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Hull Forms—What’s the Difference?

May 26, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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By Christopher Swanhart

Walking the docks of any boat show, you’ll see a plethora of boats. Our industry is filled with use-driven designs—motor yachts, expedition yachts, high-speed center consoles, low speed trawlers, the list goes on, including one of my favorites, sportfishing yachts.

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Filed Under: Boats, Design, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat building, boat hull, fishing boat, sportfisher

Advanced Boat Building

March 23, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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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: Tribute Boats

March 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. Tribute Boats is the twenty-first 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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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: boat building, new boats, sportfisher, Tribute boats

71 Garlington Miss Behavin: An Inside Look ▶️

March 2, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Owner David Finkelstein takes us on a tour of his new 71′ Garlington Miss Behavin. Ask anyone who has taken delivery of a new sportfishing boat similar to the 71-foot Garlington Miss Behavin and it’s not uncommon for little nuances to surface during the initial “shakedown” period. For Miss Behavin, the shakedown was a 1,900-mile journey from builder Garlington Landeweer’s factory in Stuart, Florida to Los Sueños Marina in Costa Rica.

 

This video is brought to you by Maho Apparel and Promotions

Filed Under: Boats, Dock Talk, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat building, boat tour, garlington, miss behavin, new boat

To Refit or Not to Refit, Now That’s the Question

February 7, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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Photo: Jarrett Bay Boatworks

By Capt. Ken Kreisler

With apologies to Shakespeare and his melancholy Danish prince—neither of whom were ever boaters—this still seems to be a fitting title for assisting in making the right decisions for your boat refit.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Boats, Featured Stories, Maintenance Tagged With: boat building, boat refit, boat repairs, refurbished boat

Remembering Viking Yachts Co-Founder Robert T. Healey Sr. (1929-2021)

December 14, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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New Gretna, New Jersey, December 14, 2021—Robert T. Healey Sr., the co-founder of the Viking Yacht Company who helped build the company into an industry leader and led the fight that repealed the Federal Luxury Tax on yachts in the early 1990s, passed away last week at the age of 92. “My father was a true leader, and his vision will always guide us,” said his son, Robert Healey Jr.

“He believed that the people around him – his family, friends and employees – lifted him to success and it was his obligation to leave the world a better place.” Bob Healey Sr. and his brother Bill established Viking Yachts in 1964, and the company went on to become the largest manufacturer of sport fishing yachts in the world. But that success may have never been achieved without the determination and perseverance of Bob Healey.

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News, People, Press Releases Tagged With: boat builder, boat building, robert healey, Viking Yachts

​​Galati Yacht Sales Expands Operations to the West Coast

October 12, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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Galati Yachts Sales expands to West Coast by Assuming the Viking® Yachts and Valhalla Boatworks® Brands from Stan Miller Yachts. Pictured here are a Viking Yachts 80 Skybridge and Valhalla Boatworks v-41 in Cabo, Mexico

Anna Maria, Fla. – Oct. 11, 2021—Galati Yacht Sales (GYS), one of the largest privately held yacht dealerships in the world, will be assuming the Viking® Yachts and Valhalla® Brands from Stan Miller Yachts, the current authorized Viking Yachts and Valhalla dealer on the West Coast.

This acquisition expands Galati Yacht Sales’ current operations to 15 locations serving the entire Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Texas), Mexico and Costa Rica to the Western U.S., including California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. With the acquisition, GYS brings their award-winning, customer-centric, Viking Yachts, Valhalla Boatworks and worldwide brokerage programs to the West Coast.

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Filed Under: Boats, Brokerage, Builders, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: boat building, Galati Yacht Sales, valhalla yacht, Viking Yachts

IBEX Announces Winners of the 2021 Innovation Awards

September 28, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

 

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Fourteen products were recognized during the Industry Breakfast and Awards Ceremony

Tampa, FL, Sept 2, 2021—The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) announced today the winners of the IBEX Innovation Awards for the 30th Anniversary Show. The program was managed by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and judged by Boating Writers International (BWI). The judges selected 11 Innovation Award winners and three honorable mentions among dozens of entries submitted by marine trade companies. Awards were presented during the annual Industry Breakfast, Keynote, and Innovation Awards presentation, held Tuesday, September 28, 2021, from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, 4th floor Tampa Bay Ballroom. All products submitted to the IBEX Innovation Awards will be displayed along Innovation Way located on the 2nd floor of the Tampa Convention Center throughout the Show.

The winners of the 2021 IBEX Innovation Awards are:
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Filed Under: Boats, Fishing, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: boat building, deck equipment, ibex, ibex 2021, marine electronics

Bayliss 67’ Overtime Hull 28 Flip

March 17, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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Photo courtesy Bayliss Boatworks

Baylliss Boatworks, Wednesday, March 17, 2021—Overtime, the newest 67-foot vessel by Bayliss Boatworks, is sitting right side up after a successful hull flip earlier this month. Construction began on Overtime last summer and is expected to be delivered to its owners in early 2022. Like all Bayliss Boatworks builds, she is designed and custom-built to fish as effectively as possible.

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, General News, News Tagged With: Bayliss Boatworks, boat building, hull flip, new boat

Jarrett Bay Boatworks 84’ Reel Development

February 18, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Photo courtesy Jarrett Bay Boatworks/Luke Pearson

Demonstrating what a truly custom boat building experience is all about, Jarrett Bay Boatworks recently delivered their second-largest build to date. Eclipsed only by the 90-foot Jaruco, the 84-foot open bridge convertible Reel Development represents the next evolution in lavish game boats destined for extensive travel and tournament wins.

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat building, boat splash, Jarrett Bay, new boat, reel development

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