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Good Fishing,

Capt.Skip Smith

A special thank you to the 2015 volunteers and assistants!

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Tournament Director, Capt. Skip Smith

Dear Custom Shootout Participants:

I would like to thank all the Custom Boat Owners, Captains, Crews, Sponsors and the Builders for your support and trust. For the past 13 years we have been truly blessed with this unique “gentleman’s rules” charity tournament.

The Custom Shootout was originally formed to raise money for the victims of the September 11th tragedies. Since then, we have donated money to: The New York Firefighters, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, American Cancer Society, Susan B. Komen Foundation, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Anna Fund Melanoma Program, Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Red Cross/Hurricane Katrina (marine related funds), Heroes Fund, IGFA, The Billfish Foundation, and a few others.

I would also like to thank Tina Church and all the volunteers who have been part of this event over the years. I keep getting the credit, but without them this event would not happen.

One of the best things that happened to this event was moving it to Abaco Beach Resort and teaming up with Kevie and her staff. With an event such as this, the food has to be great to get everyone off their luxury custom boats to join together for dinner and some drinks with some old and new friends. Second is the large, enclosed, air-conditioned tent to make it even more enjoyable. Also, the Resort is much closer to the fishing grounds. So many things have to go right for this to continue to be the event it is today.

There are only two things about this event we cannot control; the weather and the fishing. Last year it was a bit rough, and fishing was a bit slow, and even then we did not have any real complaints. This shows me that everyone attending is here for all the right reasons! It also tells me that the Abaco Beach Resort is doing a great job with the food, service, and drinks!

The Custom Shootout is proud to be THE TOURNAMENT to fish and to WIN in the Bahamas!

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

TUESDAY, MAY 12th

6 p.m. Pre-Kickoff Party!

Dinner & Cocktails

Sponsors will be there to display their products

Sponsored by Smith-Merritt Insurance

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13th

3 p.m.- 5 p.m. Registration & Boat Bag pick up

7 p.m. Kickoff Party!

8 p.m. Dinner & Cocktails, Captain’s Meeting

7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Silent Auction

THURSDAY, MAY 14th

6 a.m.- 7 a.m. Breakfast Sandwiches delivered

8 a.m.- 4 p.m. 1st Day of Fishing

4:30 p.m. Rum Punch dock greeting

7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Bring your meat, fish, chicken, etc.

and our chef will grill it for you. We’ll have sides dishes

available and a casual dinner for the sponsors.

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8 a.m.- 4 p.m. 2nd Day of Fishing

4:30 p.m. Rum Punch dock greeting

7 p.m. Honor the Custom Boat Builders

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Sponsored by XL Insurance

SATURDAY, MAY 16th


8 a.m.- 4 p.m. 3rd & last Day of Fishing

4:15 p.m. “Fastest Custom Boat Race”

7 p.m. Awards Dinner at the Boat Harbour Tent

7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Silent Auction

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Tournament Format: The Custom Shootout is an “Honor-System” format governed by the rules set forth by the Tournament Committee. The format is intended to generate team strategy, sportsmanship, and fun for all.

1. ANGLERS: Up to 4 anglers permitted per boat. All anglers must be registered prior to the start of the Tournament.

2. NO PAID CAPTAINS OR CREW can be anglers. (paid within the past three years) and then only one ex-Captain/crew angler per boat.

3. FISHING DAYS: Thursday - May 14th, Friday - May 15th, and Saturday - May 16th. All boats must register at marina on or before May 14th.

4. FISHING HOURS: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boats may leave the marina at daylight. Boats must check in the marina each evening. Fishing hours per schedule at registration.

5. FISHING BOUNDARIES: A 60 mile radius from Boat Harbour Marina. Use your GPS numbers at the dock to abide.

6. INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT GUIDELINES APPLY: see the entire set rules on the website.Maximum line to be used:130 lb.

