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MARCH 2020 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF {Volume 19, Edition 2} Elliott Stark

CONTRIBUTORS Ric Burnley Kevin Deerman Dave Ferrell Jan Fogt Mark Johnston Steven Katz Charlie Levine Scott Murie Alexandra Stark Capt. Jeff Waxman

COPY EDITORS Amy Foderaro 26 36 Linda Wills DIGITAL EDITOR Nichole Osinski

MARKETING DIRECTOR Don Urschalitz

ART DIRECTOR Ron Romano

PHOTOGRAPHY Pepper Ailor Leonard Bryant Richard Gibson Scott Kerrigan 44 58 Jessica Haydahl Richardson

Get Social With Us! VIDEO Departments Features Neilson Paty 12 Coconut Telegraph ADVERTISING 26 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME, PART II [email protected] 14 Reel Social Ph: 561-529-3940 16 Tackle Tips First Builds that Made Their Mark SUBSCRIPTIONS 18 A Day In The Life on Boating History For a one year subscription 20 Splash Report by Dave Ferrell (8 issues), send a check or 24 Center Point money order for $24.00 to inthebite.com 60 Little Bites 36 THE BOATS OF 2030 342 Toney Penna Drive, Suite #5 64 The Winner's Circle Jupiter, Florida 33458 by Elliott Stark Ph: 561-529-3940 In Every Issue 44 IT’S A SHARK, DAMNIT SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES 66 Tournament Results Amy Foderaro by Winslow Taylor Ph: 561-529-3940 73 Classifieds [email protected] 76 Marine Service Directory 54 YOUNG GUNGS 82 Bitter End Capt. Kyle Peet Editorial by Charlie Levine 8 Editor's Letter 58 OLD SALTS RULE Lily Wills 10 Two Minute Warning InTheBite Magazine is published eight times Capt. Gary Stuve a year (Jan/Feb, March, April/May, June, 68 Stern Advice July/Aug, Sept, Oct/Nov, Dec) with an 70 On The Docks by Ric Burnley annual subscription rate of $24.00 by InTheBite, 342 Toney Penna Drive, Suite #5, Jupiter, Florida 33458. Our Mission ON THE COVER: “Does this count InTheBite, founded in 2002, is the source for substance and authentic content for InTheBite.com is not responsible for any injury or for a release? How many points damage received as a result of any technical information the serous offshore sportfishing community. We are the curator of industry trends, or advice given herein. The contents presented herein do we get for the tail?” George boatbuilding, ownership, lifestyle, crew, employment, tournaments and more. We do not necessarily represent the views of InTheBite.com Robinson with all that is left of provide access to the highest level of sportfishing across a variety of media channels and Unplugged magazine LLC. Any reproduction of the materials published herein without written permission from a sailfish caught, and sharked, – print magazine, website, video and social media platforms. If you like sportfishing, during the 2020 Buccaneer Cup. InTheBite.com LLC is prohibited. you’ll love InTheBite – we guarantee it. Copyright 2019©

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1901_SEAKEEPER_full.indd 84 12/12/19 3:44 PM e d i t o r ’s l e t t e r The Past, the Future and Sharks… his issue has been a fun one to work on. It Tincludes an interesting mix of topics. We’ve included a bit of nostalgia in the “Feels Like the First Time, Part II.” In this feature, Dave Ferrell chronicles the first builds of Roy Merritt, Paul Spencer, Ritchie Howell, and Joe Neber, the owner of Contender Boats. It is always interesting to probe the minds of the men whose work has influenced and shaped the landscape. Did you know that the foundations of two of the sportfishing’s preeminent builders can be traced to a conversation between two North Carolina charter captains? It’s true, just ask Ritchie Howell and Paul Spencer. You can ask them, or you can read the article… The story of Merritt Boats is one that parallels the development of offshore sportfishing. To provide context to that claim, check out the Old Salts profile of Capt. Gary Stuve. Stuve, 77, has run his share of Merritt boats and has been involved with the team for decades. He travelled all over the place and has been waylaying blue marlin and gi- ant tuna since he was in high school. Were he not such an interesting and nice guy (when he was young, all he wanted to do was “catch tuna all day and drink and arm wrestle and fight all night”—Gary’s words— he’s a legend), the lead up to the article was that his first captain’s job was running a Merritt for none other than Jack Nicklaus. To match our peek in the rearview, we’ve put on the Miss Cleo hat to give our best approximation as to what the future of sportfishing boats might look like. If you guessed it might include boats that you can monitor on your phone, vessels that can dock themselves, and a Not everyone may own a Jarrett Bay, world where years of research and development on alternative propul- but all are welcome for a stay. sion strategies began to pay dividends, you might not be far off. We’ve A company forged from a hands-on passion for boat talked with some of the best and brightest from five industry leading building has risen to an elite level of craftsmanship and brands across the sportfishing spectrum. The results of these conversa- service. Founded in 1986 to build a rock-solid charter tions make the immediate future sound pretty wonderful. sportfishing boat, today the Jarrett Bay yard has grown to And if all of the look into the past and the future weren’t enough a vast complex capable of servicing vessels up to 300 tons. for you, we also decided to take a bite out of something that is eating Motoryacht, sportfish or workboat, from routine service to at the present of the sportfishing, too. Sharks. These hungry bastards, sophisticated refits, we have the equipment and expertise compelled by the most pressing and unavoidable of biological urges, are to complete your project to world-class standards. chomping sailfish and cobia in Florida, all the bigeye and yellowfin they can eat in North Carolina, and plenty of marlin around the world too. Your project deserves the level of mastery that put No matter where you look, there are people cranking in tuna car- Jarrett Bay on the map. Visit our yard on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast to have your expectations exceeded. casses and marlin heads. In some places, the shark tax is of epidemic proportions. The interesting thing about it is how widespread the phe- nomenon is. If you needed proof, just look at all of the sharked photos in the article—or the sailfish tail on the cover. Thanks also to everyone who sent us their pictures of fish visited by the Tax Man. We’ve spoken with a biologist and a charter captain and World-Class Service. Carolina Flare. have done our best to present both sides of the shark argument (those being, kill ‘em all or don’t mess with any of them). What is interesting about the whole thing is that shark behavior seems to be changing— in many places they are being conditioned to associate the sound of a boat motor backing down with a pile of fish sticks. It’s something to think about for sure. So there you have it. That’s about all we’ve got. Shark on your right long!

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JBBW_halfpage.indd 1 11/25/2019 4:48:27 PM 1901_JARRET BAY_1-2v.indd 1 12/3/19 12:43 PM 1807_CASA DE CAMPO_full.indd 84 9/17/19 12:45 PM t w o m i n u t e wa r n i n g Tower or Not ’ve been asked ques- ally don’t climb the tower nearly as much as So, the question was, “Do I need a tower?” Itions about towers I did when I was a young man. That said, I The short answer is no. It’s all in what you several times lately. The do like having someone up there scanning the want. Some owners want them because they question I’m getting most waters as much as possible. think they look good; others think they’re is, “Do I need a tower?” Another question when talking to the crews ugly. The fact of the matter is that if you’re not I’ve spoken with several and owners is, “Do tower boats catch more going to use it, save the tens of thousands of By Captain crews and owners about fish?” That’s a trick question because it depends dollars it costs to outfit your boat with one— Scott “Fraz” Murie this topic. Some say they on what you’re fishing for. I can tell you this, I not to mention the knot or two you gain at sea never use their tower and others say they use see plenty of boats without towers that consis- without one. I do however believe that towers it all the time. The answers I’m getting to the tently find themselves in the winner’s circle and are a must for enclosed bridge boats. Enclosed tower question are all over the place. they can be hard to compete with. Back in the bridges should have towers just for visibility I believe there is an advantage to having a day, towers were a huge advantage when fishing if for nothing else. Beyond that, towers are a tower, but that having a tower today is not for bluefin tuna off Cat Cay in the Bahamas matter of personal preference. nearly as advantageous as it was back in the and when running the flats reading the water. With today’s technology and electron- days before electronics. The advantages back With today’s electronics things have changed. ics, times have changed. The advantages of then included things like spotting fish on a rip, This is especially true when it comes to a tower are not near what they used to be. sight fishing cobia, or spotting birds and bait. the use of sonar. When using the sonar, your There was a time when I personally couldn’t Nowadays, when you’re dredge fishing and head is glued to the screen—adjusting and re- imagine a boat without one. I could hook a you have a designated spotter (or tower man) adjusting. With that said, now I can use the fish in the tower and climb down with the he can see the dredge in the water (and a fish sonar to see what’s ahead on the rip or what’s rod in one hand. Those days are gone. I’m approaching it) from the tower way better below near an object like an oil . I can see perfectly content with my cushioned helm than he could by being on the bridge or in the bait on the surface and below the surface. I chair right on the flying bridge. cockpit. I must admit, however, that I person- can see birds miles away with my radar. – That’s my two-minute warning. Fraz

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sander. As with most jobs, half the battle DIY Teak Deck Sanding is having the right tools. Captain Andre- sen uses the 6” Festool Rotex Sander. Yes, they are expensive, north of $600, but it with Captain Tyler Andresen will certainly pay for itself many times over after just one job. A key component 78’ Rybovich & Sons, Persistence of the sanding process is the dust removal, by Dale Wills

’m sanding my own teak to save the “Iboss money,” says Captain Andresen from the deck of the 78-foot Rybovich & Sons, Persistence. For a captain new to the luxury of teak decks, a DIY attempt at sanding them without a little guidance and know-how can easily turn into a big mis- take. If that happens, do what most uber sportfishing captains decide to do and grab your iPhone, search Yelp for a highly rated sub-contractor and continue on with your other boat duties. For those of you who are hands-on, Captain Andresen was kind enough to share a few quick tips from a decade of teak experience. His number one and most important tip is you need a good quality Captain Tyler Andresen using a 6” Festool sander with 60-grit sandpaper on the deck.

