Late in the season I often see the most interesting boats. On my way in off the Severn River a couple of days ago I noticed this "Bay Boat" fueling up at the mouth of the creek. It turns out to be a custom boat built by Matthews Brothers, using the Robbins 40 hull which enjoys a greaet reputation from decades of service to watermen. Matthews gained the use of this tooling when Cecil Robbins retired from his business in Cambridge,Md.
This boat has a much higher level of fit and finish than a commercial boat and is powered with a sizeable Yanmar diesel that is suprisingly economical and yet will put the boat up on a plane with ease. I can only imagine this boat with a colored hull, say ice blue?