7. NO WIRE LINES & NO ELECTRIC REELS (except kite & teaser reels).

8. DEAD & LIVE BAIT are permitted and you must use CIRCLE Hooks with all natural bait.

9. MAXIMUM OF 6 LINES (with hooks) are permitted per boat at any one time.

10. RADIO PROCEDURES: All billfi sh must be called in to the committee boat upon hook-up and release (or loss of fi sh). VHF Channel TBA

11. WE RECOMMEND YOU TAKE DIGITAL PHOTOS OR VIDEO VERIFICATION of each billfi sh released. The photos or video should clearly identify the species of the billfi sh, complete the offi cial release documents, sign and turn them in to the tournament director at the end of each fi shing day.

12. PROTESTS: The Custom Shootout is an honor system tournament. Each boat is responsible for his/her performance. Any person witnessing rule violations should enter a protest in writing to the Tournament Committee no later than 6 P.M. the day of the alleged violation. Tournament Committee decision shall be fi nal.

Blue Marlin release = 400 pointsWhite Marlin = 150 pointsSailfish Release = 50 points

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1st Place: Plane Simple / Spencer2nd Place: Big Dog / Mark Willis3rd Place: Que Mas / American

The 2016 Customs Shootout Series will consist of: Stuart Light Tackle Tournament, The Custom Shootout and The PC Shootout

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TOP BOAT: Kent Ulburg Sculpture Courtesy of: Florida Detroit Diesel-Allison MTU

2ND PLACE BOAT: Original Crystal TrophyCourtesy of: Dex Imaging

3RD PLACE BOAT: Original Crystal TrophyCourtesy of: HMY Yacht Sales

TOP ANGLER: Kent Ulburg Sculpture Courtesy of: Sunset Marina

TOP LADY ANGLER (CHERYL ROY MEMORIAL): David Wirth Circle Hook TrophyCourtesy of: SATCOM Direct

TOP CAPTAIN & CREW: Glass Engraved Tower (3)Courtesy of: Smith-Merritt Insurance

TOP TAGGING BOAT: Dennis Friel giclees (3)Courtesy of: Costa

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TOP BUILDER • Spencer - 4 wins• Tribute - 3 wins• Rybovich - 2 wins• Garlington - 2 wins• Merritt - 1 win• American - 1 win

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RACE FROM THE EDGE • Revenge - 4 wins• Hines-Farley - 3 wins• Jim Smith - 2 wins• American - 1 win• Spencer - 1 win• Jarrett Bay - 1 win


2014 BOAT HARBOR, ABACO, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Plane Simple• 2nd Place: Escapade• 3rd Place: Uno Mas• Top Angler: Jim Jensen• Manufacturer Award: Spencer

2013 BOAT HARBOR, ABACO, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Reel Pushy• 2nd Place: Jichi• 3rd Place: Arc Strike• Top Angler: Wally Whitley• Manufacturer Award: Spencer • Fastest Boat: Ravaganza, Jarrett Bay

2012 BOAT HARBOR, ABACO, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Wave Paver• 2nd Place: Plane Simple• 3rd Place: Bear Trap• Top Angler: Jr Davis• Manufacturer Award: Garlington • Fastest Boat: Reel Joy, Revenge

2011 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Chasin• 2nd Place: Double Dog• 3rd Place: Ravaganza• Top Angler: Don McKinney• Manufacturer Award: Spencer• Fastest Boat: Reel Joy, Revenge

2010 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Sandman• 2nd Place: Brier Patch• 3rd Place: Svengali• Top Angler: Lester Petracca• Manufacturer Award: Spencer• Fastest Boat: Reel Joy, Revenge

2009 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: HT Hook• 2nd Place: Owls Nest• 3rd Place: Sandman• Top Angler: Al Eldridge• Manufacturer Award: Tribute• Fastest Boat: Reel Joy, Revenge

2008 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Que Mas• 2nd Place: MIMI• 3rd Place: Reel Joy• Top Angler: Paul Spencer• Manufacturer Award: American• Fastest Boat: MIMI, Spencer

2007 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Alican• 2nd Place: Jack O’ Hearts• 3rd Place: Meant 2 Be• Top Angler: Scott Frohman• Manufacturer Award: Tribute• Fastest Boat: Jack O’ Hearts, Jim Smith

2006 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Wave Paver• 2nd Place: Cutnail• 3rd Place: Blank Check• Top Angler: JR Davis• Manufacturer Award: Garlington• Fastest Boat: Jack O’ Hearts, Jim Smith