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which keeps the sandpaper cool so the to avoid making the teak too smooth. Cap- black rubber Thiokol material doesn’t gum tain Andresen uses 60-grit which provides up on the sanding pad. In our exclusive enough footing on the deck for bare feet or video, you can watch as Captain Andresen deck shoes. “With 60-grit you can still feel demonstrates how well the sander works, the grain,” adds Andresen. You’ll also want in addition to observing the amount of to have a good supply of paper sanders on sanding time needed prior to replacing the hand to maintain a consistent amount of sanding pad. You’ll also see how to use a abrasion. It’s very important to use a slight Covering Board Tips vacuum hose and a shop vac to catch the amount of pressure on the sander while re- dust. The vacuum hose is also made by vealing the golden-brown color of the fresh • Use 80-grit for covering boards. Festool which is antistatic and will not al- teak. Captain Andresen prefers to sand the • Any areas where sander marks low dust to build up or stick to it. Captain bulk of the deck first and then finish with Andresen highly recommends the Festool a detail sander for all the corners and hard are obvious, gently smooth hose, but adds any shop vac works great. to reach voids (the detail sander he uses is a over with 100-grit. So, what is the right amount of sandpaper Festool Rotex Sander). grit for a teak deck? That can be a personal When all is sanded and smooth, next • Remove rod holders when preference, but keep in mind you’ll want Captain Andresen uses a little soap and doing the covering boards to water to clean the deck from any trace of maintain a uniform height. dust particles. Once the freshly sanded deck You’ll want to is clean and dry, the final step is to apply avoid making the teak Triton Teak Protector. The solution binds Supplies to the wood to create a barrier that protects too smooth. Captain from oil and UV. “The Triton allows my • 6” Festool Rotex sander Andresen uses 60-grit teak to stay looking new longer and protect with antistatic hose the wood from the elements.” • Detail Festool Rotex sander which provides enough So how often should you sand your teak? It all comes down to personal prefer- • 6” 60-grit sanders footing on the deck for ence. “You don’t want to be sanding your • Shop vac teak down too frequently and accelerate bare feet or deck shoes. the replacement cycle. I plan to sand mine • Triton Teak Protector With 60-grit you can still twice a year, but it all depends on wear. • Disposable brushes The more the boat is used, the more main- feel the grain. tenance it needs,” says Captain Andresen. • Tape

#INTHEBITE MARCH 2020 17 a day in the life Jaruco, 90' Jarrett Bay Boatworks: A Day in the Life

The Jaruco crew (L to R), Chase Edwards, Newt Cagle, Dale Wills, Edward Barr, Kieran Pullman, Lotte Doherty and Captain James Brown. “I’d like to give a big thanks to the entire Jaruco team for hosting me during Leg 1 of the Los Sueños Signature Series in Costa Rica. The max effort of the crew and fishing on a one-of-a-kind 90-foot rocket blew me away. It was truly a privilege to be a part of the team,” says InTheBite Publisher, Dale Wills.

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Deckhand Edward Barr serves up the Zman HeroZ 10˝ jerkbait dredge in green lantern color. “We have caught around 600 fish over the dredge, and the baits All smiles, stewardess Lotte delivers the Marine artist Steve Goine’s line runnith over. are incredibly tough,” says Barr. mid-morning snack.

Surprise! Stewardess Lotte brings out a birthday cake for angler Jim McGrath (Grand Slam Tackle) as the Jaruco Capt. James Brown, commander-in-chief. runs between fishing spots.

John Riggs (right) of Riggs Yacht Sales keeps The Jaruco crew in continuous communication throughout the day. (L to R) Newt Cagle, Kieran Pullman the team on a positive vibe. and Edward Barr.

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SPECIFICATIONS LOA: 65’2” BEAM: 20’ Designed for the new decade, the Hat- and tunnel design that takes the boat’s overall DRAFT: 5’ teras GT65 Carolina delivers a fresh new look performance and handling to the next level, DISP.: 103,000 lbs. for Hatteras Yachts’ proven GT Series while while maintaining the 40-plus-knot top speeds FUEL: 1,900 gals. maintaining the core strengths that make this and mid-30-knot cruising speeds the GT Se- WATER: 270 gals family of tournament-level sportfishing boats ries boats are known for. The GT65 Carolina POWER: (standard): 2x 1,600 BHP from 45 to 70 feet so popular with passionate also is designed to operate with optional twin Caterpillar C-32A diesel anglers. Like all Hatteras GT Series boats, the Seakeeper 9s without impacting fuel capacity. GT65 Carolina is engineered and built with Below, the four-stateroom, three-head in- advanced resin-infusion construction technol- terior boasts the largest master stateroom for ogy to handle rough conditions offshore, so a sportfish of its class. The first GT65 Caro- you never have to miss out on the action. lina, which made its World Debut at the Mi- The hull and stringer systems are infused ami Yacht Show, showcases Hatteras Yachts’ as a single part ‒ an industry first ‒ to reduce core ability to work with owners to custom- weight and increase strength. The Hatteras ize their yacht’s fishing features, interior de- Engineering Team used Computational Fluid sign, and amenities to suit their individual Dynamics (CFD) analysis to create a new hull needs and desires.

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Captain Jason Holtz recently docked the access to everything, complete with a mirrored eas beyond those latest Ricky Scarborough in her home in ceiling and lighting that is distributed through- normally fished. Kona, Hawaii. The Pursuit is a 54’ highly out. The boat is also equipped with a Seakeeper For a video walk customized vessel that showcases her Carolina 9 for stabilization and a water maker. though of the roots while boasting a number of adaptations The boat also boasts a number of custom Pursuit hosted by Captain Jason Holtz, check suited perfectly for her home in the Pacific. touches that are suited perfectly for Hawaii. out the video splash report on InTheBite.com. The boat features a two stateroom, two head Beneath the mezzanine seating is a giant re- SPECIFICATIONS configuration complete with an aircondi- frigerated fish box that was designed to accom- LENGTH: 54’ tioned tackle room. modate 200-pound yellowfin. The tuna tubes BEAM: 16” Powered by twin 12.9 C Series Catepillars are inset into the cockpit, situated beneath the DRAFT: 54” at 1,000 horsepower a piece, the boat is super footrest of the fighting chair. LOADED WEIGHT: 55,000 lbs charged and features twin turbos. The Pursuit From the design to the equipment includ- FUEL CAPACITY: 1,000 gals also includes a Northern Lights 15 kw genera- ed, the Pursuit is all Scarborough. She was WATER CAPACITY: 200 gals tor and Optimus Steering that is fully fly by designed with the Kona in mind and WOT: 37 knots wire. The engine room was designed to provide an eye to taking advantage of some of the ar-

