After the COVID-related cancellation of the 2021 Miami International Boat Show, regularly scheduled in February, this year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show — already a top event of its kind — took on even greater importance. Exhibitors displayed an unprecedented number of vessels, including numerous exciting fishing machines, allowing prospective buyers to get a close look at several of the choices on their boat-buying wish lists. Here are some of the hottest models on display!
Pursuit S 428
Powered by quad Yamaha 425 XTOs, Pursuit’s new flagship seamlessly blends a wealth of comforts and fishing features, which include lighted transom livewells (36 gallons each) with clear lids to port and starboard, a pair of in-floor fish boxes—with a combined capacity of 66 gallons—augmented by a 68-gallon refrigerator/freezer box in the transom, a tackle center with a storage drawer and four Plano tackle trays on each side, and backing plates and wiring on both gunwales facilitate downrigger installation.
Specifications
- Length: 43′9″
- Beam: 13′
- Draft: 34″
- Deadrise: 22 degrees
- Fuel: 547 gal.
- Water: 70 gal
- Weight: 23,600 lb.
- Max HP: 1,700
World Cat 400CC-X
The center-console sister to the 400DC-X, World Cat’s flagship -dual-console model, the 400CC-X boasts a wealth of luxurious appointments and conveniences, ample storage and lots of fishing-related amenities, including lockable rod storage, undergunwale rod racks, nine flush-mounted rod holders on the gunwales, fold-down rigging table and rocket launcher, fore and aft in-deck fish boxes, side tuna door, raw- and freshwater washdowns and more.
Specifications
- Length: 39′8″
- Beam: 12′8″
- Draft: 21″
- Fuel: 604 gal.
- Weight: 14,500 lb.
- Max HP: 1,200
Contender 44CB
Contender’s latest 44-foot model, the 44 CB is a perfect marriage of fishability and comfort that incorporates a console berth and other key conveniences for overnighting, and a plethora of fishing-specific features in a semicustom build designed to fish in whatever conditions King Neptune throws at you. Key options range from 55-gallon livewells to 10-foot rod lockers, insulated fish boxes and plenty more.
Specifications
- Length: 43′10″
- Beam: 12′
- Draft: 27″
- Fuel: 600 gal.
- Weight: 19,600 lb.
- Max HP: 2,000
Invincible 46 Catamaran
The lines of the Invincible 46 Cat hull hint at its high-performance capabilities.
The Invincible 46 Catamaran’s design provides sportfisher-level fishability and specifications while allowing you to carry everyone and everything anywhere, in any conditions. Designed by Morelli and Melvin, engineers of some of the most competitive racing cats in the industry, the 46 Cat has a hybrid semi-asymmetric design and double-stepped sponson. It’s stable in turns, straddles seas at rest — keeping anglers comfortable — and softens the blows in rough weather.
Specifications
- Length: 45′11″
- Beam: 12′
- Draft: 24″
- Fuel: 1,000 gal.
- Weight: 20,000 lb.
- Max HP: 1,800
Yellowfin 17 Flats CE
Built with the proprietary fabric used in Yellowfin’s 24 CE (Carbon Elite) model, the new carbon-fiber version of the builder’s 17-foot flats skiff incorporates various performance enhancements such as increased deadrise, integrated spray rails and a hull step. The boat on display at the Palm Beach Boat Show was rigged for an endurance race, but anglers can order the boat with a poling platform, hydraulic jack plate, Power-pole shallow-water anchor, console rod racks, reel protector pads, and a long list of other standards and options.
Specifications
- Length: 17′4″
- Beam: 6′8″
- Draft: TBA
- Fuel: 22 gal.
- Weight: TBA
- Max HP: TBA