2005 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Black Out• 2nd Place: NUCO2• 3rd Place: Frantastic• Top Angler: Jim Black• Manufacturer Award: Merritt• Fastest Boat: Double Dog, Hines-Farley

2004 HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Rosemary• 2nd Place: Miss Allied• 3rd Place: Double Dog• Top Angler: Terry Sherman• Manufacturer Award: Rybovich• Fastest Boat: Double Dog, Hines-Farley

2003 CHUB CAY, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: Salem Wolf• 2nd Place: Miss Allied• 3rd Place: China Girl• Top Angler: Roger Hammond• Manufacturer Award: Rybovich• Fastest Boat: Double Dog, Hines-Farley

2002 CHUB CAY, BAHAMAS• 1st Place: HT Hook• 2nd Place: Jack O Hearts• 3rd Place: ARC Strike• Top Angler: Harry Schufflebarger• Manufacturer Award: Tribute• Fastest Boat: Freedom, American


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1910-11: Austro-Hungarian immigrant and carpenter John Rybovich Sr. arrives in Palm Beach looking for work. With local ordinances prohibiting hammering during the winter, he turns to commercial fishing to earn a living. On a visit to New York in 1911, he meets Czechoslovakian immigrant, Anna Pollack, his future wife.

1913-1930: John and Anna’s children: John, Ethel, Thomas, Emil and Mary Irene are born. Family moves from their downtown apartment to a waterfront home at 4200 North Dixie where Rybovich and Sons is born around 1919. John Sr. uses his carpentry skills to build and repair other fisherman’s skiffs as well as his own. By 1930 the homestead is a thriving boatyard for commercial and recreational boat owners from Palm Beach.

1931-1940: In 1931 a 26-foot yacht tender owned by the Phipp’s family is taken in trade for a yard bill. John Rybovich Jr., then 18 and working full time at the yard, restores it, installing the first set of directional outriggers with a welded metal base that could be set at a 22 ½ degree angle, and with a half turn, at 45 degrees for fishing. From this boat he catches his first sailfish. Rybovich becomes one the first yards installing topside controls over the lower station, adding a throttle and reverse gear through the cabin top for maneuvering on fish. Among those seeking sportfishing retrofits is Ernest Hemingway, who in 1935 hires Rybovich to turn his 38-foot Wheeler Pilar into a sportsfisher. John Rybovich is introduced to giant bluefin tuna fishing at Cat Cay and Bimini in 1937 and begins formulating ideas for the ideal big game boat.

There’s never been anything built quite like the Lizzy Bee. Even at her home dock at the Sailfish Club of Florida in Palm Beach where people have pretty much seen it all when it comes to custom fishing boats, she elicits ooh’s and ahs.

Not a day goes by that Capt. Mike McClamrock doesn’t get what he calls the question.

“Who makes this boat?”

His answer is course, Rybovich, Michael Rybovich and Sons, which he explains with a smile.

Lizzy Bee’s mirror white finish shimmers in the noonday sun as McClamrock works his

chamois across the boat’s curves, politely answering the passerby’s questions.

“How old is this boat? It’s looks vintage,” says the man with a knowing look.

It’s less than a year old, says McClamrock, launching into the story of how this new classic 64-foot walkaround came to be.

EVOLUTION OF A DYNASTY


1941-1946: After being drafted into the US Army Air Corps flying B-17s, Tommy Rybovich receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crew and safely landing his flak-battered plane. Eighteen-year-old Emil joins the Army Air Corps, serving on air-sea rescue boats. In1943 John becomes a procurement officer, learning business skills and new materials like aluminum while serving in the Army transport and engineering division; this helps Rybovich and Sons become the innovator of the modern big game boat.

1946-1951: John Rybovich Sr. turns over the reins to his sons. In 1946 Charles Johnson orders a new boat for giant tuna fishing in the Bahamas, asking that the boat not exceed 34-feet and it be fast and maneuverable. Launched in 1947, Miss Chevy II was dry and stable with the first set of aluminum outriggers and first ball bearing fighting chair with integrated footrest. The

latter were designed by John Rybovich. With radius corners, the boat’s designer Tommy creates a graceful, streamline craft with a high gloss paint finish and varnished mahogany cockpit, trunk and transom. Powered by a set of 8-cylinder Chryslers, aircraft styled steering and instrumenta-tion and duel station controls, it is one of the first 20-knot plus sportfishing boats. In the next three years, Rybovich built three 28’s and two 37’s.

