OnBoard Magazine - Issue XIII - 2021 Season

package, which can synchronize with the music, putting on a light show that dances up and down the full tower and transom. Release Marine’s impeccable handiwork is featured throughout Reel Development on the bar stools, dinette, wooden backrests and helm chairs. Nile also points out the opulent pearl-inlay marlin embedded in the cocktail table crafted by Marine Tables. Down in the engine room, crew and visitors are met with a spacious and clean layout finished out to yacht quality and even climate-controlled for ease of maintenance. The enormous pump room includes a stainless-steel toolbox custom- built for the captain and crew. Twin Seakeeper 16 gyros ensure the most stable of platforms for guests and anglers, while two 38 kW gensets and 3,600 gallons of fuel capacity gives Reel Development an incredible amount of range and comfort while on the troll. THE FINEST FISHING Champing at the bit to take delivery of his new battlewagon, Sydes and crew wasted no time in getting the cockpit wet. They released four late-summer sailfish out of Morehead City on their departure from Jarrett Bay, and then Captain Thomas Bennett and crew pointed her south to Florida to rendezvous with transportation through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific Ocean. Los Sueños Resort in Costa Rica became the new home-base for several weeks, before pushing further northwest to Cabo San Lucas and one of Sydes’ favorite and prolific fisheries offshore of Magdalena Bay, Baja Califiornia Sur. Clark explains they alternate between Cabo and Los Sueños as their two hubs in the Pacific, with family and friends flying in and out weekly for an out-of-this-world fishing experience. “The boat is plenty fast and has a bunch of space for lots of people, which is what he likes,” Clark says. They are enjoying taking overnight trips, and naturally maximize their bite opportunities when fishing from sun up to sun down. Within the first 6 months of owning the boat, the team quickly amassed over 1,000 billfish caught! That’s quite the accomplishment, especially for an owner who had been new to big game fishing when Clark first met him. Primarily targeting sailfish or blue marlin depending on the season and location, they’ve also enjoyed tangling with some monster Pacific dorado. Nile acknowledges the boat is certainly raising fish and the Sydes are thoroughly enjoying their time aboard while treating friends to an exotic expedition lifestyle. For the team members back at Jarrett Bay who toiled for years on every little detail, it’s incredibly fulfilling to see this massive marlin machine put to such good use. FOR SALE: 68’ CONVERTIBLE Hull #64: Project Caribbean 67’ CONVERTIBLE Hull #66: Sea Wish 64’ CONVERTIBLE Hull #65: Unnamed 56’ CONVERTIBLE Hull #67: Renegade IN-PROGRESS AT JARRETT BAY