New 2008 Robalo Boats

About Robalo Boats

A Classic in fishing circles for nearly forty years, Robalo Boats incredible 2008 fleet sets the pace out front with an innovative line of multi-purpose boats that leave the competition tar behind. Weekend enthusiast or hard core professional, if fishing is your passion, nobody does it better than Robalo Boats. Our Stable, dry-riding, efficient and custom matched HydroLift bottom designs speeds you to any compass heading you seek. Tournament-quality livewells, bait prep centers, rod storage and fish boxes exceed expectations. Today’s angler demands more from a new fishing boat than just the bare bones basics. Robalo Boats user-friendly cabin layouts, plush interiors and clever seating arrangements encourage you to add family fun and cruising to you weekend fishing adventures. Highlighted by our all-new 305 and 300 flagships, wherever you go fishing. Whenever you take to the water and whatever king of boat you need. Robalo Boats will get you there in comfort and style.


Marine Products Corporation (MPC), incorporated in August 2000, designs, manufactures and sells recreational fiberglass powerboats in the sportboat, deckboat, cruiser and sport fishing markets through its two wholly owned subsidiaries: Chaparral Boats, Inc. (Chaparral) and Robalo Boats Acquisition Company LLC (Robalo Boats). The Company's product offerings include Chaparral sterndrive and inboard-powered sportboats, deckboats and cruisers, and Robalo Boats. The Company sells its products to a network of 195 domestic and 44 international independent authorized dealers.


Robalo Boats first boat was a 19-foot center console salt-water fishing boat, which had an unsinkable hull. The Company believes that Robalo Boats share of the outboard sport fishing boat market is approximately one percent.


The Robalo Boats manufacturing facilities are located in Nashville Georgia and Valdosta, Georgia. Marine Products utilizes seven different plants to, among other things, manufacture interiors, design new models, create fiberglass hulls and decks, and assemble various end products. Quality control is conducted throughout the manufacturing process. The Robalo Boats manufacturing operations are ISO 9001: 2000 certified, which is an international designation of design, manufacturing, and customer service processes. When fully assembled and inspected, the boats are loaded onto either company-owned trailers or third-party marine transport trailers for delivery to dealers.


Robalo Boats Construction

Robalo Boats is proud to peel back the gelcoat and show you what our boats are made of.

* Robalo Boats Maxguard Gelcoat, for superior resistance to yellowing, fading and chalking. For added protection against hull blisters, we use

* Robalo Boats Hydropel, a modified acrylic epoxy resin in the hull skin coat of our boats because of its superior bonding characteristics and exceptional flex.

*Fiberglass Mat Skin Coat, creates a strong outside shell

* Robalo Boats Syntactic Foam is then applied to the sidewalls to prevent fiberglass pattern print-through. To create the maximum strength to weight ratio, Robalo Boats Quad-Radial Lamination System with an advanced technology incorporates alternating layers of mat with.

*Woven Roving, which we extend all the way up the hullsides.

* Robalo Boats Fiberglass Stringer System is chemically bonded to the hull and deck. We also join our stringer/bulkhead grid system within the hand laid parts of Robalo Boats boats. The top surface provides a wide, flat bonding surface that adheres to the deck and top cap creating a fully unitized construction. Upon completion, the entire stringer grid is injected with…

*Closed Cell Flotation Foam that ties it all together adding strength and flotation. Most builders do not offer full basic floatation which not only adds a margin of safety but improves ride quality. Another extra that separates Robalo Boats from the pack is the entire keel running surface is KEVLAR REINFORCED.