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A Classic 49-Year-Old Ribside Whaler is Given New Life

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the new boat after the refit

By Captain Stephen Rhodes

Having myself owned a classic 13-foot Boston Whaler as a teenager, since becoming a father it has been my dream to restore a Whaler for my own sons as they enter their teenage years. Our offshore boat is a custom 35 Henriques Express, Legacy. Like many other offshore fishermen, I wanted an inshore boat for flats fishing, tubing, water skiing and other adventures that are not feasible on a twin diesel sportfisherman. Beyond the fishing and boating applications, I knew from experience the many lessons that restoring a boat can impart to the boys.

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Advanced Boat Building

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boat building

Photo: Chris Rabil

By Christopher Swanhart

The construction of marine vessels has long relied on multiple kinds of materials. Starting with wood, other techniques developed and continue to evolve including steel, aluminum, fiberglass, high tech foam cores, exotics like carbon fiber, and…wood. The sportfishing world employs many of these for different reasons. This discussion is centric to higher performance planing hulls, so we’ll examine wood and various composites, metal doesn’t make sense for this segment. Like they say, there’s more than one way to skin a cat.

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2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Scarborough Boatworks

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Scarborough Boatworks is the final builder of 22 boat builders featured. Check out the rest of the builders below!

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.

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How Aesthetics Will Save the American Sportfishing Industry

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boat interior design aesthetics

By Patrick Knowles 

Imagine a time of consistent and identifiable customers who kept your order books, and the shipyards, filled to maximum capacity. An industry where business flows in as steadily as the tides. This was the state of the U.S. marine industry three decades ago upon my entry as an American yacht designer. The client base was well-grounded, stable and secure.

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2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Winter Custom Yachts

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Winter Custom Yachts is the eighteenth 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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51 Walkaround

  • Splash Date: 2022
  • LOA: 51’2″
  • Beam: 14′8″
  • Draft: 2′10″
  • Displacement: 37,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 1,200 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 150 gal.
  • Engines: (4) Mercury 600 HP
  • Stabilizer: Seakeeper 6
  • Genset: Kohler 16kW

Notes: New 63′ Jesse Rhodes design on the drawing board.

Click for additional 2021-22 Build Report boats: F&S Boatworks | Jarrett Bay Boatworks | Release Boatworks | Garlington Yachts | Viking Yachts | Albemarle Boats | Willis Marine | Blackwell Boatworks | Titan Custom Yachts | Vilano Boatworks | Bayliss Boatworks | Duffie Boatworks | Weaver Boatworks | Gamerfisherman | Hatteras Yachts | Michael Rybovich & Sons | Maverick

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Maverick

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Maverick is the seventeenth 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

Don’t forget to join our enews list for the latest sportfishing coverage.

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45 Convertible

  • Splash Date: 2022
  • LOA: 45′
  • Beam: 14′
  • Draft: 3′
  • Displacement: 28,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 600 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 120 gal.

Notes: Current builds also include a 45′ sport coupe with marlin tower and 39′ walkaround with triple Mercury Verados.

Click for additional 2021-22 Build Report boats: F&S Boatworks | Jarrett Bay Boatworks | Release Boatworks | Garlington Yachts | Viking Yachts | Albemarle Boats | Willis Marine | Blackwell Boatworks | Titan Custom Yachts | Vilano Boatworks | Bayliss Boatworks | Duffie Boatworks | Weaver Boatworks | Gamerfisherman | Hatteras Yachts | Michael Rybovich & Sons

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Michael Rybovich & Sons

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Michael Rybovich & Sons is the fifteenth 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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Hull #6 III Amigos

  • Splash Date: August 2021
  • LOA: 94′
  • Beam: 22′
  • Draft: 5′
  • Displacement: 165,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 4,400 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 600 gal.
  • Engines: (2) mtu M96L 2,600HP
  • Stabilizer: Seakeeper 35
  • Genset: (2) Kohler 40kW

Hull #7

  • LOA: 82′
  • Beam: 21’6″
  • Draft: 5’4″
  • Displacement: 120,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 3,515 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 500 gal.
  • Engines: (2) mtu M96L 2,600 HP
  • Genset: (2) Onan 29kW

Click for additional 2021-22 Build Report boats: F&S Boatworks | Jarrett Bay Boatworks | Release Boatworks | Garlington Yachts | Viking Yachts | Albemarle Boats | Willis Marine | Blackwell Boatworks | Titan Custom Yachts | Vilano Boatworks | Bayliss Boatworks | Duffie Boatworks | Weaver Boatworks | Gamerfisherman | Hatteras Yachts

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Hatteras Yachts

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Hatteras Yachts is the fifteenth 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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War Bird

  • Splash Date: June 2021
  • LOA: 65′ 2″
  • Beam: 20″
  • Draft: 5″
  • Displacement: 103,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 2,500 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 270 gal.
  • Engines: (2) CAT C32-A 1,900 HP
  • Stabilizer: (2) Seakeeper 9
  • Genset: (2) Kohler 24kW

Notes: War Bird features additional twin fuel tanks beneath the cockpit sole in lieu of standard in deck fishboxes.

Click for additional 2021-22 Build Report boats: F&S Boatworks | Jarrett Bay Boatworks | Release Boatworks | Garlington Yachts | Viking Yachts | Albemarle Boats | Willis Marine | Blackwell Boatworks | Titan Custom Yachts | Vilano Boatworks | Bayliss Boatworks | Duffie Boatworks | Weaver Boatworks | Gamerfisherman

Speed—A Highly Desired Commodity

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testing boat speed on the waterBy Christopher Swanhart

We all strive for it from a very young age, we try to run faster, or skate faster, or have the fastest bike. And in our industry, this trend continues with us as adults. Speed on the water has always been desired. Be it to stay away from danger, or to have a military advantage, there are benefits to going fast. If nothing else, it sure is exhilarating.

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2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Weaver Boatworks

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Weaver Boatworks is the thirteenth 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.

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