boats and gear

Merritt’s Boat & Engine Works this year celebrated the family’s 100th year of boatbuilding, a tradition that began at the start of World War I when Roy Merritt’s grandfather went to work at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a carpenter building oceangoing merchant marine vessels. By 1929 the family was living in Florida, where Franklin LeRoy Merritt built his first sportfisherman for charter off Fort Lauderdale.

A Legacy of Innovation

The Merritt Family Has For Generations Been Building Handsome, Nimble Boats That Fish Exceptionally Well.

Rybovich Sportfishing Boats

Functional Luxury

Michael Rybovich and Sons continues to build distinctive sportfishing boats true to the family legacy of quality, innovation and styling.