1952-1959: Wanting something new, Charles Johnson in 1952 commissions a new boat, the world’s first modern day convertible sportfisher. Called Miss Chevy IV, it featured Rybovich’s trademark broken sheer. Tommy’s goal was to eliminate the forward trunk cabin by raising the foredeck to create added headroom while streamlining the deckhouse. Looking at his brother’s sketches, John changed the sheer, penciling in a convex transition similar to that of a Chris Craft.

What McClamrock does not explain is that Lizzy Bee is the happy ending in a journey that began in 1975 when Michael joined the payroll at Rybovich and Sons two weeks before his father and uncle sold the yard.

Located at 4200 Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, Rybovich and Sons is where Michael’s uncles Tommy and John and his father Emil created the modern big game fishing boat in the early 50s after returning home from World War II. Miss Chevy IV’s sleek profile and broken sheer, aluminum tuna tower and outriggers, under transom tuna door and ball bearing fighting chair set the standard for every sportfishing boat built

since. Built as hull #8, five years after the launch of their first boat in 1947, it was one of the first purpose built boats for catching billfish and giant tuna. Over the next 20 years Tommy Rybovich built 67 more boats before dying from cancer in

1972. “When that happened, Rybovich and Sons lost its soul,” said Michael. “The yard’s shipwright Vince Santini, who’d helped Tommy set up the Little Pete, his last boat, worked with my dad (Emil), uncle Johnny, and Bill Jackman, building two more afterwards but it wasn’t the same as having Tommy there. So with family and financial concerns weighing on them, they sold it to Bob Fisher.” Fisher would be the first of four more owners.

The sale was a decision both Emil and John Rybovich expressed regrets over once Michael proved his worth as a boat builder; once they saw the yard’s reputation for uncompromising quality slipping with the new bottom line management style.

Michael ended up apprenticing under Bill Jackman and Tommy’s former new boat crew of Jack Rhodes, Curt Wills and Jimmy Becker. “They taught me the skills that allowed me to go out on my own,” he said. That happened in 1984 when Michael, who at the time was the yard’s new boat construction foreman, objected to the owner’s production mindset. With his father Emil and brother Marty Evans, Michael built his first boat in 1984 in a small leased space on 28th Street in West Palm Beach. The 32-foot Ruthie, now Charmer, was a throwback to the day fishing boats first designed by Tommy. Ruthie also was one of the first walkaround sportfishers built, an idea conceived

Gorgeous, by any name, the 64-foot Lizzy Bee launched in 2014 by builder Michael Rybovich and Sons of Pam Beach Gardens, Fla. is a throwback to the Golden Age of Sportfishing when blue water fishing got its start. Photo by Michael Rybovich and Sons.

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by former Rybovich customer and fisherman Nick Smith.

Michael has persevered as no custom builder has ever had to after loosing the right to build boats under own his name due to a copyright infringement lawsuit with the yard’s next owner, Harvey Wilson. Lacking the financial resources to fight the false charges, Michael agreed not to use his family name in business. They chose the name Ryco Marine because it followed Rybovich in the phone book, his step-brother Marty Evans explained.

During the next 20 years they built 20 boats including Custom Shootout masterpieces like Mickey Rupp’s China Girl, Castabar, and Rosemary, under the Ryco name before being asked by Rybovich and Son’s newest owner Wayne Huizenga Jr. to come on board as boat builder in 2005. At Rybovich and Sons he completed Coral C, Larry Wilson’s first Lizzy Bee, Almar, Persistance and Game On before the Great Recession hit and Rybovich and Son’s new boat division was shut down. This time when Michael left it was with the owner’s blessing and permission to use his name building boats. That’s led to what he calls the rebirth, the opening of Michael Rybovich and Sons in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., where his son Dusty, 27, his first born, is the yard’s in house naval architect and marine engineer. A graduate of the

prestigious Webb Institute of Long Island, New York, “he is the first formally educated boat builder in the family,” says his proud father.

