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1958 Cubavich/ Rybovich 37' Dayboat

$99,000

Miami, Florida

Year 1958

Make Cubavich/ Rybovich

Model 37' Dayboat

Category Fishing Boats

Length 37'

Posted Over 1 Month

1958 Cubavich/ Rybovich 37' Dayboat One of 13 Cubavich boats ever made this was originally Luranita. (ex cookie, ex Diana). Pepin Aizcorbe was the builder of Cubavich and this was his personal boat. Known as a Cubavich, only 13 boats were built in the late 50s 60s before the Cuban revolution. At the time, Havana was a prime destination for American sport fishermen. In West Palm Beach the Rybovich Yard was building highly sought after sport fishermen boats. In Havana, there was an American businessman named Howard Anderson who didnt want to wait the two years for a Rybovich to be built. So, during a tournament in which one of the Rybovichs was on the dock and the owner otherwise distracted, the boat was hauled under cover of darkness, all its lines and dimensions copied, and the boat put back in the water with the owner no wiser. The local yard then built an exact duplicate with Cuban craftsmen. Thirteen boats were ultimately built with some design changes creeping in to respond to local conditions. Because of their design origins, they came to be known as Cubavichs. Most are practically indistinguishable from their Rybovich cousins. All of the boats made it over to Florida before and soon after the revolution. Unfortunately, Anderson was arrested by Fidel Castro and executed as a CIA spy. "Olianki" was originally Luranita. (ex cookie, ex Diana). Pepin Aizcorbe was the builder of Cubavich and this was his personal boat.