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close range navigational use and weather read- ing out to 48 miles. A good sounder and transducer are vital to just about all types of offshore fishing. While products like Garmin’s XSV line of MFDs contain processing capability for your bottom machine, a sounder such as the GSD-26 will allow you to get the most out of your trans- ducer. Compressed High-intensity Radar Pulse (CHIRP) technology transmits across a Electronics Packages for the range of frequencies—traditional sonar relies on a single frequency. Modern Center Console CHIRP provides better target distinction by Capt. Adam Peeples at depth. Rather than seeing a single mass of electing an electronics package for a center together. After installation, the multifunction tuna 300’ under the boat, CHIRP allows you Sconsole is no simple task. Multi-Function display is the part of the system that most us- to see the individual fish while distinguishing Displays (MFDs), sounders, transducers, auto- ers will interact with most often. While it is between the target species and bait returns. pilots, radar, forward looking infrared (FLIR), possible to get by with only one MFD, the The advantages of CHIRP over traditional so- and boat handling technology such as Yamaha ideal setup will have two or even three. This nar make it a must have on any offshore boat. HelmMaster give the boat owner a seemingly will allow you to monitor multiple systems The transducer is the key to bringing the endless list of options to choose from. Settling such as the chart plotter, radar, and sonar eas- entire fish finding capabilities of the system on the package of products that works for your ily, while giving the crew the added safety of together. With bilge space being tight on situation, involves wading through the sea of redundancy. Being 50 miles offshore and hav- most center consoles, a compact CHIRP- choices and ultimately selecting the manufac- ing your boat’s only MFD go south is not a ready transducer is ideal for most systems. turer and components that suits your needs. good scenario. Craig Cushman, the Director of Marketing Garmin, Simrad, Furuno, and Raymarine Garmin’s GPSMAP 8612xsv is a 12” touch- for the AIRMAR Technology Corporation, are the primary manufacturers of complete screen monitor that is NMEA 2000 network says that the most popular AIRMAR trans- electronic packages for center consoles. I per- capable. Packing a wide array of features, this ducer for center consoles is the B175 series of sonally prefer Garmin electronics, as their MFD networks sonar, radar, cameras, and thru-hull transducers. user interface is extremely intuitive, and I media such as Sirius satellite weather services Requiring a hole of only 3 7/8” hole and have the most experience operating Garmin and is available from 10” to 24”. It offers wi- taking up minimal space in the bilge, the 1kW systems. All of the top marine electronics fi capabilities to pair with a smartphone app B175 supplies powerful CHIRP capabilities in manufacturers make a solid product that can through which users can monitor and control a small package. I have a B175H and a B175L get the job done. all the systems on the boat. Other manufac- on my Cape Horn. They perform well for The electronic systems on your boat should turers offer similar, equally capable MFDs. In , deep dropping, and daytime aid in navigation and increase your ability to my opinion, it really boils down to which user sword fishing. For larger center consoles such find and stay on your target species. Electron- interface one prefers. as Captain Shane Toole’s 42LR Freeman Neces- ics should make your boat a safer and more Once you have decided on an MFD, the rest sity, the option for larger and more powerful effective fishing platform. When outfitting a of the process is a bit easier. For many boaters, transducers exists. boat, it is wise to ask the question, “How will the rest of the electronic systems on the vessel Fishing out of Orange Beach, Captain this system help me?” If there isn’t an easy an- will be from the same manufacturer that pro- Toole describes AIRMAR’S R599 3kW swer to this question, you could bypass the ad- duces your MFD. At this point, where you fish CHIRP-ready in-hull transducer as his “se- dition of the product or system. and how you fish will dictate the requirements cret weapon” for projecting a high-quality While brand preference is a personal choice, for the rest of the electronics package. return of structure and bait. Toole runs a full the basics of a center console electronics pack- Radar is a must have for navigating at night Garmin electronics package with two GPS- age come down to two things: navigation and and during periods of limited visibility. A MAP 8624s, a GHP-20 Autopilot, GSD-26 fishing capabilities. The electronics you install high performance open-array radar such as sounder paired with an AIRMAR B175H and on your boat will either help you navigate or Garmin’s GMR 606 xHD provides not only a R599 CHIRP-ready transducer, GMR 606 catch fish. Any systems that do not accomplish the safety of navigational and weather read- xHD open-array radar, and a GXM-52 Siri- one of these things aren’t necessarily not need- ing capability but is also powerful enough to usXM marine receiver. According to Toole, ed, but are excluded from this article. find birds working tuna schools. A smaller the capabilities of the system along with Gar- The Multi-Function Display is the piece of and more compact dome radar, such as the min’s user-friendly interface increase his abil- equipment that ties all the electronic system Garmin GMR 18 xHD, has ample power for ity to find and stay on the fish. 24 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM 1902_CHRIS MILLER_full.indd 84 2/10/20 10:19 AM Photo courtesy of the The Jennie Pie, built as the Jane S. FEELS LIKE Matthew Kersting Collection THE FIRST TIME, PART II First Builds that Made Their Mark on Boating History by Dave Ferrell ’ve been lucky enough to poke my head into some pretty Merritt’s Boat and Ifamous boat sheds over the years. Every time I do, I come Engine Works – Jane S In all of the history of sport fishing, you’d away with a greater respect for the art of boat building and be hard pressed to find more influential boat the men who create these incredible fishing machines. You’ve builders than the Merritt family. In the late got to have more than just a little bit of confidence to take a 40s, patriarchs Franklin (Roy) and Ennis Mer- ritt bought a 10-acre tract on the Intracoastal man’s money and build him an ocean-going condominium that Waterway in Pompano, Beach Florida. They can withstand all the challenges and forces that come with go- planned to use the site to start a charter fleet ing to sea. These vessels have to perform at the highest levels of head boats. The boatyard began as a way for the brothers to maintain their charter boats. and still look good doing it; ugly boats don’t sell no matter In 1955, the brothers’ two sons, Buddy and how well they ride! Allen, began building boats on the property. Successful builders stay in business and tant first builds, four prestigious boat build- Buddy designed and built the boats, while make their mark by putting out boats that ers share some of the insights that went into Allen ran the business. Allen’s son, Roy Mer- look great and perform even better. Here, their first boat, and how it continues to shape ritt, eventually worked his way into the busi- in our second installment detailing impor- their philosophy to this day. ness. By the time Roy built his first Merritt 26 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM boat, the yard had actually stopped building boats for a couple of years. Roy Merritt’s first build was hull number 20—and it would be quite influential. “I was in my late 20s and we had actually stopped building boats in 1968 or 1969,” says Roy Merritt. “I’d always worked on the boat building side. My Uncle Buddy died in March of 1971 but a guy approached me and asked if we could build another 42-footer for him. And I said, ‘Man, I don’t know.’” “So, I went to my father who wasn’t a builder, he was sort of the front man, and my grandfather, who was still alive and he knew a lot of stuff. All the boat builders were gone. But I went to these guys and I said, ‘What do An evolution of Merritt boats, in formation. The 42’ Caliban, built solely by Roy Merritt in 1967, the 72’ Brier you think?’ They said, ‘Do you think you can Patch built in 2009. And the 86’ Destiny, splashed in 2011. do it?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, I guess. I’ve been around it enough. I think I can do it.’ They the stiffness and you can build these boats fishing boats along the way. Like a lot of the said, ‘Go ahead and built it. If you don’t like it real strong and real light. The boats we build custom builders in North Carolina, Spencer’s then we will just burn it!’ So that boat became now will still be around 100 years from trip to the boat shed started with a life at sea, hull 20…and was called the Jane S.” now…if you want to keep putting engines running a charter boat. “It’s very significant because if it wasn’t for in them. They are not going to wear out.” “The reason I set out to build a boat was that boat, I’m not sure that we would have “What do our customers want…I have a that I was a charter boat captain that needed started building again. I really don’t know,” simple answer…they want it all!” says Mer- a new boat…and I couldn’t afford one,” says says Merritt. “At that time, we had a yard run- ritt. “All the things you think you did right… Spencer. “There was a guy in in our area, ning with plenty of repair work. The thought you still learn a lot by doing things wrong. Our Capt. Buddy Cannady, who would build a was that we were done with the building. latest project that’s out on the water right now boat, use it for a year or two, and then sell Once you start building though, it becomes is a 77. We think this one is pretty good. Mi- it. I thought, ‘Wow, that’s the way to do it!’ an affliction. That’s what you want to do. You’d chael Peters did the bottom design and the That was my plan. So, I sold my old char- much rather build them, than repair them. boat is just an animal. A real mover and a goer.” ter boat that I’d had for ten years that my We are on hull 109 now…it’s an 88-footer.” father-in-law built and got started. I had a “The guys who came to me to build the Jane Spencer Yachts – Biopsy, few ideas, and I hired Mike Loir, a guy that S were Fred “Paunch” Stone and his brother Anticipation could draft, and we sat down and drew the Pat. George Schiegert ran the boat, they all With one of the biggest and most revered boat together. I built that boat as if it was grew up here in Pompano—they were Hill- names in sportfishing, it’s hard to believe that going to be mine...with intention of selling it sborough Inlet boys,” says Merritt. “I already Spencer Yachts has only been building boats somewhere down the road.” had the patterns for the frame and somehow for 21 years. In a place known for building That first Spencer boat, the Biopsy, has re- it came off pretty good. I knew I could figure some of the best custom sportfishing yachts mained an active charter boat for the last 21 it out...it just might have taken a little while. in the world, Paul Spencer built not only years. “We changed some things…it didn’t I can’t remember that much, but let’s just say an incredible legacy in a very short period have the traditional look. We mingled some it was concerning when I started.” of time…but some truly remarkable sport- styles and didn’t give the boat as much flare Almost 90 boats later, there’s probably not a whole lot of similarities between the Jane S and the yachts produced at Merritt’s to- day—at least not in terms of construction. “Throughout your boat-building life there are a lot of things that influence you. It’s nev- er any one thing. Every time you build one, you try to make a better one. You’re always looking for those little things that will make it just a bit better. I think all builders work that way,” says Merritt. “We transitioned from frame to cold mold, to fiberglass to composite. It’s a lot more interesting now with a lot of new prod- ucts,” says Merritt. “Everything is cored, we have Kevlar in the hull, the superstructure and top are all carbon fiber. So, you have Kevlar for the toughness, carbon fiber for Spencer hull number one during the build. #INTHEBITE MARCH 2020 27 always a way to make them a little better. I’m always looking for a way to tweak it little bit… how can we make it just a tiny bit better.” Contender – Contender 25 If you were alive and, in any way, involved in boating during the mid-80s, then you THE ALL NEW were a witness to one of the biggest boating booms of all time. Contender Boats fueled that growth like no other. After graduating from the University of Florida, Miami na- tive Joe Neber, took a summer job at Sea-Vee BERTRAM 50 “that turned into a career.” LEARN MORE AT BERTRAM.COM “I was planning on going to law school but ended up working for Don McGee for the summer,” he says. An unexpected buyout An aerial view of the Spencer Yachts facility today. Through this yard pass some of the finest sportfish- ended his time at Sea-Vee, but Neber had al- ers in the world. ready been bitten by the boat builder’s bug. He started buying fiberglass hulls from White- as a Buddy Davis,” says Spencer. “I only ran decks, bulkheads and stuff like that.” water and rigging them out for resale. “We it for a summer before someone wanted to “We did change some things in the bottoms did a lot of custom rigging, five or six boats, buy it. It performed really well, so I sold it.” on those two boats,” says Spencer. “We added until they stopped selling me fiberglass parts Spencer’s plan seemed to be working per- some different things that changed the shape because we were hurting their business. That’s fectly. After seeing the Biopsy, the Springs of the bottom and we thought they made the when I decided to start Contender Boats…I family from South Carolina asked Spencer to boat ride well. We always keep our boats sharp was 22 years old at the time,” says Neber. build another one. That boat, Spencer hull up forward. I grew up where we had to go 40 A short time later, in June of 1984, the first number 2, turned out to be the Anticipa- to 50 miles each way every day, so we incor- Contender, a Classic 25, rolled out of the tion. “I actually ran that boat for a couple of porated that into our boats. It’s a sacrifice; you building. “Although it’s been a progression, summers and we just had phenomenal luck lose a little room...but you gave up some of the boat that really took us to the dance was on it. We took it to Ocean City, Maryland that room in the bow to make a great ride. If the Classic 25. As the first Contender, it’s re- and won the White Marlin Open, we won you need more room, make the boat longer ally an iconic boat. At the time, it was very the Pirate’s Cove tournament, we just had not fatter…I’ve always leaned this way.” high tech. We were some of the first to use some phenomenal success on that boat,” says A quick look at any of Spencer’s builds, in- biaxial and tri-axial fiberglass and used a lot of Spencer. “In the middle of the success with cluding the first two, reveals a true passion for foam coring. We were stepping up the game that boat, someone asked me to build an- the art of boat building. “It was extremely re- and people started seeing some of the advan- other one. By the third year I had too many warding to see that finished product when they tages of these new materials,” says Neber. people wanting me to build them a boat… were done…and it’s still that way today. I love “The 25 was great for us. We sold over so I couldn’t charter fish anymore. I had slid boats. It ain’t all about going out and making 1,100 of them over a real long production into the boat building business.” money. You’ve got to have that passion. If you run. The next one that came along after that “Those first two boats were extremely in- don’t, you’re probably not going to be as cre- was the 35 express. I built that boat because fluential in everything we did,” says Spencer. ative as you should be,” says Spencer. “There’s I needed that boat. We built about 600 of “We changed things, even on the first one, that made it look different and ride differ- ent. We just thought it performed really well. Biopsy wasn’t super appointed...it was kind of just plain and simple. 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#INTHEBITE1902_EAGLE CLAW_1-2h.indd 1 MARCH1/22/20 2020 5:27 PM31 many others in this area, he learned about boats by using them every day as a hook and line commercial tuna . “I fished alongside Paul Spencer and we would always push each other to make the day. We would joke around about quitting all this one day and building boats,” says Howell. “One day, Paul said, ‘I’m going to do it. I’ve got a contract on my boat; I’m going to sell it and put up a boat shop and build a boat.’ So that’s what we did, we built him a boat. “We got about three-quarters of the way through the build and the boat sold. That was the Biopsy. Well, since I had put some money into the jig and the building with Paul, the next boat was mine...so we started my boat. I was still charter fishing at the time and my motor blew up. So, I sold that boat rather quickly. That was the Anticipation.” “After that Paul was all-in and wanted to big,” says Howell. “But I wasn’t ready for that yet. To build one or two at a time was one thing, but I wasn’t ready for 15 at time. Paul offered to buy my piece of the jig and the building and I agreed. He bought me Photo courtesy Pepper Ailor out and we went our separate ways.” But of The Sea Fix, a Ritchie boat splashed in 2019, exemplifies Howell’s modern creations—the heritage of course, that wasn’t the end of the story. which can be traced to a conversation between two North Carolina charter captains. “I had a trip one day in the Fall, and as

