who's boat

**canyongear** · 06-20-2010 09:59 PM

In 1996, charter boat captain Paul Spencer found himself in need of a new boat. "I wanted a new boat but couldn't afford one. I had spent a lot of time around boats and saw a few being built, so I thought I might try my hand at it. Since I had always wanted to do it, I convinced the wife to sell everything we had, get a loan and build a boat."
Spencer's first effort performed so well that he immediately started to get orders for more. "I had a lot of fun building that first boat. I didn't set out to be a boatbuilder to make money, but I sure did make more than I did running a charter boat!" says Spencer. "I just found my passion. To me, building a boat is a lot like creating a painting; it allows me to express myself in an entirely different way."

One of the keys to Spencer's success lies in his ability to step away from what's been done before and come up with his own unique profiles. "I think one of the main things that propelled our boat forward was the blending of the sleek Florida look with the Carolina flare and tumblehome. At that time, builders were coming out with Carolina-style hulls that I thought were a bit exaggerated. The whole flare thing got out of hand and started to look ugly. Some fellows thought that if a little flare was good, then a lot was better. But that's not always the case. We changed the hull a little, made it narrower forward to improve the ride and performance," he says.

At a Glance:
• Very fast, 40-knot cruise
• Excellent lines and styling
• Great sea boat"Basically it all boils down to how many accommodations you want. We don't like pushing the hull out to make more room. If we need to get more stuff into the boat, we make the hull longer instead of jamming it in," says Spencer.

Spencer looked to an old-time Carolina builder named Billy Baum for an important modification in his hull bottom. "We put a little shape between the keel and chine — a little round to it. It gives the water a place to escape and keeps the boat from pounding. Little things like that can make a big difference when a boat's going fast," says Spencer. "And we like our boats to go fast. We build several with a 40-knot cruise."

**canyongear** · 06-20-2010 10:03 PM

Kyle Briglia

Kyle Briglia, owner and manager of Briglia Boatworks, grew up in the boating industry. Briglia's experience in this field includes commercial fishing, charter fishing and boat construction. From an early age he had several mentors in the boat construction industry. At fifteen, he constructed a 36 ft. Chesapeake dead rise alongside documented boat builder Billy Moor. This experience gave Briglia his first taste of what he knew he was born to do. At the age of 23, Briglia owned and operated a successful charter boat business. As owner-operator he cut his teeth on some of the most dangerous water in North America. It’s here where he learned why and what makes his boats perform so dynamically. Along the way he caught the attention of legendary boat builder Billy Baum, who would become a major influence and mentor for Briglia. Impressed with Briglia’s quality control and dedication, Baum began to share with Briglia his fifty years worth of boat building experience. With performance, stability, and other trade secrets, Billy Baum provided the final piece of the puzzle which makes up every Briglia Hull today.

Billy Baum

As a native of Wanchese, North Carolina and a long time preferred boat builder, Billy Baum brings over fifty years of experience to Briglia Boatworks. Billy's vast experience and many years of design and performance expertise coupled with years of trial and error have lead to the evolutionary designs of the 56', 60',67’ and 76' sport fishing boats Briglia Boatworks has to offer. He is considered by many boat builders as an innovator of design and his opinion is held in high regard by all builders who know him. At Briglia Boatworks we have the privilege of having the latest in the learning curve on how and what makes these sport fishing boats perform so well. Billy Baum's hull designs incorporate just the right amount of Delta Conic at the point-of-impact and are balanced with an anti-roll-in the stern. The refinement of these two design elements in combination results in a design with proven performance in all sea conditions. Billy is not only involved in design he also works closely with our team on balance and weight distribution along with rudder geometry. From start to finish all of theses things are closely calculated for optimum performance on every sport fishing boat we build.

Briglia 56'

Standing the Test of Time

Straight from the roots of Carolina tradition comes this Billy Baum design. Leading the team of expert craftsmen is Chris Walker, making performance and excellence job one.

LOA 56'
Beam 16'4"
Draft 40"
Weight 45,000 lbs
Fuel 600/800 gal
Water 100/150 gal
Max Power T 1,000 hp
Power
- 3406-E 800/850 hp 38kt
- C-18 1000 hp 41kt
Comfort
- Staterooms: Two
- Bunk: Optional
- Head: One
- Shower: One
- Galley: Yes
- Dinette: Yes
Construction
- Modern "Cold Molded" technology and material make up each hull and provide solid stability and performance. The Delta conic design dices through the toughest seas by utilizing three layers of Okume Plywood encased in layers of fiberglass and epoxy resin for a faster, softer ride.

**nabeelah** · 09-03-2011 03:03 AM

Any latest info on this vessel? Any one taking care of this beauty?

**Capt.Troy Crane** · 09-03-2011 09:12 AM

She is charter fishing daily out of OI. I am pretty sure that Jason Snead is still running her for Billy.
I saw her hauled out at Spencers yard in Wanchese during the hurricane.

Troy

**brokensheer** · 09-26-2011 06:22 AM

I think the contemporary "carolina" boat is timeless, sure you can tell a 30 plus year old boat from one built in 2011, but the appearance is still classic, not to mention functional ( seaworthy) now in coparing the warp plane concave bottom vs the round between the chine and the keel may be an improvement as I have never run two boats with these two different bottoms in the same sea conditions, to be able to compare,, has anyone seen a bottom that is a meld of both? concave in the bow sec, rounded aft?