Spanish Fly 42' Custom Maverick Sport Fisher

Los Sueños Signature Billfish Series 2006
Official Press Release.
46 Boats that resulted in the combined release of 1230 sailfish and 52 marlins.

Fishing conditions were steadily improving prior to the start of the first tournament on January 19th; however no one was prepared for the incredible number of fish. By the end of the first fishing day, Anglers D. Albrey Arrington, Gabriel Arrington, Minor Navarro Rojas and Santos Cortez Morales aboard the Reel Justice, a 56’ Ocean yacht captained by Robert Arrington only released four sailfish in total, but propelled to the top of the scoreboard by releasing four marlin for a score of 2,400. Game On, a 74’ Viking, proved to be a challenging rival and placed second with 2,300 points.

On Day 2, Spanish Fly, a 42’ Maverick captained by Daniel Espinoza and the soon-to-be tournament champion was warming up; anglers Richard Lebo, Larry Divon and Carlos Cambronero released 26 sailfish for a score of 2,600 and first place for the day. Anglers Bob Hixson, Parker Bankston, Vick Starling and Alberto Sanchez aboard Game On were racing against the clock and released 19 sailfish and 1 marlin to take second place for Day 2 with 2,400 points.
Spanish Fly and Game On were neck to neck on Day 3, fiercely fighting it out to the finish. The anglers on Game On managed to release an incredible 32 sailfish but it was the steady Spanish Fly that claimed the top prize for tournament one with a combined three-day total of 70 sailfish and 1 marlin for 7,500. Game On placed second with 68 sailfish and 1 marlin released in three days of intense fishing for a total of 7,300. Reel Justice took third place with 5,900 (34 sailfish and 5 marlins).

Article Published in Marlin Magazine March 2006, Volume 24 N°2.
by Dean Travis Clarke

Maverick 42 BOI
SPECIFICATIONS

LOA 42 ft. 2 in.
Beam 13 ft. 7 in.
Draft 3ft. 0 in.
Weight 22,000 lb (full fuel and water)
Fuel 450 gal.
Water 50 gal.
Power Twin 460-hp Caterpillar C-7 diesels
MSRP $650,000 (ready to fish)

Maverick must have some very smart owners. They based the company at Los Suenos Resort in Costa Rica, one of the finest fishing spots in the Western hemisphere and not a shabby place to live either. By building boats there, Maverick can take advantage of less costly workforce, an abundant supply of fine, tropical hardwoods virtually at cost and an ideal research and test site. Maverick then passes the savings on to its buyers who get a superb fishing machine at a remarkable price. Yep, pretty smart, I’d say.

Performance
This 42-foot Maverick convertible custom-built for an avid angler from Pompano Beach, Florida, tops out at more than 30 knots and cruises at 75-percent-power at a steady 26 knots. Powered by a pair of 460-hp Caterpillar C-7 diesels and with a 14-degree deadrise at the transom, the Maverick hops onto plane quickly and needs no tab adjustment at all. At cruise, you can expect a cruising range of up to 700 miles from the 450 gallons of fuel the Maverick carries, before figuring in the standard 10-percent fuel reserve. That shows just how well today’s cold-molding technology works: a 42-foot, mostly wood boat that tips the scales at a mere 22,000 pounds – substantially less than most other 42-foot fishing boats.

Cockpit.
As befits a design that spends all its time fishing in the tropics and very little time cruising, the cockpit of the Maverick tends to have more workspace than many comparably sized boats. That space has to come from somewhere and in this case, the salon will seem small by comparison.
You rarely find a boat built in Costa Rica that doesn’t feature lots of fine woodwork and the maverick presents no exception. Burma teak deck and covering boards showcase the entire cockpit and teak trim and toerail add contrast to the broken shearline, cabin top and fly bridge coaming.
Maverick delivers its boats ready to fish and in this case, that means a 500-pound-per-day ice chipper feeding into a 6-foot belowdeck fish box, an oversized belowdeck baitwell and a very cool installation containing four tuna tubes hidden in the gunwale (a necessity for Central-American offshore fishing). Other standard features include Rupp triple-spreader outriggers, a Release Marine fighting chair with rocket launchers on the back and tackle station and deep freeze modules at the forward end of the cockpit.

Flybridge
Again bowing to the dedicated fishing this boat has been built for, the flybridge has a paucity of guest seating. But the short overhang and larger cockpit provide the helmsman with a completely unobstructed view of the fighting chair and aft three-quarters of the pit. In fact, without lots of space dedicated to guest seating, the relatively small flybridge affords awesomely unobstructed views for 360 degrees. While you can certainly dictate your own preferences for your electronics suite, the owner of this Maverick stipulated a Furuno 25-kW X-band radar, Depthsounder that locks bottom to 5,000 feet, Furuno GPS Navigator and NavNet, Simrad Autopilot, Two VHF Radios and JBL Stereo. Though Maverick offers it as an option, this owner decided to forego the tuna tower.

Interior
Once again, you’ll find beautiful rare hardwoods in the interior. Set out like a dayboat, some might consider the salon Spartan. But for day-fishing where fishing is so hot you rarely get a chance to leave the cockpit, the interior is more than sufficient. A 16,500-btu air-conditioner chills the stateroom with its two oversized-twin berths and the full-sized head forward. However, the interior isn’t so spare as to not include a galley with two-burner stove, refrigerator and sink.

Design and Construction
Maverick cold-molds its boats with four layers of ¼-inch Laurel blanco with each layer on the bias. Laurel blanco is a strong, light-weight substitute for mahogany that grows from southern Mexico to the southern edge of the tropics in South America. That wood then gets covered with protective layers of fiberglass and epoxy. The superstructure is Meranti marine plywood. Meranti is a very high-quality plywood replacement for regular mahogany. In fact, Meranti, Okoume, Sapele and Sipo are all different species of mahogany commercially made into plywoods. They all enjoy a finer finish and strength than standard marine plywood made from fir. Probably the greatest thing about it is it's color. The hull and superstructure – completely encased in fiberglass – then get painstakingly hand-faired to perfection.

The Maverick displays very traditional lines and the company spends every cent it needs to to meet the stringent demands of world-class anglers that fish out of Los Suenos. And it doesn’t spend a penny more on fluff. Take a look at this boat and judge for yourself. Think it’ll do the job?
--Dean Travis Clarke

SPECIFICATIONS

LOA 42 ft. 2 in.
Beam 13 ft. 7 in.
Draft 3ft. 0 in.
Weight 22,000 lb (full fuel and water)
Fuel 450 gal.
Water 50 gal.
Power Twin 460-hp Caterpillar C-7 diesels
MSRP $650,000 (ready to fish)

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