Whiticar Review

In the 1930’s, a 32 year old G. Curtis Whiticar, founder of Whiticar Yachts, had made his first vessel, a 33 footer. Today Whiticar out of Marin County, Florida is a full service Marine Company with 5 aspects to their business; Whiticar offers full dock side service for all your boating needs with their well known Shearwater Marine subsidiary and their Marine Services North branch, as well as sales assistance through Whiticar Yacht Sales where experienced brokers will help you with buying or selling a vessel and of course they offer the well known Whiticar custom Yachts. Whiticar custom yachts have a great reputation in the industry for their time tested concepts sailing in harmony with new design ideas, modern technology and performance with power. With 60 years of experience behind them, Whiticar has earned the praise of “Best in Convertible Design” from the illustrious, Yachting Magazine. Whiticars are renowned for their comfort, reliability and quality and claim to be in a class by themselves. Whiticar hulls are the pride and joy of the company, being known for their comfort and design by boating enthusiasts.

Whiticar uses the best quality components to create reliability coupled with convenient servicing – something which will make life easier down the road. The cockpit and bridge are customized on every Whiticar vessel to meet the discerning needs of their owners. They create designs ranging from contemporary to modern and anything in-between. The 2005 Whiticar Sportfish, has a 4 stateroom, 5 bathroom set up with the cockpit and dry head outside. The salon has a wrap around sofa with a custom table in the center. The galley is rigged with top of the line appliances and a double sink. The designs often include the use of classy materials such as teak and ebony and reviewers speak to the artistic quality of a Whiticar, with one reviewer saying a Whiticar is a floating piece of art. An example of their artistic design is the sink on the Whiticar 56, which is crafted from a dozen teak wedges. Between each wedge is an ebony decorative strip. This sink is reviewed as something that might have been by King Louis’s bed side.

Pricing

Whiticars are priced in the mid range. 40' Whiticar Sportfish 1958,  $42,000, 51' Whiticar Sportfish,  1970  $469,000 , 76' Whiticar Sportfish  2005,  $4,899,000.

Pros

• Blend of luxury and fishibility
• Good reputation in the industry

Cons

• Too fancy for serious fishing

Featured Models

Whiticar’s featured models are the Whiticar 56 Sportfish and the Whiticar 76 Sportfish.

Conclusion

Whiticar makes a luxurious, sea-worthy vessel, although they market themselves as fishing boat builders. You will have to get used to fish blood on the ebony and teak wood design components if you are going to fish in one of these babies. The bulk of reviews on Whiticars involve the artistry of the interior design and artistic, just begins to describe them. They receive a 10 out of 10 for comfort factor. After these gushing reviews it becomes clear that Whiticar has blended the artistry with good solid fishibiltiy. Fishboxes and all the hard core fishing friendly gear is there, ready for action. Reviews discuss the fact that although Whiticar are super models with their fancy interior, they are also hard bodies with incredible design strength and construction integrity such as triple-planked solid mahogany planking and a cold molded design. Over all, Whiticar has a good solid reputation in the industry and if you want to fish in style, this is the way to do it.