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The Ships-In-Bottles Association of America (S.I.B.A.A.) is one of several affiliated ships-in-bottles associations throughout the world. All share the common goals of promoting the traditional nautical art of building ships-in-bottles through the exchange of ideas, and the hope of advancing the cause of international good will by sharing mutual interests.

While our title indicates that we are an American organization, we have members as far afield as New Zealand, Australia, India, Japan, many European countries, as well as throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Our journal, THE BOTTLE SHIPWRIGHT, is published quarterly and introduces ideas of ship-bottling submitted by our diverse and talented membership. The Journal also contains news of our bi-annual conferences in various parts of the country, competitions and exhibits, articles about bottling ships, photos of member's works, modeling plans and other material related to the art. As a result of the Association many members correspond with one another throughout the world and many new and close friendships have been formed.

We would like to invite you to join us. For more information see our application here. The officers of the SIBAA include:

Title Name Email
President Terry Butler ashiplady@earthlink.net
Vice President Charles Hand
Membership Don Hubbard hubbarddon@aol.com
Treasurer Adam Mello adamelo@calicom.net
Editor Ray Handwerker btlshprt@innet.com
Decals / Patches Ray Handwerker btlshprt@innet.com

Click here to apply for membership to the SIBAA.


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