Featured Builder – Albemarle / Spencer Yachts

Albemarle Boats is the eleventh of 12 boat builders featured in the 2022-2023 build report. Once two separate companies, Albemarle Boats and Carolina Classic, with equally great reputations, Albemarle Boats builds Carolina-style yachts with comfortable ride and superior fishability. Albemarle views all of its clients not just as customers but as family, and guarantees the highest possible standard of quality.

Albemarle 53

LOA: 53’

Beam: 16’6’

Draft: 5’

Dry Weight: 60,000 lb.

Deadrise: 12.5 degrees

Fuel Capacity: 1,350 gal.

Water Capacity: 150 gal.

Holding Tank: 60 gal.

Cockpit Size: 160 sq. ft.

Power: Twin MTU 10V 1600’s

The first 53 will be a flybridge design that will combine the classic Spencer styling with Albemarle quality and innovations. The hull design will provide high cruise speeds with the seakeeping ability that both Albemarle and Spencer have long been known for. Her interior will boast an open salon layout, three staterooms and two heads. An island helm arrangement, forward facing lounge and bench seating will offer abundant seating and excellent visibility from the bridge. The massive 160-square-foot cockpit will feature a transom fishbox, transom door and a mezzanine design with engine room access and molded boxes that can be customized to accommodate a variety of storage and refrigeration.