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

April 8, 2022 By InTheBite Editor

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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Filed Under: Boats, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat refit, boston whaler, inshore fishing, resplash, ribside

Advanced Boat Building

March 23, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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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Filed Under: Boats, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat builder, boat building, boats, new boats

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Scarborough Boatworks

March 10, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: boat builder, boat design, new boat, scarborough boatworks

How Aesthetics Will Save the American Sportfishing Industry

March 1, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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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Filed Under: Boats, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat design, boat interior, boat interior design, boats

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Winter Custom Yachts

February 11, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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

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

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

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: 2022 boats, boat builder, new boats, sportfishing boat, winter custom yachts

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Maverick

February 3, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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.

maverick

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

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat builder, maverick sportfish, new boats, sportfisher

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Michael Rybovich & Sons

January 27, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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

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

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

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: iii amigos, michael rybovich, michael rybovich and sons, sportfishing boat, Yacht

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Hatteras Yachts

January 21, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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

hatteras yachts

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

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: Hatteras Yachts, new boat, sportfisher, sportfishing boat, Yacht

Speed—A Highly Desired Commodity

January 10, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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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Filed Under: Boats, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat maintenance, boat performance, boat speed, sportfishing boat

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Weaver Boatworks

January 6, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat builder, new boats, sportfishing boat, Weaver Boatworks

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