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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.

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

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: boat building, new boats, sportfisher, Tribute boats

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Jim Smith Tournament Boats

February 24, 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. Jim Smith Tournament Boats is the twentieth 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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Gina Lisa

  • LOA: 86′
  • Beam: 21′9″
  • Draft: 5′10″
  • Displacement: 145,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 3.200 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 500 gal.
  • Engines: mtu M96L, 2,600 HP
  • Stabilizer: Seakeeper 35 HD
  • Genset: (2) Kohler 40kW

Notes: 95′ skybridge Work of Art is under construction. Five stateroom, eight head layout with crew quarters.

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 | Winter Custom Yachts | Merritt’s Boat and Engine Works

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories Tagged With: boat builder, jim smith tournament boats, new boats, sportfishing 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.

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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

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

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.

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

Michael Rybovich & Sons: III Amigos

January 4, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Four generations have persevered in keeping the Rybovich family business afloat and hull #6 built at the Michael Rybovich & Sons yard represents many significances. This functionally luxurious 94-footer is the largest boat ever built by the Rybovich clan and the first to feature an enclosed flybridge.

III Amigos is also the first Rybovich to display a straight-sheer profile since Almar was splashed in 2007 and incorporates design cues from the family’s first naval architect and marine engineer—Dusty Rybovich. Despite the many novelties, III Amigos is a classic Rybovich through and through, retaining a clean foredeck, moderately raked house and cold-molded construction techniques.

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: IIII amigos, michael rybovich and son, new boats, Rybovich, sportfishing boats

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

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Featured Stories Tagged With: blackwell boatworks, boat builder, new boats, north carolina boats

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Willis Marine

November 17, 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. Willis Marine is the seventh 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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Filed Under: Boats, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: boat builder, new boats, sportfishing boats, willis marine

2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Albemarle Boats

November 11, 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. Albemarle Boats is the sixth 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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Filed Under: Boats, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: Albemarle Boats, boat buidling, new boats, sportfishing boats

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