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Where to go, where to stay, and what to catch With summer in full swing, more and more boat owners are making the short trip from Florida to the Bahamas. It’s the perfect summer getaway with family and friends, partly because many of the best cruising and fishing destinations are close by and easy to get to. These include Bimini, …
By Capt. Karl Anderson Southern New Jersey is well known for its rich history of boat building. From the 1600’s on, with a virtually unlimited supply of cedar and oak, craftsmen built boats that were tools necessary for life on the Jersey coast, from seasonal inshore shallow water work boats like the “garvey,” to work the bay for clams and …
At Release Boatworks, we like building serious boats for serious anglers, and fishing. So, it’s a true pleasure when we get to combine our two favorite things and go fishing with our customers, clients, and friends—like we did recently during our first Owner’s Billfishing Rendezvous in Guatemala.
In the world of sportfishing, where every adventure is as unique as the fisherman casting the line, there exists an unparalleled allure in the creation of a custom-built vessel.
For fishermen, the cockpit is the most important part of the boat, because that’s where the action takes place. We can probably all agree that having plenty of space in which to work sits atop the list of necessities for a great cockpit. There must be plenty of room for several people to move around at the same time. But …
Release Boatworks Featured in North American Composites Magazine This article originally appeared in the Winter 2023 issue of Delivering Performance, a publication of North American Composites. by Reagan Cofield Diamond Release Boatworks is where technology meets tradition. Founded in 2009 by owner Jim Turner, the company specializes in the building and production of myriad sport fishing, charter and custom boats. …
Written by Karl Anderson. It’s neat to see a young company flourish, and the folks at Release improve and evolve with every new offering that comes out of the shop. Since they start with a good riding hull design, it gives them a chance to do the things they are doing — tweaking, refining and upgrading processes and materials. Release’s …
This week, Release Boatworks is a proud sponsor of one of our favorite tournaments, The Silver Sailfish Derby, put on by our good friends at West Palm Beach Fishing Club! The Silver Sailfish Derby was established by the West Palm Beach Fishing Club in January 1935. While structured quite differently today, the event is the oldest running sailfish tournament in …
On July 29th, 2022, NOAA Fisheries announced proposed changes to vessel speed regulations to further protect North Atlantic right whales from death and serious injuries resulting from collisions — part of a multifaceted approach to stabilize and recover this endangered population. The changes would expand the current mandatory seasonal speed restrictions of 10 knots or less in designated areas of the ocean and …
Sailfishing is the dominant sportfishing attraction during South Florida winters, and while some tournaments have been around for decades, many more are sprouting up each year with increase in demand as well as preference for different competition and prize structures. From November through May, here’s a list of the upcoming 2022/2023 South Florida Sailfish and Billfish Tournaments, including some notable …