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1802_GARMIN_full.indd 76 2/6/19 12:49 PM 18-MCJT14663 GPSMAP 8600 Fishing Ad-8.375x10.875-ITB.indd 1 2/5/19 8:39 AM I backed into my slip, I saw Paul sitting there in his truck,” says Howell. “As soon as my people hopped off, Paul hopped on. He said ‘I’ve got about five people ready to build a boat right now. I know you have the money to put up a building because I just bought you out. You need to put up a building and do this. You know what you are going to get if you stay here charter fishing... you are going to starve to death.’ He was right. He really talked me into doing my own thing. That’s when I put up the building.” With a building going up, but no boat on the horizon, Howell continued fishing and on one tournament trip up to New Jersey, he got lucky. “On the ferry ride home, I met a guy who said he always wanted a Carolina boat, and we just started to talking,” says Howell. “I told him how I just started building a boat shop without a boat to build… and that’s how it all went down. Crazy, right?” “We started in 2000 and the boat was originally called the TFB, a 65-footer,” says Howell. “I’ve got a list of all the things those letters could possibly stand for…but I think I’ll just leave it up to everybody’s imagination. Most of them you probably couldn’t put into a magazine article anyway.” “I remember on that first one I would lose sleep at night, worry about what was coming down the pike and what we had to do. I used to sweat it big time,” says Howell. “Not anymore…I sleep like a baby. I like to look at the plans and figure out how we are going to attack certain aspects of the build. I’m much more re- laxed about it than I used to be.” With his 32nd boat, a 61-footer, about to come out of the shed, Howell says that there are pretty dramatic differences between hull number 1 and the boats he puts out today. “Our shape has actually changed drastically. It’s pretty much night and day from what we build now compared to back then…there’s nothing re- motely similar between the two. Now, everything is computer generated and engineered to the nines. Our first one was a hand drawn…we cut it by hand. “That’s a great way to learn about boat building, but you can’t compete with a computer. We have lofted our own boats in the past, if we didn’t have time to get a jig cut or somebody was look- ing for a bargain basement deal, but you have to use a computer- generated jig now. What we do is a lot more exacting than it used to be. I used to think, ‘If someone would just give me a mil- lion dollars, oh man the boat I could build!’ Nowadays a million doesn’t even scratch the surface...it’s just way it’s gotten to be.” “When I think, and look back at the first boat, I want to look at it with a critical eye…and see how I’d want to change it. If I had to do it over again today it would be a different animal! Those old boats are beautiful with their classic lines and all that stuff, but you have to be a bit more progressive nowadays.” When asked about what makes Ritchie Howell boats stand out from the crowd, Howell says that, “I know it sounds weird, but I’m more of a boutique boat builder. I’m not trying to build a bunch of boats at one time. I just want to build one or two boats. The biggest difference here is, if someone calls and wants to know if their oil change pump is installed, I know. I don’t have to call a foreman or whatever. There is a one-on-one relationship with the people I’m building the boat for.” “I also believe that for the quality of product we put out, we are very value based. I’m not saying I’m cheap, because I’m not… Nothing in this business is cheap. But you do get a lot of bang for your buck here. We don’t have a real fancy facility but it’s really all you need for boatbuilding. I also don’t have a lot of the overhead that other guys have.” 34 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM

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horsepower gains in outboard engines. The 350 hp in 2008 was revolutionary—these engines gave boat builders so much more room in the boat, when compared to (inboard) stern drives. Now you’re seeing boats that are bigger and bigger and bigger,” explains David Meeler New Product Introduction Manager at Yamaha. “What we’re seeing now is generation two of that. The XTO offers a greatly improved charging system that provides lots of amperage at low power. This lends itself to the addiction to electronics that the market is seeing. In the future, we’ll see lots more integration and more connectivity,” he says, describing Yamaha’s lat- Ever wonder how modern center consoles can support so many complex systems? The answer lies in est generation of outboard—the XTO. outboard engine advancements—and the free amperage they produce. These higher horsepower engines are even more influential to the development of the not only propel ever larger boats, but provide “The XTO puts out the vast majority of its center console market than are innovations in the power necessary to run the many systems amperage at low rpm. It produces 72 amps the inboard diesel space to the sportfisher seg- that modern boats employ. Innovations in mo- per engine— which is multiplied in a mul- ment of the market. As center consoles gener- tor design not only focus on power, but on in- tiple engine configuration. Fifty-seven of ally do not include generators (though these creased production (and efficient allocation) of those amps are produced at idle—which was days some of them include most anything you free amperage—the electricity needed to make more than the F350 produced at wide open can think of), the higher horsepower engines everything else run. throttle,” Meeler says. “The engines employ #INTHEBITE MARCH 2020 37 a magnetic system that converts - rectional sonar from Furuno. This piece of needs. Now we will make it easier and im- duced by the engines. It routes the amount of equipment has turned the fishing world on proved—smaller, portable, remote controlled. power needed to the engines and the remain- its head by introducing a sonar that scans in Look for things like theft proofing, security der is sent to applications.” 360-degrees every half of a second to provide applications and vessel monitoring. Look for “The technology today provides the abil- a nearly real time representation of what is the general application of things from the ity to produce a smart system. It’s no longer going on beneath the water. Given that Fu- home or office to boats.” just about propulsion, but rather motors are runo has a pretty good handle on where things “The grail for the future is the desire for a part of the boat—integration,” Meeler de- sit now, it stands to reason that Matt Wood, fixed, forward looker for navigation. It would scribes. The positioning and location systems National Sales Manager for Furuno USA, be a fixed mechanism without using a hoist, a that can dock a boat and keep it in position might be a pretty good source to speak with transducer that looks forward and down at the provide perhaps the most direct reflection of about where things are heading next. same time to provide a real time, three dimen- integration and emphasis on system as op- “It’s 20 years since the introduction of the sional view of what is ahead of the boat. That’s a posed to singular components. Furuno NavNet vol. 1. NavNet introduced long standing body of work that we’ve been in- The number of ways to control the engines ethernet networking—a multifunction GPS, volved with for a long time,” Wood concludes. and the precision to which engines (and their chartplotter and fishfinder on the same de- applications) can be used to maneuver the vice. We will continue to see that kind of de- Integration and Telematics modern boat is nothing short of miraculous. velopment—a selection of appropriately large Dave Dunn is Garmin’s Director of Sales If you believe this definition to be an exag- MFDs (multi-function displays), with large and Marketing. He is also a tournament fish- geration, go ask an old timer…you know the screens that are easy to install across an array of erman and a man bitten by the urge to chase man who has been fishing in his two-stroke, boat sizes and styles,” Wood says. “The black billfish. It is this combination, along with an tiller-drive john boat for the past 50 years— box style processor is still valid. It’s a lot more any eye for what works on boats, that makes the guy who shoots more ducks and catches straight forward to have a display that doesn’t Dave a great resource for projecting the fu- more speckled trout than anyone you know. change, but rather to change the black box be- ture. Dave introduces a new and exciting Take this gentleman onto a boat equipped hind the scenes instead of changing the dash word that will likely continue to make boat- with Helm Master and put it through its and control mechanisms.” ing even more easy and exciting: telematics paces—a 360 turn with a joy stick and the From a big picture perspective, Wood sees (remote monitoring and control through like—then try to claim it’s not amazing. much of the interface on the boats of the fu- phones or other devices). “There is the joy stick for low speed opera- ture having a very familiar feel. “We’ll contin- “The biggest thing now is the integration tion. Then there are the fishing applications: ue to see the man/machine interface borrowed of technology. You can soon expect the same fish point, stay point, and drift point—the and refined from the office—the mouse and integration on a boat as you can with your feature that can keep the stern positioned keyboard, etc., or the industrial space. We’ll car and home and phone. This integration into the drift. There are convenience features also see streamlined installations, and im- makes it possible to use equipment from dif- that are designed to help customers get more provements in the quality of installations and ferent companies—control your Lumitech out of the boat that they’ve just bought,” decrease in the price of installation,” he ex- lighting with your Garmin devices,” Dunn Meeler says. “Thinking about it, sometimes plains. “It reminds of that from the guy in the says. “One particularly hot topic that you’ll reminds me of that old sign I saw in a bait US patent office in the 1800s—’Everything see more of in the future is remote monitor- shop sometimes. ‘Remember when your fish- than can be invented has been invented.’ We ing. Telematics will be a big concept—using finder was your grandpa?’” know that that’s not the case…” your phone to remotely monitor the boat.” When considering what comes next, Wood In terms of big picture prognosis, Dunn The Electronics is thoughtful in describing the impact of the sees innovation and technology being ap- of the Future recent, rapid advances in technology. “When it plied for specific considerations. “Our goal If there were a single piece of “the future is comes to conventional navigation, we haven’t will continue to be making it easier for peo- here, now” technology, there’s a pretty strong reached the limit but for the most part we ple on the water and to make the boating argument that it could be the 8L Omnidi- have everything that a boat owner/operator experience simpler and more robust. Look