Most fathers are happy to see their sons develop an interest in the family business and Michael is no exception.

“Marty and I were fortunate to work alongside our father for 25 years. I treasure every success, every failure, every argument and every laugh we shared during that time and feel blessed to be in a position to switch roles and watch the fire developing in a talented young man who is a much quicker study than I ever was. His ability to picture the boat before it is built, to observe the effects of modification on other parts of

Left: Original John Rybovich and Sons Yard. Center: The Four Rybovich men, Emil, Tommy, Johnny and Pop Rybovich. Circa 1960’s. Right: The legendary boat builder Tommy Rybovich defined modern day boat building. Photos courtesy of Michael Rybovich of Michael Rybovich and Sons.

Rybovich Charmer built under the Ryco name.

With its “broken sheer” and the world’s first all aluminum tuna tower and under transom tuna door (eliminating the need of a gin pole) Miss Chevy IV defined what a sportfishing boat should be. 1956-1959: John Rybovich creates a drying box to “acclimate” the Philippine mahogany used for planking boats. Prior to this, mahogany used in boat construction was less stable; prone to shrinkage. In 1956 naval architect Jack Hargrave joins Rybovich and Sons. During his three years at Rybovich he helps design 13 boats including the yard’s first diesel powered boat, Chevy Clipper for Charles Johnson. During this time Rybovich builds its first boat utilizing epoxy resins.

1960-1965: Tommy Rybovich builds his first cold molded boat, Frisky, which has the yard’s first set of jet drives. An experimental boat, the 30-footer is sold to Eddie Crawford and is still fishing. In 1963, John Rybovich creates the format and rules for the renowned Master’s Invitational Sailfish Angling Tournament. Nine years later, he creates the Gold Cup Team Tournament for the Sailfish Club of Florida.

1966-1975: Tommy Rybovich and naval architect Giovanni Cardelli create some of the yard’s “most perfectly proportioned” sportfishers including Annabet, Amigo and Little Pete, utilizing the convex hull sections first suggested by Emil Rybovich. Little Pete is the last boat set up by Tommy Rybovich, who dies of cancer in 1972. With help from shipwright


the boat and run through the manual of calculations in a fraction of time is pure magic to me and comes natural to him. I’m thrilled the depth of those abilities is in my family’s hands producing a better product for the customer.”

Dusty’s esthetic, he adds, is a lot like Tommy’s. “He loves the classics,” said Michael, who describes his son’s style as traditional with a modern flare.

And though Michael drew the lines for Wilson’s show stopping 64-foot walkaround Lizzy Bee - hull number one for Michael Rybovich and Sons - Dusty helped design the layout and many of the components. The first boat he’s drawn from the keel up is the new yard’s third hull a conventional 68-foot sportfish that currently is under construction along with an 86-footer set for launch later this year.

Hull number two, our largest so far, like all our boats is something special, said Michael. “We took our successful 78 and stretched it without increasing the chine beam,” he explained. “The reason being, excessive chine beam can be a horsepower parasite, contributing to a hard, wet ride.”

The new 86’ is light for her size thanks to the FRP composite deckhouse and bridge. The overhead is made from carbon fiber that adds stiffness while helping reduce the weight of the assembly and lowers the center of gravity. That said what everyone is talking is not the sleek wraparound glass windshield but the refrigerated 400 gallon under deck tuna box that can hold a couple of full size men as well, said Rybovich. Also under the mezzanine are crew’s quarters and a sizeable tackle room, features the owner’s crew also appreciates.

In 2011 Michael and his team moved to a 2-acre waterfront boatyard in Palm Beach Gardens in need of a facelift with a plan to bring back the service and the atmosphere customers enjoyed at the family’s old yard. Painting it a pale shade of yellow, he wanted to make it feel like a smaller version of the yard his grandfather opened in 1919. And instead of a Travelift, Rybovich re-built the old marine railway so they can move more boats in a small area.

Built for Larry Wilson, Rybovich’s partner in the real estate, Lizzy Bee was launched in 2014 to enormous fanfare. Not just because of her looks or that she may well be the largest walkaround ever built but for the technology that went into it including the Volvo Penta IPS pods Wilson asked for. The maneuverability with the boat’s thrust based steering system is impressive, said Rybovich.

