Choices choices

[mcanderson]

You wait all year for a blue boat to come along and then you get two.

So which one takes your fancy?
Personally I like the first one more.

 

[petem]

Neither!

 

[MrB]

Neither!

Ditto!!

 

[burgundyben]

I reckon with the right approach the top one could be a handsome boat.

Ditch all those aerials and crap, replace the windows with clear glass.

 

[MapisM]

Far from being a fisherman fan, but the first looks like a Rybovich, and the second a Viking.
Not 100% sure, but if that is the case, the second is "just" a good boat, while the first is a work of art.

 

[vas]

no idea what they are, the first one is designwise really v. v. nice.
Not discussing colours, just forms and proportions.
I mean, even the bimini is v. elegantly designed and setup!

 

[BartW]

as a sport fisher boats fan, I like both,

the first has a gorgeous shape and lines, really like it,
the colour, one has to get used to it, but since Karnic offered turquoise blue also, I was already acquainted to that.

 

[mcanderson]

Well done MapisM on the makers. 100% correct. The first is a Rybovich 52 made in 1977 and looks stunning.
The second is a Viking.

 

[vas]

The first is a Rybovich 52 made in 1977 and looks stunning.

you can say that again!
77??? ffs!!!

 

[Portofino]

The Viking has ( out of shot ) a tower to helm it as well .Thats a practical feature in the Med to cool off / keep cool while helming .
You could get rid of the fighting chair and replace with sun loungers etc .

Uber cool both of them and not a single bolt or anything else from VP to boot .
low cost long term ownership prospects as well if they aren’t wood .

 

[Portofino]

you can say that again!
77??? ffs!!!

Yours ( Mitos ) is also a stunner in today’s metro styled plastic fantastic over glazed company littering boat shows .

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Leaving all that fishing top hamper out of the equation I think they both look good. I especially like the sheer. If that first one is from 1977 it's looking pretty fresh

 

[MrB]

At first glance I thought the first one looked like a Mochi Craft and I love those. Now, as BB pointed out in post#4, I see a different boat with all the metalwork removed.

 

[oldgit]

Depends if you want to spend the rest of your life in a 24/7 battle to stop one of those boats falling to bits.
Or going boating with the other.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Which one is which OG?

 

[MapisM]

if they aren’t wood

Pardon?
Still in modern days, Rybovich builds wooden boats as large as 78', with performances that could put even your Itama to shame.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I like both boats but I'd take the Viking because its still a fine looking boat but the running costs would be far lower

I must admit that I've never understood why these American sport fishers are not more popular in Europe. Yes sure, hooking unsuspecting sea creatures out of the briny is less popular here than in the US but the hulls of these boats have to be good to get to fishing grounds which are often many miles offshore so you might think that would appeal to some boaters on this side of the pond. An Italian business owner I know has a Hatteras sport fisher based in the Adriatic and he loves it because it can bash through pretty much anything the sea can throw at it

 

[Portofino]

Pardon?
Still in modern days, Rybovich builds wooden boats as large as 78', with performances that could put even your Itama to shame.

Wooden boat in today’s market is a depreciation and maintenance disaster according to the residuals .
Law of supply and demand sets the residual market price .
I will stick in the Med ( especially in Italy ) with a plastic Itama would not want anything else performance wise or low long term ownership costs wise .Attracts a lot of admiration everywhere we go which comes with the territory .

Btw the like for like for any meaningful comparison Itama to the Rybovich 78 is the Twin Arnesons MTU 1825 Hp Itama 75 which cruises all day at 40 knots with it’s 22 degree deadrise ..........are you sure wooden the R78 can “ shame it “ performance wise ?

 

[Portofino]

@Mapish M ..simple google at Rybovich and Itama performance figures =
R 78 Max 39 knots ( 45 mph )
I 75 max 42 knots ( 49 mph )

R 64 max 38 knots
I 62 Max 40 knots from the brochures .......personally I have seen 42 knots from I 62 on a sea trail earlier this year in a 2 M chop .

Even older 90 s ( with mech injection MAN s ) Itama 54 / 56 exceed 40 knots which beats the newer bigger R 62s and mighty R78 !! both with CR and all the modern rizza matazz of up to date engines!!

 

[MapisM]

Your googling could use some refinement, PF.
They clocked a max speed of 50.2 kts (yes, FIFTY, not a typo) on their last 78 - which btw is a MUCH bigger boat than the Itama 75.
And over the Pond, the wave-bashing capabilities of their hulls are as legendary as Magnum's, just to name an Itama-like type of boat.

All pretty academic anyhow, since anyone interested in a superfast freight train whose range is sufficient for crossing to Bermuda would laugh at the idea of any open boat meant for day trips to Capri - or Nassau, for that matter.