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38 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM 1902_VIKING_full.indd 84 1/29/20 1:59 PM The Garmin research team’s offices may not look too exciting, but the products they make sure are. for the trend of larger screens with multiple functions to continue.” The larger and more capable screens are far from solely cosmetic. The past year or so has witnessed incredible increases in cartography and underwater mapping. “New MFDs have more processing power and can computer Dave Dunn brings passion for fishing to Garmin’s outlook and trajectory. larger amounts of data. This has allowed the use of more high resolution relief shading. Cushman sees many of the same trends only intimate familiarity with where things sit NOAA (the United States National Oceanic ahead in the marine electronics space. “In re- now, but also the ability to actively influence and Atmospheric Administration) has vast gards to the forward-looking transducer, it’s how the future unfolds. There is perhaps no amounts of data that we can now access.” not a matter of if it can be done, it’s how. The person with more singular influence on the “There is a trickle down of technology main question is how to affix it to the vessel. trajectory of the sportfishing boat market than which all stems from phones, laptops and We’ve been working with a company called Viking CEO Pat Healey. tablets. Ultimately the technology makes Far Sounder out of Rhode Island. They offer “The last ten years have been awesome. A its way to MFDs,” Dunn says. “Garmin is the Argos System,” Cushman says. “We have while back some writers asked me what was a large company but we’re small compared been a provider of forward lookers to the next. The answer then was big boats, mezza- to the Apples and Samsungs of the world. cruise ship industry and large commuter ves- nines, Seakeepers and the like. There has been Marine electronics will continue to benefit sels. We are bringing the technology down. so much innovation and component develop- from advances in technology. The future is Far Sounder introduced the Argos 350 for ment in the last ten years—you can control exciting, especially when you think about vessels in the 50 to 100 foot range.” boat systems from your phone or I-pad, you can Moore’s Law… that technology doubles ev- “Most of these boats are of the trawler con- steer your boat from a watch. It’s incredible.” ery 18 months or so.” figuration, their hulls are more conducive to “In doing all of this, we’ve incorporated “The biggest thing for us is to keep up affixing the transducers. For the sportfish mar- all kinds of complexity to make the systems with expectations. We’re already looking at ket, it’s difficult to transfix the forward look- work. All of that takes a lot of engineering,” products for 2025—there’s so much test- ers to the hull, given their shape. AIRMAR Healey explains. “Taking all of these systems ing and proofing,” Dunn says. “If you were provides the technology to companies to make and integrating simplicity is the next step. to speculate about what is coming next for this happen. Right now it’s a matter of waiting In the last ten years we’ve added complexity, boats, look at trends with cars and the home. for vessels to be designed to enable that ability.” next we’ll look at simplicity.” Garmin has the advantage of being involved AIRMAR is also hard at work on the Along with rapid advancement in boat sys- in the aviation and outdoor markets, so of- trends of technology scaling from other sec- tems, the last ten years have witnessed evolu- ten times we can identify trends before they tors. “At the big picture level, there are a tion in material technology and applications make it to the marine space.” number of technologies at the high end—in used in manufacturing boats. Healey sees the the space that the recre- next ten years as an evening out period within Transducers that ational fishing market would love to have. this realm, too. “We’ve seen advancement in See Underwater Right now they are very expensive and we materials as well—carbon fiber and infusion. (and into the Future) have to bring the price down. We are consid- It was ten years ago that hull infusion started. The AIRMAR Technology Corporation ering new technologies and looking for ways The next ten years will bring affordability to makes the transducers that make it pos- to do that. CHIRP was a similar process—it these systems and processes. It will bring the sible for many of your favorite was in the commercial fishing sector for years price down.” and bottom machines to work. While you’ll before it was price appropriate for the recre- As prices for materials and input processes de- likely never see an AIRMAR product on the ational fishing market,” Cushman says. “The crease, it will not only affect the purchase price console, there’s a better chance than not that Far Sounder is along the same lines.” of the boat. “Harnessing the cost of systems your boat has an AIRMAR product or two— and materials will harness the insurance costs as and you’re better off for it. Given the integral Viking Yachts: well,” Healey explains. “Our focus is on build- role of AIRMAR’s transducers to the boating Predicting the Future ing what we build now—building it better, industry, an article about the future that did and Guiding its Course making it more simple and more economically.” not include their perspective would be incom- Given the size and influence of Viking Healey’s prognosis is borne out by prod- plete. Thankfully Craig Cushman, AIRMAR’s Yachts, the company casts a large footprint over uct trends generally—those that occur across Director of Marketing was there for us. the boating industry. With this scale comes not markets beyond the sportfishing space. As 40 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM V-33

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Outside of a few geographic locations, much of the sportfishing community consid- ers sharks a nuisance that is rarely targeted for sport. Not only are sharks not targeted, most boats actively try to avoid them—in some places avoiding the damned things is some- IT'S A thing that is impossible. Not only do most captains try to get away from sharks, most folks have little understanding of how to dif- ferentiate species. For many in the sportfishing community, shark identification goes something like this: great white (jaws), hammerhead (looks like a hammer), bull shark (eats people in less than SHARK, ten feet of water—don’t fall in), mako (looks mean, caught trolling, tastes good), thresher (weird floppy tail, lives in Yankee Land and California). Everything else is a “brown shark” or a “grey shark.” It’s not entirely fair to paint them in a neg- ative light, but most pelagic fisherman only DAMNIT (again a generalization) deal with sharks in a by Winslow Taylor few scenarios. The sportfishing community’s harks tend to dominate headlines. Whether it's the sharknado, baby shark identification tendencies are matched shark, the Shark brand of vacuums, or shark attacks, sharks have a by the normal scenarios that govern most en- way of grabbing our attention. These days, not only is there “Shark counters. Aside from party boats and charters S that make a living up sharks, many Week” on the Discovery Channel, but we have great white sharks with sat- interactions fall within these two scenarios… ellite tracking tags that have their own Facebook pages. Your perception of sharks in many ways those who make their living on the water, the Scenario 1 depends on your experience on the water. To shark can be one of the most annoying and Everyone knows this one. The feeling of perhaps most of the world, the shark is seen economically devastating marine creatures on the rigger popping, the anticipation, the bow as a tough, dangerous, and fearsome fish. To the planet. in the rod, and the, “Hey did you see what 44 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM Photos courtesy Michael Landress

“Hey Mike, that’s a funny looking sailfish on your right kite!” that was?” This is followed by, “I don’t know Scenario 2 more times. At the end of the day, where but it feels nice!” You’re on the break and you’ve just come you should have limited out, you return The next thing you know, the mystery fish off plane. Some guys are paying $2,000+ to home with a handful of non-shark-bit tuna starts fighting like a garbage bag filled with catch some meat fish (or even marlin, sailfish and an exhausted crew. The sharks took a rocks. Great (sarcasm) – maybe it’s a shark. But or swordfish). Everything looks great—calm would-be epic day and traded it in for an ex- wait, it’s not over yet! seas, you didn’t spill any coffee on the way out, hausting battle of human v. shark. Not only The best part is trying to figure out how to the mate showed up on time, and there are fish that, but you lost at least $150 in tackle. get back your $50 lure while a creature that are around. Within a few minutes you spot two This scenario is that much more soul- resembles an aquatic pitbull made of sandpa- boils behind your left flat and right short. The crushing when instead of mashing on a doz- per—complete with rows and rows of razor 50 wides go tight! It’s going to be a good day! en tuna fish, mobs of insatiable sharks mu- sharp teeth—spins barrel rolls boatside on Both anglers are fighting their fish, making tilate, or entirely consume, the marlin of a the leader. If you’re lucky all you have to do headway, then all of sudden the line feels fran- lifetime. There are spots where even grander is throw on a new leader, if you aren’t lucky tic……and then it’s dead weight. Both anglers marlin are not safe. The incredible thrill then then your and hookset is going to reel up mutilated tuna. At first the crowd says of hooking the fish you have been chasing the bottom with that dredge your mate lost the usual, “That’s crazy!” or “Did you see that?!” for your entire life or career is quickly then last summer. Then the same thing happens twenty transformed into the horror and tragedy of #INTHEBITE MARCH 2020 45 watching the magnificent, once in a lifetime catch be gobbled up by sharks. Fishing and Science Whether in terms of marine ecology or the fishing side of things, sharks have their own niche. They can be the bread and butter of the inshore half-day crowd, the folks in the northeast love to go “shaaahhkinnnn,” and mako is delicious. Certain spe- cies of shark are commercially valuable. They also perform a valu- able function in the ecosystem. The 1970s and 1980s witnessed widespread overfishing that depleted shark populations in many places around the world. With the implementation of regulations, many shark populations have rebounded. In some places, the shark comeback has been so noticeable that sharks are decimating hook and line catches! Anglers from around the globe are having their fish eaten before their gamefish (or commercial catch) clears the gunnel. Wow Factor. From the Sportfishing Perspective One area particularly hard hit by these roving gangs of sport- Brought to you by Superior Products and Support fish eating sharks is the Outer Banks in North Carolina. When fisheries managers began shutting down commercial shark fish- > Designed for the Marine Environment ing, the sportfishing community experienced a drastic increase > Highest Gloss and DOI in numbers of fish being sharked. Fisheries regulators claim that these sharks are overfished, while the folks who are making their > Seamless Repairability living on the water see otherwise. Not only are the tuna getting eaten frequently, but the sharks > Industry Leading Durability & Longevity will trash gear and cost the boat both time and money. A quick > World-Wide Distributor Network google search of “depredation fisheries” reveals a multitude of scientific articles on the subject, almost all of them from 2015 > Accessible Global Support through the present day. > I spoke with Captain Rob Barker who runs the Desperado out Highly Experienced Industry Experts of Pirate’s Cove. Barker echoed the sentiment of all the captains in the OBX fleet. Rob said in the past three years it’s gotten really bad. He’s had days where sharks have eaten 20-plus tuna. It’s not just in one spot either, Rob explained that it can be all along the break. There are times where the boats are spread out for more