Bill Jackman, John and Emil complete two more boats before selling the yard in 1975 to automobile executive Robert (Bob) Fisher.

1975-1984: Michael Rybovich begins work at Rybovich and Sons two weeks before its sale to Bob Fisher. By 1978, he’s become carpentry foreman of the new boat crew. Work-ing under boat builder Bill Jackman, he’s working as new boat construction supervisor when he quits in 1984.

1984-1995: With his father Emil and brother Marty Evans, Michael opens Rybovich International in 1984, building his first boat on his own, the 32-foot walkaround Ruthie for

Charlie Bouchard. The boat is a throwback to the day fishing boats first built by Rybovich. With more than 2,000 billfish releases since its launch, today it’s called Charmer. Rybovich Interna-tional becomes Ryco Marine. John Rybovich dies in 1990.

1995-2001: Software developer Larry Wilson – the future partner in Michael Rybovich and Sons – commissions a 39-foot express called Charmer from Ryco in 1998. Emil Rybovich dies in 2000. The following year Ryco Marine moves to a waterfront site on Dixie Highway in Riviera Beach.

2001-2010: Wayne Huizenga Jr. purchases Rybovich and Sons at 4200 Dixie Highway in 2004. After a succession of owners after Tommy’s death and the yard’s sale by the family in 1975, Huizenga asks Michael to return as Rybovich’s boat builder to rebuild the company; content as

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Coupled with Volvo electronics, the joystick control allows for complete control of the boat regardless of wind and tide. In addition, the fuel efficiencies derived from forward facing, counter rotating propellers gives us a fuel burn that’s close to half of what conventional drives burn. Lizzy Bee is burning a total of 60 gallons per hour at 30 knots,” he adds.

Much has been written about Rybovich and Sons and the

innovations that came from that yard. “What most people don’t realize is a lot of that innovation came from listening to our customers,” said Michael. “I’m extremely proud of my family’s boat building legacy and their contributions to the sport but I realize there are a lot of hard working boat builders from other well respected yards that have contributed equally to this industry. What made us different was we just happened to be there first.”

his own boss, Michael says no. Hurricane Wilma destroys Ryco Marine’s facilities in 2005. With three boats underway and no place to finish them, Michael rejoins (Huizenga’s) Rybovich and Sons. Michael and Marty complete five boats before the Great Recession hits and Huizenga trims the company’s new construction team. Michael and Marty leave on good terms.

2011- 2015: Company’s rebirth as Michael Rybovich and Sons takes place in 2011 after purchase of a 2-acre boatyard in Palm Beach Gardens. Michael’s son and naval architect Dusty Rybovich joins the company. With the addition of an engineered railway, covered sheds and service yard, Michael completes the yard’s first boat, Larry Wilson’s 64-foot walkaround Lizzy Bee in 2014. An 86- and 68-footer are slated for launch in 2015 and 2016.

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Five time zones, two flights and a solid case of jet lag brought Jack Duvall to the Royal Kona Hotel and the beginning of a 7-day fishing journey.

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FEBRUARY 2015 -- On February 16, 2015, the final tag in the 2014 Custom Shootout IGMR that started in Abaco Islands, Bahamas, surfaced to win the race after remaining on Fish 6, an estimated 126 kg (275 lb) blue marlin, for the full programmed duration of 180 days! The tag reported in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, at an incredible point to point distance of 2,469 nautical miles (nm) southeast from where it was deployed about 60 miles off the coast of Virginia, USA. Congratulations to Jim Jensen of Plane Simple, the angler and sponsor of the winning fish! It will be about another month before a track is developed, and we can’t wait to see where this fish actually swam.

Coming in a close second place was Fish 1, the only fish tagged during the 2014 Custom Shootout by sponsor Mike Bozzuto of My Love. The tag on Fish 1 popped up on November 11, 2014 and revealed that the estimated 125 kg (275 lb) blue traveled an exact point to point distance of 2,029 nm in the full programmed duration of 180 days! Starting off in the Abacos, the blue swam north from the Bahamas, hugging the US coast all the way to Massachusetts, where it circled back down to Maryland and Virginia before returning north and then eventually swimming far east offshore in the Atlantic. Given the track pattern, we estimate that the blue marlin’s total distance was more likely around 6,414 nm!

