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1965 Rybovich 37 Sportfish

Pompano Beach, Florida

$299,000

UNCLE JACK is hull #62 of the iconic 37-foot Rybovich dayboats. She has successfully fished the Atlantic for years. Few of her lineage are in as fine a condition. This is an opportunity to own a classic, well-built, iconic dayboat from the originator of the modern sportfishing boat. Fresh topside paint - 2021. Cockpit varnish striped, varnished and clear coated - March 2023. 

Disclaimer

Cortez Cove Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Merritt's Boat & Engine Works Brokerage.

Basic Boat Info

Boat Name: UNCLE JACK
Make: Rybovich
Model: 37 Sportfish
Year: 1965
Condition: Used
Category: Power
Construction: Wood
Boat Hull ID: RYB371965555
Has Hull ID: Yes

Dimensions

Length: 37 ft / 11.28 m
Length Overall: 37 ft / 11.28 m
Beam: 11'4 ft / 3.45 m
Min Draft: 3 ft

Engines / Speed

Engines: 2
Engine #1 Specs:
  • Make: CAT
  • Model: 3116
  • Fuel: Diesel
  • Type: Inboard
  • Engine Hours: 3200
  • Engine Location: Port
Engine #2 Specs:
  • Make: CAT
  • Model: 3116
  • Type: Inboard
  • Engine Hours: 3200
  • Engine Location: Starboard

Tanks

Fuel Tanks: 1
Fuel Tank Capacity: 365 gal
Water Tanks: 1
Water Tank Capacity: 30 gal

Other

Heads Count: 1
Boat Class: Sports Fishing Boats, Convertible Boats

Walkthrough

Below decks UNCLE JACK is very open and offers great use of space with all the amenities and storage required throughout. She is classic Rybovich dayboat with painted matterhorn white interior, trimmed in varnished mahogany. She has a large V-berth with drawers and storage below. The galley is to port with plenty of storage both over and under her classic monel metal countertop. She has a top load refrigerator/freezer, microwave and sink. Her head is to starboard and is very spacious and offers a complete stand up shower, vanity and sink with storage under and mirrors. 

Her flybridge has two bench seats with storage under to port and starboard. Her center console and helm pod offer great visibility and electronics are within arms reach of the helmsman. 

Her cockpit is spacious with a gracious overhang, large tuna door, rod holders and plenty of room for her Rybovich fighting chair. There is a cockpit helm station with full gauges, controls and electronics, tackle drawers to starboard and a deep chest freezer to port with mezzanine seating.

Galley
  • Storage cabinets over counter outboard with sliding doors
  • Ship’s AC/DC distribution service panel refit in 2004
  • Built-in microwave with storage over
  • Top load Freezer/Refrigerator
  • Monel metal sink/countertops
  • Storage under sink
  • 2 Hull Port Lights
  • Overhead Lighting
  • Teak & Ash Flooring
  • Storage under the lift up steps going below decks
  • Port and Starboard hanging storage lockers at forward end of galley
V-Berth
  • Upper berth to port with 3 large drawers and cabinet storage below
  • Lower berth to starboard with storage cabinet below
  • Overhead lighting
  • 2 reading lamps
  • Overhead hatch
  • Teak and Holly sole
  • Air Conditioning
  • Hull port lights
  • Anchor locker access hatch
Head
  • Full standup shower
  • Aft bulkhead mirrored
  • Sink with vanity and storage under
  • Medicine cabinet to starboard
  • Port light
  • Exhaust blowers
Deck & Hull Equipment
  • Honduran mahogany toe rails with stainless chafe strips
  • Custom Rybovich short bow rail
  • Teak transom
  • Spray rails
  • Flush mount trim tabs
  • Mahogany cap rails
  • Dripless shaft logs
  • Underwater lights
  • Matterhorn white paint
  • Port lights in hull sides
Electronics
  • Furuno Navnet 3D GPS/Plotter 12” MFD
  • Furuno Radar-black box
  • Furuno Sounder-black box
  • Furuno Navnet 3D 8” MFD in cockpit
  • Furuno Autopilot
  • Furuno VHF
  • Furuno RD30
  • Ritchie Compass
  • Icom VHF M504
Electrical System
  • 110/220 -12V
  • Phazor 6kW approximately 1600 hours
  • Battery Charger
  • Battery On/Off switches/parallel switch
  • Shore power inlet 50 amps
  • Underwater lights
Engine Room
  • 2-CAT 3116 350 HP engines installed in 1994 3200 hours
  • Electronic engine controls
  • Hydraulic steering
  • Racor 500 fuel filters
  • Fireboy fire system
  • Oil change system
  • Stainless hot water heater
  • Dripless shaft seals
  • Algae-X fuel conditioning system FPS-500
  • Fuel tank management manifold system
  • Phazor 6kW Generator with approximately 1600 hours
  • Battery selector switches
  • Battery Box
  • Battery charger
Fishing Equipment
  • Rybovich fighting chair
  • Rupp double spreader outriggers
  • 2 in-deck live wells
  • Port chest freezer
  • Mezzanine seating to port
  • Cockpit helm to starboard
Flybridge
  • Rybovich helm chair
  • Rybovich helm pod with gauges and electronic single lever controls
  • Bench seats to port and starboard
  • Hydraulic steering
  • Ritchie compass
  • Custom Rybovich hardtop
  • Red & white overhead lights in hardtop
  • 4-rod holders along aft bridge rail
  • 3-sided enclosure with U-zip panel
  • Full bridge cover for storage
  • Kite reel outlet
Cockpit
  • Teak deck and covering boards (2006)
  • 6-flush mount rod holders
  • Cockpit freezer
  • Mezzanine seating
  • Fresh/Salt wash downs
  • Rybovich teak fighting chair
  • Starboard helm with gauges and controls
  • Accessory electrical panel to starboard of helm
  • Furuno Navnet 3D 8” display
  • 2-in-deck live bait wells
  • Lazarette access
  • Shore cord inlet 50amp
  • 3 in-deck fittings to dip fuel tanks
  • 5-tackle storage drawers to starboard
  • Tuna door
  • Drop down canvas with clear panels and center roll up panel
  • Cockpit cover
  • Clear wing curtains port and starboard
Exclusions
  • Name
  • Tackle
  • Owners personal effects
Brokers Remarks

Contact Karl Anderson for more information or to schedule a showing at (772) 215-3108, andersonkarlh@gmail.com 

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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