Power & Motoryacht

Supersize My Sportfish

Not that long ago, a 70-foot sportfish seemed unimaginable. But with each passing year, wanderlust anglers kept demanding more accommodations, which led to longer lengths, more beam and more systems. The idea of using a mothership to ferry a fishing boat out to the world’s best spots dissipated as crews could now get to remote areas on their own bottom. The once unthinkable superyacht sportfish became reality.

Imagination leads to innovative design, and anglers like to dream big. Fantasies of pulling on giant billfish from the far-corners of the globe have spurred the pens of yacht designers for decades, but a new build looks to top them all. Plans for a 171-foot sportfish are taking the unimaginable and laying the

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