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Photo courtesy James Turner Photo courtesy Lisa Irons Photo courtesy Paul Bakowski Photo courtesy Josh Lacy This is a collage from hell. Thanks to everyone who shared pictures of their sharked fish through our social media calls. than ten nautical miles and all the boats are Florida/Bahamas up to New England. Even in engine pitch. If you are in some losing fish to sharks. the folks in Australia face more than their parts of the Bahamas, it’s almost mandatory to What is sometimes overlooked in all of share of this sort of thing. On the scientific swim to the boat and change locations once the shark/tuna carnage, is the toll that it side of the spectrum I spoke with Dr. John you shoot your sling. The sharks attribute that takes on the boat and crew. On a day where Carlson, Ph.D. noise to food and actively swim toward the Rob would otherwise be back at the dock John is a biologist with NOAA in Destin, source of the sound/vibrations. by lunch with a limit of tuna, instead he has Florida whose focus is on sharks and their John’s thought is the sharks have learned lost 15 fish to sharks and scrapped together a biology. Specifically, I spoke with John on that low frequency sounds (such as a boat “mediocre” day. the subject of depredation. Depredation is backing down) can indicate the presence of an It takes a toll on your gear too, on one trip the term used to describe when a predator easy meal. He did a test where they took a boat where the kite was producing the bites, Rob partially or completely consumes an animal out in the Gulf and just revved the engines went through 15 Yummy flyers. At around caught by fishing gear before it can be re- (they were not fishing), within 15 or 20 min- $8.00 per fish that adds up real quick. When trieved to the . Basically, depre- utes there were sharks surrounding the boat. the sharks are that thick you just can’t afford dation is the fancy word for sharks eating a It’s also believed that the shark’s sensory to keep losing tuna—not only is it hard on hooked fish! cells help them hone in on a hooked fish. The the crew, it’s wasteful to the resource. The fascinating part of my discussion with vibration coupled with the low frequency en- When the fleet is losing 150 tuna per day, John was his belief that sharks are “learning.” gine noise rings the dinner bell. Obviously, that is not an insignificant number of fish John mentioned that even in shark species there are multitudes of professional research over a season. Rob mentions that the fleet whose numbers are declining, depredation papers and PHD dissertations on the topic, tries to be thoughtful in their game plan and is up in some areas. This means that even but (1) I wanted to keep this article simple target other species if the sharks are too bad. though there may be fewer sharks, those and (2) I suck at science. When discussing Rob, like most captains, is upfront and trans- sharks are actively learning how and where this topic with John he believed the jury is parent with his clients. He lets them know to get a “free” meal—and these instances of still out on depredation, as even when pop- that if the sharks are too thick, they are going depredation are on the rise. ulations are down, the depredation rate is to go to “plan b.” One specific example was the oceanic higher. Although some years are worse than whitetip shark. The whitetip is listed as a others, there is no doubt that sharks have The Scientific Perspective “threatened” species, but there are spots in learned how to chase an easy meal. The issue of sharks gobbling up sportfish the Bahamas where they will eat anything Without getting into a political debate is not just a North Carolina problem, it’s the attached to a line. Sometimes they even ap- on the merits of conservation and global same storyPhoto courtesyon the Joshbreak Robinson, from Triwork the GulfStudios to pear next to a boat, drawn just by a change environmental changes (that’s a nice way of 48 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM In the Bite Dec 2010:Capt Harry Ad 12/14/10 2:55 PM Page 2

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a sail. Kyle had his grand slam… and a lot more time to fish. Late in the day the boys hooked another billfish, thinking it might be a blue. As they CAPT. KYLE PEET got the fish to the boat, it turned out to be a longbill spearfish. Their fourth billfish spe- The fleet in Ocean City is cies on the day. They now had a super slam! They trolled till dark, releasing more whites. arguably the best in the world, The next move was an obvious one—put out the swordfish gear and hope for the fabled and you have to be determined fantasy slam. While grilling steaks, the swordfish rod to rise to the top. went off. What happened next was an epic, 7-hour battle. “It was absolutely the most by Charlie Levine mental experience of my life,” Kyle says. n September 13, 2016, Capt. Kyle Peet left Ocean City headed “Driving around all night in the dark fight- ing this fish.” for the grounds aboard his 54-foot Taylor Made, No Quarter. O The sword came up the surface and sound- Aboard were Peet, his mate Erik Mateer and a group of anglers ed again. It was no slouch. The battle con- from Xtratuf boots. Peet had his sights on a piece of water 85 tinued until finally they got the fish close miles offshore for an overnighter. and the boys sank the gaffs. Just as Kyle was “I wanted to try for a grand slam,” he says. “That’s all I wanted yelling to the crew to not let go, he saw a big mako make its move. The shark took a to catch. I’d never caught a grand slam here.” bite out of the sword’s tail, but they were able The bite was on. In the first five minutes right here in my back yard. I was marking 20 to haul the fish in. Oh, and they caught the of trolling, the No Quarter hooked a triple at a time,” Kyle said. mako, too. The end result was the first fan- header of white marlin. Packs of fish mobbed By lunchtime, they had released 12 whites. tasy slam ever caught in US waters. the spread. As soon as they put new baits Then they got a blind bite that turned out As the sun was coming up, acres of cutting back, the fish bit. to be a 200-pound blue. Peet hammered the marlin showed up on the surface, balling bait. “It was one of the coolest experiences ever. throttles in reverse to get the release. A few Peet and crew couldn’t leave that action be- It was like fishing in Costa Rica, but it was minutes after that release, they turned loose hind. They caught another 12 whites by noon 54 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM Untitled-4 1 4/28/17 11:39 AM THE YOUNG GUNS OF SPORTFISHING CONTINUED before finally calling it quits. The final tally for the trip: 23 white marlin, two longbill spear- fish, one blue marlin, one sail, a 345-pound sword and a 247-pound mako. The young captain had certainly made his mark. Now 32 years old, Peet began fishing off- shore with his father Mike when he was ten years old. They mostly charter fished, going offshore just about every week. It didn’t take long for the young angler to enter the charter ranks. At 15 he started working as a second mate. The next summer he did it again. “I probably fished 120 days a summer for two summers in a row. It was the school of hard knocks for me. I just tried to learn everything I could,” he says. Kyle graduated from high school in 2005 and went to work full time on a charter boat. Capt. Kyle Peet with photos from the first fantasy slam ever captured in the United States. He also tried his hand at commercial fishing, doing a two-month stint on a longliner. Peet a larger boat. They were still chartering a lot endary Bubba Carter behind the wheel. saved up and bought a 23-foot Regulator, and it made sense to put that money toward “We knew she was a fishy rig,” Peet says. fishing weekends and working in the family a boat of their own. In 2010, after looking “But she was in rough shape.” The father and business during the week. at 30 boats, they settled on a 54-foot Taylor- son team began refitting the boat—a pro- “One day my dad came out with me and Made. Not just any 54 Taylor-Made, but a cess that they’ve plugged away at for the past we got caught in storm,” Peet says. This expe- boat that was previously the Tijereta, having eight years. The only original thing left is the rience lead to the decision that it was time for spent six years fishing Venezuela with the leg- planking and some of the bottom.