Jim Derrick of Layla sponsored the tag that his Captain Todd Astles placed on Fish 4 after angler Tobin Wiener reeled in the estimated 91 kg (200 lb) blue while fishing near Puerto Rico. After reaching the 180 day programmed duration period on January 29, 2015, the tag popped off 1,309 nm away in the Atlantic, about 1,000 nm from South America, earning Fish 4 third place in the race. As with fish 6, the track will be processed when the tag is finished transferring data to the Argos satellites, which will likely be completed within the month.

The fact that four of the six tags deployed during the 2014 Abaco Islands, Bahamas IGMR reached the full programmed duration of 180 days is a huge success in itself. However, that coupled with some very long tracks made this particular race a veritable treasure trove of data for the IGMR. A huge thanks go to Captain Skip Smith for making this event possible at the Custom Shootout and to all the tag sponsors, anglers, and crew that participated. A comprehensive report with more details regarding your tags and fish will be available on the race page soon.

2014 Race Complete !

Congratulations to the Plane Simple & Jim Jensen

Team Name: Plane Simple

Sponsor: Jim Jensen

Species Tagged: Blue Marlin

Species Size: 45 kg (100 lb)

Angler: Jim Jensen

Tagged By: Ryan Beal & Noah Beaman

Deployment Date: August 20, 2014

Pop-Up Date: February 16, 2015

Distance Traveled: 2,469 nm

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Tribute Alican Andres Fanjul Doug Heaton

Spencer Bear Trap John Stout Ed Dwyer

Spencer Big Deal Ed Russo Brian Rabbitt

Willis Black Out James Black Jose Montero

Bayliss Blank Check Dan Doyle, Jr. Danny Hearns

Sonny Briggs Bodacious Pat Thomas Brian Gale

Merritt Bree Randy Ringhaver Kyle Liane

Spencer Bullwinkle Emelio Musso Daniel Spencer

Spencer Chasin Tail James Takats Ron Day

Merritt Committed John Lee Sean Young

Rybovich Coral C Chris Berian Ben Brownlee

Island Boat CowPoke Cruiser Crews Mike Brady

Paul Mann DA Sea Ed Dunn Chris Garnell

Jim Smith Gina Lisa Gina Addeo Danny Scotti

Release Gladiator Roy Cronacher Corey Hexter

F&S Hit & Run Byron Russell Cory Gillespe

Caison Horse Play Ted Keany Ryan Keany

Garlington Jaruco Ralph De la Torre Tyler Andresen

Paul Mann Jichi Luis Isaias Gene Lebron

Spencer Lauren J Tim Magee Tim Magee

Bayliss Lights Out Bill Haugland Chester Sims

Paul Mann Lisa K Ernest Audet Mike Deighan

Paul Mann Ma Sheila Will Tomlinson David Tomlinson

Rybovich Mama C Chris Perry Steve Richardson

Jarrett Bay Mama Who Lainey Jones Ronnie Burbage

Spencer Marlin Darlin Bobby Jacobsen Ed Wheeler

F&S Marlin II Marlin Younker Dennis Larivee

Scarborough Maverick Randy Newcomer Joel McLeod

Merritt My Love Mike Bozzuto Billy Elliott

Merritt My Lynn Bob Snyder Kevin Scheffler

Whiticar Never Enough Walter Shikany Trevor Cockle

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Spencer Plane Simple Jim Jensen Jimmy Werling

American Que Mas Wally Whitley Travis Butters

Rybovich Reef Skimmer Duane Powell John Robel

Revenge Reel Joy John Guledsky Andy Helms

Spencer Reel Pushy Robert Baker Chris Workmon

Rybovich Rose Jay Hayden Steve Futch

Spencer Ryt Sea Glenn Hasse Robby Lawson

Paul Mann Soul Candy Todd Reaves Brian Speedy

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Merritt Sweet Thing Keith Beaty Michael Murray

Freedom Tenacious Kasey Swan Danny Ford

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