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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

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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

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

Walkthrough of the 78’ Michael Rybovich and Sons Persistence

February 20, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

Rybovich 78' cockpit

Photo courtesy Michael Rybovich & Sons

Builder Michael Rybovich gives InTheBite a full interview walkthrough of the beautifully crafted 78’ Michael Rybovich and Sons Persistence.

 

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Dock Talk, Featured Stories, News, Splash Reports Tagged With: 78' Michael Rybovich, boat walkthrough, michael rybovich, MTU, Persistence, Rybovich, rybovich and sons, Video

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