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operator,” Stuve says. But the Golden Bear needed a skipper who could drive and rig baits. “We would switch off running the boat and fishing,” he remembers. That job led him to tuna fish with Buddy Merritt. “I learned more from Buddy in one week than I had learned in my whole career.” Stuve considers listening one of the most im- portant fishing skills. “He was like a profes- sor, and I was a sponge,” he chuckles. Fishing the Bahamas and Newfoundland, Stuve fell in love with tuna fishing early in his career. “They are the spookiest and scari- est fish,” he explains. “You don’t catch a tuna by accident.” Bahamas tuna fishing is sight fishing, Stuve compares it to targeting permit on the flats. Even when a bait is presented perfectly, Stuve says a tuna will turn its nose Capt. Gary Stuve up. “When you hook one, it’s a whole ‘nother game,” he laughs loudly. Peer pressure was another factor. “Buddy and Merritt Boat Works’ Favorite Allen (Merritt) were my idols, and they were tuna fishing,” Stuve says. His position on the Son Still Has Fish to Catch dream team led to tournament wins in Cat Cay. “That opened a lot of doors,” he admits. by Ric Burnley One of those doors led to the bridge of Dinny ’ve always been a mate at heart,” admits Captain Phipps’ Fighting Lady. Stuve fished with Phipps all over the world for ten years. “IGary Stuve. Even though the 77-year-old skipper Another door opened in the mid-90s when has run some of the most famous boats for some of the Captain Peter Wright called from Hatteras with stories of giant bluefin tuna. Stuve recalls, “He most famous anglers, his soul is in the cockpit. told me, ‘The rumors were true, get up here, we “I grew up as a gung-ho son of a bitch,” His first big shot came when legendary need help.’” By midnight, Stuve and a “Split- Stuve laughs. Stuve’s grandfather was a mer- pro golfer Jack Nicklaus needed a captain to tail” Charlie Hayden were northbound on I-95. chant seaman, his father a boat captain. “We run his 37-foot Merritt. “Jack was an owner- That phone call led to another of Stuve’s most moved from Staten Island to West Palm famous accolades—catching a record 73 giant when I was a kid,” he recalls. bluefin in one day. “We loaded the boat with In the 1960s, West Palm was a Petri dish of 14-flats of menhaden,” he marvels. The fish early sportfishing, the parts were coming to- were schooling over a wreck 25 miles south of gether to mold the future of the sport and Stuve Hatteras Inlet. “They were biting when we got was right in the middle of it. “I would work there and biting when we left,” he remembers. washing boats or paying my dues,” he says. To set the record, Stuve says everything In high school, Stuve needed a summer came together. With 200- to 500-pound job. “I read in Sports Illustrated that guys bluefin boiling behind the boat, they would were going to Hatteras to catch blue mar- bury a in a chunk of bunker and lin,” he remembers, “so I went to Hatteras to feed it into the melee. “The water is only 100 catch blue marlin.” feet deep so the fish can’t run too far.” He After graduation, he bounced around fish- remembers the team had 300-pound tuna to ing with anyone who needed a mate. His the leader in an average of seven minutes. flexibility had him traveling to Montauk and Stuve says advancements in tackle helped the Bahamas. “I didn’t have a family or bills, their average. Using PENN 130s capable of I was living with my mother,” he says. producing 100-pounds of drag, Stuve worked Stuve has always done whatever it takes to develop a system to beat the giants. “We to stay on the water. “They say luck is wanted to find the weak link,” he says. After when opportunity meets preparation,” he breaking crimps, straightening hooks and snap- laughs. “I’ve been very lucky to have some Capt. Gary Stuve, standing to the left, and Jack Nick- ping gimble bolts, they were able to release 600 great opportunities.” laus with a 438-pound bluefin. giant bluefin in their second season. “When I 58 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM A young Gary Stuve, middle, pictured with the daily catch of the Hatteras Marlin Club. On the left Cat Cay in 1970. Left to right it was Larry Hastings (kneeling), was Capt. Jerry Black, who three years later moved to St. Thomas with Johnny Harmes. Stuve’s Charlie Hayden (standing), George Matthews and Gary Stuve. boat didn’t catch them all, but the practice of display made for some impressive photography. When I was young, I wanted to catch tuna all day and drink and fight and arm wrestle all night. – Gary Stuve was growing up, I fantasized about breaking more user friendly. His favorite touches are In his later years, Stuve attributes clean liv- the record of 16 fish in one trip,” he chuckles. a reverse windshield on the tower to reduce ing for his tenacity. “I quit drinking when I Stuve’s mastery of the North Carolina glare from the bow. He also suggested mov- was 52,” he beams. After watching friends suc- bluefin fishery led him to working with Dr. ing the bunks from the noisy v-berth to the cumb to the hazards of a dangerous lifestyle, Barbara Block and Stanford University’s Tag- bulkhead for a better night’s sleep. “We look Stuve decided to give it up before he had to. a-Giant program. Much of today’s bluefin at the last build and then make the next one “When I was young, I wanted to catch tuna management can be linked to Block’s re- better” he says. all day and drink and fight and arm wrestle search. For over a decade, Stuve’s cooperation After a lifetime in the rat-race, his current all night,” he says. “Quitting drinking was the furthered both bluefin science and fishing. owner of 20 years has sold the sportfish and best thing I ever did.” All because he answered the phone. now focuses on flats fishing. “I keep an eye Today, Stuve still freelances for friends and For over 50 years Stuve has traveled the on his house and make sure the two flats flats with his boss. When he’s not work- world, targeting everything from blue marlin boats are ready to go,” Stuve says. ing, he turns his attention to detail to land- to bonefish. Along the way he has worked for Shallow-water pursuits fascinate Stuve scaping his yard and working on wood proj- a who’s who list of owners, but one thing has as much as deep-sea adventures. “Any flats ects. “I like to build stuff and tinker around.” remained constant: his collaboration with guide could be an offshore captain, but not For fun, he grabs his paddleboard and Merritt Boat Works. Stuve first came aboard every offshore captain could be a flats guide,” spinning rod. “I recently caught a 100-pound Merritt working for Jack Nicklaus and has he laughs. The constantly changing nature of bull shark on the paddleboard,” he brags. run a dozen Merritt boats since. the flats and the fine-tuned tackle required The huge fish dragged him around before The relationship with Merritt has kept Stuve to fish for bonefish, permit and tarpon con- he brought it onto the board for a photo. “I busy on land, too. While working on new builds sume Stuve’s fishing focus, now. He giggles like the pure simplicity of fishing from the for Danny Phipps, Stuve developed a passion like a kid, “When I’m poling the skiff into paddleboard,” he says. for woodworking and boat design. Stuve says the wind and loving it, I think maybe I still Whether he’s running a 70-foot Merritt or a his side-career started when the two were build- have a little gas left in the tank.” 12-foot paddleboard, Stuve wants to be on the ing a tuna boat and only had three months to Looking back over his extensive career, water chasing fish. He reflects on his career: finish it. “Roy Merritt told me, ‘You’re going to Stuve attributes his total consumption with “I was fortunate to have good boats and good have to get involved,’” Stuve recalls. sportfishing as a contributing factor to his anglers; I didn’t f*ck up too much and I got Starting as an observant apprentice to the success. “When I’m not working on tackle at a good reputation.” He’s always been eager to master craftsman, Stuve quickly jumped in the boat, I’m working on tackle at home.” He learn and share his knowledge, satisfied with with both feet. “Roy taught me, you’ll be remembers bolting a table-crimper to his cof- putting anglers on fish and looking for the surprised what you can accomplish when fee table so he could work on bluefin tackle next door to open. “I had some great oppor- you have to,” Stuve laughs. Working on while watching TV. “I once tried to work as a tunities in the beginning. 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1901_VIKING SERVICE CENTER_full.indd 84 11/23/19 1:38 PM florida division Capt. Jamie Ralph Old No. 7 Homeport: Palm Beach, Florida Boat: 62’ Titan Power: Caterpillar 1650s Wins to Date: 1st Place, Silver Sailfish Derby; 3rd Place, Operation Sailfish; Total 600 points. by Nichole Osinski he Old No. 7 may have been around for Tthree years, but Capt. Jamie Ralph and many of the men onboard have a tight-knit his- tory that spans more than a decade. For start- ers, there’s Jamie’s brother and first mate Dane Ralph, who primarily mans the right kite. The Ralph brothers are joined by second mate Photos courtesy Leonard Bryant Chris Hayward, mate Nick Cardella, who can usually be found on the left kite and managing helps for good vibes and happy overall morale.” The Silver Sailfish Derby became a par- the flatline, and cameraman Travis McMillan. “Everything needs to be dialed in a couple ticularly memorable tournament for Jamie. For the next half of the season they’ll be joined weeks before the tournament,” Jamie says. Not only did winning this tournament by freelancer Andrew Kennedy who will most “There’s a lot of remedial work that can be done provide validation to their hard work and likely be on board when they head to Central and accomplished ahead of time.” dedication, but there is the event’s history. America. John Duval, Bill Bryan and Austin The Silver Sailfish Derby is the world’s old- Musselman, the Old No. 7’s owner, make up The Approach est billfishing tournament. Through the the Old No. 7’s table of tournament anglers. Six to eight weeks before a tournament, years, it has been graced by many a famous It’s usually this same group that fishes together Jamie and the crew head out for bait fishing. participant—even one Ernest Hemingway. tournament to tournament. The bait, pinned up and fed in the lead up to It’s an event that’s become special for the Their close camaraderie plays a major role tournament time, can range from sardines to whole team and winning meant a lot to in the crew’s tournament success. Then there cigar minnow to tinker mackerel, a favorite Ralph and company. is the hard work, grit and determination. of Jamie’s when . Jamie estimates that together they put in a Jamie and his crew like to get in as much Looking Ahead solid seven or eight days of hard work for ev- fishing time in and around the area of the Fresh off the heels of a meaningful victory, ery one day of fishing. tournament as possible. This includes ensur- not to mention an early lead in the Captain “There’s a lot of effort being put into it, from ing everyone knows their roles and is ready of the Year race—there’s the Jimmy Johnson bait fishing, to tackle, to pre-fishing,” Jamie ex- for any situation that may occur while out Tournament in March, then it’s off to the Ba- plains. “We’re just doing as much preparation as on the water. This approach, and the work hamas to fish for marlin until July. Following possible for the actual day. We’re usually pretty that the team puts in to getting things di- the spring run, it will likely be a week-long spent after that one day, but fishing together aled paid off in a special way this year. trip to Costa Rica. If all goes according to plan Jamie says, “They’ll be spoiled by the Pacific blue marlin fishing.” Late summer means back to the boatyard to work on Old. No 7. Then it’s time to get ready for the first week of sailfishing in October. It’s a cycle that continues to bring Jamie back, year after year. For someone who, as a teen, once saved his allowance to fish out of Boynton Beach on weekends, these tournaments are what shaped him into the captain he is today. “Tournaments taught me about the overall grind so to speak, putting your head down and continuing to go through it, never say no to a charter and if you want it that bad, you make it happen. I feel very fortunate to be where I am today.” 64 MARCH 2020 INTHEBITE.COM 1807_BAHAMAS BLUE MARLIN_1-2h.indd 1 9/15/19 4:45 PM

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1st Release: 1st Release: Capt. Patrick Price Capt. Jamie Ralph Wrapped Up Photo courtesy Peter Tyson Old No. 7 Photo courtesy Leonard Bryant

Gold Cup Team Operation Sailfish, January 14-18, 2020 • Palm Beach, FL Quest for the Crest, Leg 1 January 15-19, 2020 Singer Island, FL

1st Release: 1st Release Capt. Keith Greenberg Capt. Raul Gonzales

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#INTHEBITE1802_ISLAND MARINE SERVICES_1-2h.indd 1 MARCH1/20/19 202012:09 PM69 o n t h e d o c k s Strange Creatures Come Out at Night t’s always been amazing Ito me to see what kind of creatures show up in the lights around the boat at night when tuna fishing off the Texas coast. Over the years we’ve By Captain encountered many different Kevin Deerman types of fish. These nocturnal visitors are welcomed entertainment for the crew on the long nights in the Gulf of Mexico. We are always on the lookout for flying fish to use for live bait. Over the years, we have also scooped up our share of juvenile dorado, wahoo and even different billfish species. Hanging around a lit-up spar rig in little thing. The mate had no sooner com- The Billfish Foundation recently an- 5,000 feet of water is not a very safe envi- plied with Kirk’s request, than the sailfish nounced a pretty cool new program called ronment for these smaller fish when the tuna was gobbled up by a big tuna as it slowly the Juvenile Billfish Project. TBF is asking for start feeding at night. swam away from the boat. help from all of us to get more information A few years back, Captain Kirk Elliott As we tuna fished for a few hours on a on these young billfish to get a better under- told me about a juvenile sail that his mate July night a few years ago, we netted and re- standing of their habitats and distribution. had dipped up in his net and had swimming leased a couple of juvenile sails and spotted This information not only helps provide data around in a five-gallon bucket on deck. Af- around a half dozen more swimming around on juvenile billfish, but is useful in determin- ter watching the little sailfish swim around in the lights. I’m sure most of the boats that ing where the big ones spawn. the bucket for a few minutes, Kirk asked his frequent the deepwater spar rigs have expe- To help out, all anglers need to do is email mate if he would dump the baby sail back rienced similar sightings of juveniles while a photo of a juvenile billfish that they have overboard and let it free before they hurt the tuna fishing also. caught with as much information as they

Juvenile blue marlin caught off of Charleston by Capt. Richard Brackett

can provide. Pertinent facts include the approximate location, date, time of day, weather conditions, size of fish, and the like. Snap the .picture, jot down the details and email them to tag@billfsh.org While it might not seem like a few photos with information would accomplish too much, widespread participation in the pro- gram can provide scientists with a wealth of data through time. Not only could this help to more understand the habits of juvenile billfish (and the species as a whole), but it makes netting up all the small marlin and sailfish that swim into your lights even that much more fun… Just try not to feed them to the tuna!

