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2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Vilano Boatworks

December 8, 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. Vilano Boatworks is the tenth of 22 boat builders featured, and the St. Augustine based boat builder has partnered with DH Yacht Sales as their exclusive listing and brokerage company.

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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vilano boatworks

Hull #1

  • Splash Date: Late 2022
  • LOA: 65′
  • Beam: 19′
  • Draft: 5′ 5″
  • Displacement: 90,000 lb.
  • Fuel Capacity: 2,100 gal.
  • Water Capacity: 350 gal.
  • Engines: CAT C32B 2,400 HP
  • Stabilizer: Seakeeper 16
  • Genset: (2) CAT 21kW

Notes: Hull #2 will be a 65’ convertible with three stateroom, three head layout.

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

Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories, Splash Reports Tagged With: boat builder, Offshore Fishing, sportfishing boat, vilano boatworks

DH Yacht Sales and Vilano Boatworks Announce Exclusive Partnership

July 13, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Million dollar luxury fishing boat crashing through the ocean off the coast of South Carolina.

DH Yachts Sales and Vilano Boatworks, both headquartered in Florida, have developed a partnership that establishes DH Yacht Sales as the exclusive listing and brokerage company for the custom sportfish boat builder. 

Vilano Boatworks is bringing something different to the boating world in the form of a new 65′ Sportfish with design and engineering by in-house Naval Architect Erwin Gerards. The jig-built composite boat features Caterpillar engines and has a projected splash date of May 2022. Performance will be in the 40kt cruise with a top speed approaching 50kts.

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Filed Under: Boats, Brokerage, Builders, General News, News Tagged With: boat builder, boat sales, dh yacht sales, vilano boatworks

Vilano Boatworks Introduces a New 65 Sportfish

December 17, 2020 By InTheBite Digital Editor

65 VILANO Profile

Image courtesy Vilano Boatworks

Vilano Boatworks, a custom Sportfish builder based out of St. Augustine, Florida, is bringing something new to the boating world with in the form of a new 65′ sportfish with design and engineering by in-house Naval Architect Erwin Gerards.

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, News Tagged With: 65 sportfish, frontrunner boats, new boat, sportfishing boat, vilano boatworks

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