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2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Blackwell Boatworks

November 23, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Blackwell Boatworks is the eighth of 22 boat builders featured. Stay tuned!

Sponsored by Riggs Yacht Sales.

Amid the age of immediate gratification fostered through blistered fingertips navigating smartphone apps, self-checkouts and next-day deliveries, some things simply cannot be rushed. From master shipwrights working in massive facilities to those covered in dust emerging from makeshift sheds, the expertly crafted sportfish yacht is an amazing pedigree. What follows is a selection of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders.

As seen in our Build Report of the September 2021 edition of InTheBite Magazine—Subscribe Today
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blackwell boatworks

50 Convertible

  • LOA: 50′
  • Splash Date: Fall 2022
  • Beam: 16′ 10″
  • Draft: 4’1″
  • Fuel Capacity: 750 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 145 gal.
  • Engines: (2) CAT C12.9 1,000 HP
  • Stabilizer: Seakeeper 9
  • Genset: CAT 18kW

Notes: Roop Yacht Architecture & Design incorporates foam cored hull sides with Okoume plywood bottom planking and Douglas fir girders and stiffeners.

Click for additional 2021-22 Build Report boats: F&S Boatworks | Jarrett Bay Boatworks | Release Boatworks | Garlington Yachts | Viking Yachts | Albemarle Boats | Willis Marine

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