jib furled and the mainsail reefed twice, the boat was riding a heavy heal and often banging its hull while riding wave after wave. At the height of the storm, a wave broke over the beam of the boat and gallons of water poured into the cockpit and cabin. That was a soggy wake-up call!
The storm dissipated by the third evening, the seas calmed and we were able to enjoy a beautiful sunset and begin to cover lost ground by motor sailing. Our last full day at sea came with equally calm waters and a dazzling sighting of dolphins. They swarmed the bow and dance through the water inches in front of the boat. It was a magical sight and a comfortable feeling to know there was life out there – besides the passing speck of a cruise ship or tanker ship spotted miles away.
The fourth night came with some more unique challenges as Evan stayed up on watch duty approaching the busy commercial waterways leading into New York City. It’s amazing how small you feel while taking bearings to avoid the crowd of tankers and cruise ships fast approaching at night.
Rounding Montauk point at sunrise was another beautiful sight, and then as soon as the trip began, it was all over as a US Customs agent greeted us at the dock in Connecticut to check our passports and allow us to step onto US soil.
This trip was an amazing opportunity to utilize the skills and friendships we’ve built here at HRCS for a successful ocean journey. The memories will last a lifetime and our Boat Brim hats are now proven to work beautifully in open ocean conditions. Thanks for reading our story and please contact us at info@boatbrim.com or check out our website to buy a brand new windproof hat!