Garlington Yachts

What Garlington Yachts does

Garlington Yachts is a privately held, family-owned custom sportfishing yacht manufacturer founded in 1980 by Richard Garlington and now owned by the Landeweer family. The company operates from a single yard in Stuart, Florida (3370 SE Slater Street) and builds five distinct models — the '44 Express, '49 Express, '61 Express, '61 Flybridge, and '71 Flybridge — ranging from a 44-foot dayboat to a 71-foot flagship flybridge. Its core technology is a cored composite construction system using Corecell foam core, glass, Kevlar, and carbon fiber laminated with vinylester and epoxy resins via resin infusion and vacuum bagging, producing hulls that the company describes as among the toughest in the segment. The original hull form was developed with Dan McCarthy, a former U.S. Navy submarine designer from the 1960s and 1970s, optimized for heavy seas while maintaining tractability and comfort.

Garlington serves a narrow, high-net-worth customer base of professional and serious sportfishing enthusiasts and discerning yacht owners, with stated use cases including professional tournament fishing, long-distance offshore cruising, and conservation angling. The business model is direct, sales-led, and project-based: customers contact the Stuart headquarters by phone or website to specify and order a fully custom hull, with several "spec boats under construction" available to shorten delivery terms. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the firm offers no disclosed app, public SaaS, API, or digital channel beyond its website and direct contact.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm has no external institutional funding, no public listing, no disclosed M&A activity beyond the Landeweer family acquisition, and no social-media-distributed marketing footprint of note. Distribution is entirely domestic direct-sales from the single Stuart yard, with marketing largely limited to the company website showcasing model specifications, galleries, and heritage. The 44' and 61' lines have been described on the company's own site as "industry standards in performance, construction, and styling" for decades, which underpins a reputation-led position in the custom sportfish segment.

Name

Garlington Yachts

Legal name

Garlington Yachts

Website

https://garlingtonyachts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Garlington Yachts is a privately held, family-owned custom sportfishing yacht manufacturer in Stuart, Florida, building five models from 44 to 71 feet using proprietary cored-composite construction for high-net-worth professional and serious sportfishing buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Sportfishing Yacht Sales: Garlington Yachts generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of custom-built sportfishing yachts. As a custom boat builder, each vessel is built to customer specifications with delivery terms available for spec boats currently under construction.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Garlington Yachts manufactures custom-built sportfishing yachts in five models ranging from 44 to 71 feet. The company uses cored composite construction with vinylester and epoxy resins, Corecell foam core, glass, Kevlar, and carbon fiber, applying resin infusion and vacuum bagging processes to produce high-performance vessels for serious sportfishing and cruising. Customers engage directly with the Stuart, Florida yard to configure vessels to their specifications.

Product overview

Garlington Yachts is a custom sportfishing yacht manufacturer offering a portfolio of five distinct models: the '44 EXPRESS (dayboat), '49 EXPRESS (larger express), '61 EXPRESS (large express sportfisherman), '61 FLYBRIDGE, and '71 FLYBRIDGE (flagship). All models feature cored composite construction using Corecell foam, glass, Kevlar, and carbon fiber with vinylester and epoxy materials, built via resin infusion and vacuum bagging methods. The company has been in constant refinement since 1980, producing high-performance sportfishing yachts recognized as industry standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• '44 EXPRESS

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hatteras Yachts: Hatteras is a long-established US sportfishing yacht builder (now part of MarineMax), producing express and convertible yachts from 45'–77'. Direct competitor for serious offshore anglers and one of the historical benchmarks for the category alongside Garlington.
• Bertram Yachts: Bertram is an iconic American sportfishing yacht brand (now produced in Italy under the Ferretti Group), historically a direct competitor in the 50'–80' convertible/express segment. Shares Garlington's heritage DNA and serious-angler buyer base.
• Spencer Yachts: Spencer is a North Carolina custom builder of high-end sportfishing yachts in the 50'–87' range, with a similar semi-custom/custom model and tournament-angler customer base. Direct overlap on flagship-tier buyers.
• Viking Yachts: Viking is the largest US builder of convertible sportfishing yachts (44'–92'), competing head-to-head with Garlington in the same customer segment, same convertibles/express layouts, and same composite construction approach. Direct overlap on the '61 Express segment is particularly intense.
• Paul Mann Custom Boats: Paul Mann is a North Carolina custom builder of sportfishing yachts up to ~80', known for semidisplacement hulls and tournament-grade construction. Same semi-custom production model and serious-angler customer base as Garlington.
• Jim Smith Boats: Jim Smith is a Florida custom sportfish builder (express and convertible 50'–90') revered for high-performance tournament-grade hulls — same buyer segment, same Florida production geography, and similar small-volume custom craftsmanship model.
• HCB Yachts (Hydra-Sports Custom Boats): HCB builds premium center-console and dual-console sportfishing yachts in the 39'–65' range, competing with Garlington's express dayboats in the tournament-angler segment and offering a more production-oriented alternative.
• Jarrett Bay Boatworks: Jarrett Bay is a North Carolina custom sportfish builder offering express and convertible yachts in the 50'–90' range with a similar reputation for craftsmanship and customer-driven specifications. Closely comparable on build philosophy and buyer profile.
• Rybovich (Rybo): Rybovich is a Palm Beach custom sportfish builder and refit yard with deep heritage in the 50'–90' tournament segment. Comparable on craftsmanship, customization model, and the Florida-based serious-angler buyer base.

Emerging players

• Valhalla Boatworks: Valhalla is Viking's high-performance center-console brand (24'–46'), targeting the same serious-angler buyer with a more production-oriented model. Emerging competitive threat to Garlington's lower end and an adjacent reference point for premium composite build quality.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/garlingtonyacht

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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