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Audio blogs, video presentations, and written research from Phillips Boatworks.

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Jay Phillips, FounderOctober 26, 2026

Doing More With Less: What Economics Teaches About the Next Boats on the Sound

The container box, the jumbo jet, the LED bulb and Stockholm's electric foiling ferry all moved the whole curve out. What that means for passenger boats on the Pamlico Sound.

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Jay Phillips, FounderOctober 25, 2026

What It Costs When NC-12 Is Closed

Sixteen days without visitors in six weeks: about $12.4 million in visitor spending, $2.8 million in wages and $880,000 in state and local taxes, and who carries those losses.

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Jay Phillips, FounderOctober 25, 2026

Move People, Not Cars: Dare County Park-and-Ride Shows How Passenger Service Works

Starting October 26, emergency ferry passengers can park at Stumpy Point or Rodanthe, walk on, skip the vehicle line, and ride a county shuttle. Why that matters for passenger service across the Pamlico Sound.

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Jay Phillips, FounderOctober 24, 2026

What Do You Do When You Get There? Getting Around Hatteras Without Your Car

A passenger ferry only helps if there is a way to get around once you step off the boat. Who might ride, rides at both ends of the Sound, what NCDOT found at Vandemere, and what this month's NC-12 closure showed. Ends with a 60-second rider survey.

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Jay Phillips, FounderSeptember 30, 2026

Why We Start With a Test Boat

Forty years on the water, a lot of carbon and prepreg, and one simple lesson about connecting the Inner and Outer Banks: before locking in a design, prove it with a test boat on the Pamlico Sound.

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Video Presentations

Video PresentationMay 17, 2026
Community College Innovation Challenge
The CCIC is an Annual challenge for community college students to show the National Science Foundation, select Federal and State Lawmaker, and National Community College Association their ideas for changing the World. Electric Foiling Ferry tech is a real thing progressively gaining traction around the World right now, because the technology suite that allows it to happen, was never before so perfectly aligned.
Video PresentationMay 17, 2026
Pamlico Foiling Ferry Project Chalk Talk
This brief dials in on the subject of Electric Foiling Passenger Technology and how, like AI, computers, email, and motor vehicles revolutionized how the World does things. Enjoy!
Video PresentationMay 17, 2026
Hatteras Sailing 2025 Impact Presentation part 1
Hatteras Sailing is the non profit maritime educational program chaired by PamliEcoConnect's CEO Jay Phillips. The Sailing Center in Buxton is an important possible node in the Passenger route and the Passenger Service in turn would benefit the Junior Sailing, Maritime Heritage and Educational Programs on site, and make for a very wonderful point of interest for Hatteras Island/Buxton Visitors coming in on the Ferry. The Sailing Center and future Maritime Training Facility are also really timely investment opportunities, but held by different entities. Making the facility part of PamliEcoConnect is not out of the question though.
Video PresentationMay 17, 2026
Welcome to PamliEcoConnect from our Spokesperson Katie
From ground zero at the tip of Cape Hatteras in front of the Buxton Motel, Katie brings you our PamliEcoConnect concept. While our local and state government are responsive, it is usually due to growing outrage that something was not done sooner. We would love to skip the outrage stage and pitch in our hat for a little forethought. 20 plus homes were washed into the Atlantic this past off season and there is little barrier left between the Ocean and HWY 12, which is the connector for Ferry access to Ocracoke and the car ferrys to the mainland through Ocracoke. When, not if, this access is washed out, the current transportation methods will not be sufficient. The current connection routes from the mainland through Ocracoke, to Hatteras take a total of about 6 to 7 hours, in slow season. Getting a head start building high speed, smooth and cost effective passenger services is something that will be a blessing to the local communities and make visitor access to the most remote Islands of Hatteras and Ocracoke much more feasible.

Audio Blogs

Audio BlogMay 17, 2026
Executive Order - Restoring Americas Maritime Dominance
Early in term 2, President Trump signed an Executive Order with the mission of restoring american maritime dominance. This is now starting to take effect in many ways to help nurture maritime resilience, technology, science, and manufacturing. Dig in to see what the various federal agencies are about to unleash!
Audio BlogMay 17, 2026
Blue Economy Distinction is on target for the PamliEcoConnect product
Learn more about the economic incentives that open up when a business is approved for the Blue Economy Corridor Program
Audio BlogMay 17, 2026
Passenger Vessel Regulations part 2
More deep diving into the regulations and how they pertain to PamliEcoConnect's technology
Audio BlogMay 17, 2026
USCG Passenger Vessel Regulations Part 1
Obtaining the Certificate of Inspection for Innovative Technology is a bit different than just the normal, already strict, process for normal vessels. We did a deep dive in to how the rules relate to our technology and how they are actually keeping foriegn manufacturers at bay. US Manufactured vessels have some great business advantages over foriegn built boats.
Audio BlogMay 17, 2026
Harbor Town - Tackling skepticism head on...
Albemarle Sound venture Harbortown took in grants for over $15M to fund 2 fast passenger ferry's to connect communities on the Albemarle Sound. While Infrastructure was established with the funding, the boats that were built did not work as desired. Technology at the time of project inception was not quite ready yet, but now it is! The mission is still as valid as ever, just having the right boat design can not be under emphasized.

Written Research

Written ResearchSep 25, 2026
Vandemere Feasibility Study
NCDOT Sponsored Collaborative Study about a Passenger Service from Vandemere to Ocracoke.
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Written ResearchSep 25, 2026
Pamlico County Ammenities
Pamlico County Ammenities
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Written ResearchSep 25, 2026
Pamlico County Incentive Policy
Pamlico County Board of Commissioners Incentive Policy
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Written ResearchSep 25, 2026
Vandemere Pamlico County NCDOT Study
Ferry Terminal in Vandemere Study
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Written ResearchMay 17, 2026
Blue Economy Standards Overview
Learn about NC Blue Economy Standards and qualifications
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Written ResearchMay 17, 2026
Chesapeake Bay Passenger Ferry Full Final Plan
The indepth Chesapeake Feasibility Plan.
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Written ResearchMay 17, 2026
Chesapeake Passenger Ferry Feasibility Exec Summary
Already deemed feasible and desirable, the Chesapeake Bay syndicate known as the Chesapeake Bay Passenger Ferry Initiative, is already recieving millions in funding to push forward with electric fast ferry implementation. Their due diligence speaks volumes to validate PamliEcoConnect products. This is a bid that would significantly improve the already good financials, should PamliEcoConnect be able to win it.
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Written ResearchMay 2, 2026
Lessons from the Albemarle Sound: How Phillips Boatworks Avoids the Harbor Towns Mistakes
A management analysis of the $15M Harbor Towns ferry project failure—covering infrastructure gaps, governance breakdowns, and mission drift—and the strategic safeguards Phillips Boatworks has built to prevent repeating those errors.
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Written ResearchMar 28, 2026
Vandemere Community Roundtable Explores Pamlico Sound Passenger Service with PamliEcoConnect
Vandemere Mayor Sandra Snipes and Pamlico Economic Development Director Beth Bucksot hosted the Annual Vandemere Community Roundtable on March 28, 2026 — inviting PamliEcoConnect to present a vision for electric passenger service connecting the Triangle to Ocracoke via the Pamlico Sound.
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