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2017 Sea Hunter 45 – Powered by Quad Yama- 2016 368 Edgewater – 400hr triple Yam 2011 Albemarle 290 Express – 570hr 2018 42 Yellowfin – Why buy new? 45’ Cabo 2007 Express, Marauder ha F350 “C” Series with extended engine war- 300’s under warranty. Loaded center Cummins inboards provide speed & Yamaha power only 400hrs with 900 H.P. Mans, new gen set, carpets, ranty until Dec ‘23. Tighten Up is a fully loaded console with super electronics - thruster economy. Full tower - gen - ACHT and nice warranty. Family usage & captain TV, services on water maker, Eskimo with extensive Garmin electronics including (3) - really nice cabin for comfort. Great helm electronics. Boat runs soft and dry and maintained. Loaded boat with great and A.C. December yard work com- 8617s, 7612 in collapsible tower, 1204 open Ar- with seating and tackle center. Loaded great boat to fish or even cruise. $146,000. electronics and all you’d expect - su- pleted, bottom paint and Prop Speed. ray Radar, Autopilot & VHF, Wet Sounds System boat. This is a super running boat with dry Thomas Wynne @ 843-729-5808. per clean and even a trailer included Offers encouraged. Asking $475,000. plus much more! Contact Marco Gaona, 941- ride & speed. $349k call Thomas Wynne for $595,000. Call Thomas Wynne @ Contact John Blumenthal: 772-215- 544-3258, [email protected]. 853-729-588. 843-729-5808. 2571, [email protected].

2004 61 Viking - Upgraded 1520 2007 27’ Albury Brothers - Major Refit 48’ Graves 1984 Flybridge – Big Dog went 37’ Merritt 1959, Do Stay. – Classic Repowered Classic 45 Rybovich – Original- MTU’s, Viking factory mezzanine and 2018-19, new interior paint, new up- through a full re-power in 2018 at Bayliss day boat, 350 Crusaders. Asking ly Ole, here’s a fantastic opportunity to own an paint in 2014, Bluewater helm and holstery, new gauges, Suzuki 225’s, Boatyard & received new MANi6 800hp mo- $70,000. Offers encouraged. Contact updated classic! Perfect charter and/or day fighting chairs, upgraded electronics new 18” Simrad plotter, Radar, AP, tors, new Phasor 20 kw & full paint job in the John Blumenthal: 772-215-2571, fishing boat went through a comprehensive package, KVH Sat TV, recent survey new Rupp carbon fiber outriggers, engine room. Cruises at 29 knots while only [email protected]. refit in 2014. Cummins QSB 550hp with low and ready to fish. $1,049,000. Con- ready for her next owner. Contact burning 60 gph & 34 knots at WOT. Full Gar- hours highlight the refit that included: high tact Preston Stofer @ Tournament Preston Stofer @ Tournament Yacht min electronics upgrade in 2017 to include seas hardtop, Cummins generator, galley Yacht Sales 361-230-0418 or capt- Sales 361-230-0418 or captstofer@ autopilot, FLIR, new screens & more. Contact down to starboard, new appliances, Garmin [email protected] yahoo.com. Chris Downey 843-847-1760. electronics, AC’s, plus more! $474,900. Con- tact 561-460-6956.

2002 52’ Viking Sportfish – 1050 Mans 2002 44 Garlington – 715 hp twin 2006 45 Heritage Express – Cummins 2005 51’ Riviera – C-18 Cats, Fastidi- 2000 60 Hatteras – CAT power - totally 1200 hrs SMOH, continually updated and 2006 inboard diesel’s, Cummins power for 28kt cruise @ 40gph. ously kept and maintained, 3 stateroom, redone 3 stateroom, 3 head cherry maintained by Captain, new carpet, ceiling QSM 11’s. A true custom boat! 2019 Garmin Electronics -Full tower galley down. A.C. in flybridge, Garmin/ interior - total exterior paint - all new LED Lighting throughout vessel. Vessel is turn $825k. Contact Craig @ 561-310- - nice interior. Super dry ride, plea- Nav Net, Water Maker, Eskimo Ice Ma- electronics and much more, 100% key and owner is serious to sell, to move up 3715. [email protected]. sure to fish in a quality Carolina build. chine, Turn key right now $499.000. ready to go. $729k call Thomas R to larger S/F. $559,000 Call to schedule an $399k call Thomas Wynne @ 843- Contact John Blumenthal, 772-215- Wynne @ 843-729-5808. appointment, contact John Blumenthal, 772- 729-5808. 2571, [email protected]. 215-2571, [email protected]. ATTENTION 8knots inventory

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New 29kw Onan Marine Generator – Preowned 2018 KVH V3 IP Sat System – Unit Tuna Tower, Platform and Hardtop Pair of Rupp Tournament Outriggers Fiberglass Standing Platform/Con- This is a new Onan 29kw generator. was new & installed March 2018. Complete – Tuna tower with molded standing Excellent condition. Lift out bases (2in trol Box take off from 82 Viking – Boat was sold prior to installing this with antenna, cables & mounting equipment. platform and hardtop (86” w x 106” O.D.; 8 ft in length with collapsible back Taken off a 82’ Viking Includes control unit. Asking $16,500. Contact Bob Boat owner upgraded system & willing to sell l) 6 rod holders and 60” control box. bars) with 21 ft single spreader riggers. box and standing platform. They are in with any questions, motivated to this half price. We repacked the 2018 model $12,000. (came off a 42’ walkaround). Asking $2000 OBO. Contact 8knotsllc@ good shape just need a little cleaning move this unit. Ph: 561-722-2628. in 2019’s packaging, located in Texas. Serious Contact [email protected] or 561- gmail.com or 561-301-3841. up. $1500 for both. Contact 8knotsllc@ inquiries please. $6500 plus shipping. Contact 301-3841. gmail.com or 561-301-3841. [email protected] or 561-301-3841.

59’ Spencer Boat Interior for Sale Mahogany Salon Table – Mahogany Teak Helmschairs Bluewater Chairs Pair Murray Bros. Fighting Chair – This Bluewater Fighting Chair with 4 Rod Sold only as a complete set. 2 custom table with teak base. Table swivels Upholstery is Sunbrella Sienna Sailcloth. chair is in good condition. Does not come Rocket Launcher – Good condition, comes couches, custom built in drawer table and is a fixed height. Asking $1500. This is for a pair complete including pedes- with a pedestal but is priced accordingly. with a 4 Rod Rocket Launcher by Scopin- and 2 custom matching tables. Cash n Contact [email protected] or tals. New chairs are $6800 ea or $13,600 $2600. Contact [email protected] or ich (with drawer), extra pedestal, ladder Carry only, located in Jupiter, FL. Asking 561-301-3841. for a pair, 1 month wait. Ready to go, excel- 561-301-3841. back rest for fighting chair, fighting chair only $7,000. Contact 8knotsllc@gmail. lent condition, they swivel & slide. Contact with pedestal & cushions for both rocket com or 561-301-3841. John 321-952-1303. Will ship. $9000 for launcher & fighting chair. $1700. Contact the pair or best offer [email protected] or 561-301-3841.

Rybovich Chairs and Parts (sold as a lot) Two tuna chairs and one marlin, all have PROPELLERS 4-inch pedestals and need to be completed. Sold as is $5800 OBO for all. Contact 8knot- [email protected] or 561-301-3841. ATTENTION Pompanette Fighting Chair (small) - Release Rocket Launcher and Pedestal 8knots inventory Excellent condition, rocket launcher – Release Marine rocket launcher and with 6 rod holder and drawer. Full pedestal in good condition. Free pick is online at up or delivery from Hatteras Village Pair of Veem Sportfish-HC 5 blade Veem Props off a 52 Viking – 33 x 49.7, cover. Serial # FC14-0182. $8500. propellers – 34” Diameter, 53” 3” bore with Prop Scan. Intercep- Please call Richard for more info, to Virginia Beach. $1850. For more, www.inthebite.com. email: [email protected]. Pitch, 3” bore, prop report available. tor white and orange strips. Asking 301-440-2814. Updated daily. $11,500.00/pair. Contact 8knot- $10,000. Please contact 772-475- [email protected] or 561-301-3841. 8900 for more info.

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32 x 48 Veem Wheels – They are Veem 4 Blade 61’ Spencer Wheels – 3” Volvo Duoprop T6 Wheels – One set is HyTorq Props – The props were removed from from a 60 Spencer. Would prefer to Bore x 33” dia x 49 pitch. Can provide brand new and one set is lightly used. Used a 57’ Ocean Sportfish six months after overhaul. sell as a pair. Located in Charleston, complete history per request. Spare with Volvo IPS 600’s. These are the Duo- HyTorq 31 x 37.8, 5 blade with 3-inch bore. PointMaker Hook Sharpener – Hook honer SC. $12,000. Contact 843-200- set for Spencer hull #50 2007 61’ with props - front is 3 blade and back is 4 blade. Complete prop scan report by Treasure Coast (120VAC or 12VDC) for the ultimate sharp 5363. C32’s 1650 hp. Located in Jupiter, FL. Would like to get $2000 per set. Contact Propellers available upon request. $6,000. hooks. For 30 years one of those “not so secret” Prop Scan report is recent. Boat sold [email protected] or 561-301-3841. Email [email protected] for more info. secrets that’s accounted for untold trophies and and were not part of the sale. Paid $9k millions in tournament winnings. NOTHING make offer. Contact 8knotsllc@gmail. else comes close, the microscope proves it. com or 561-301-3841. $149.00 shipped US. TexasTackle.com.

(3) Alutecnos Platinum Left Record Set – This is an 6 Vintage Fin Nor 12/O Reels – At- (2) 12v Precision Auto Kite Fishing Penn International Tackle – (2) 20s, Handed Reels, 30, 50 and 80 Class excellent set of gaffs for record fishing tention collectors! We have 6 vin- Reels and Custom Rods – Great condi- no rods International (no II), (2) 30s These reels have blueprinted drags. or big tournaments. (L to R) 12-inch flyer, tage Fin Nor 12/0 reels with rods. tion. $900 firm. Contact 8knotsllc@ International (no II) with rods, (2) 50s Perfect for the southpaw angler. custom straight gaff with swivel handle The tackle is in excellent condition. gmail.com or 561-301-3841. SW International II on Penn rods. Really $2,000. Contact 8knotsllc@gmail. and 16-inch flyer. All gaffs are in excellent $7000. Contact [email protected] good shape, serviced and working well. com or 561-301-3841. condition. Asking $3000 for the set. Contact or 561-301-3841. Asking $2000 OBO. Contact 8knotsllc@ [email protected] or 561-301-3841. gmail.com or 561-301-3841.

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