Willy Roberts Flats Boats – A classic’s take on a classic

If you are a fan of inshore flats fishing, the history of Key West native William Henry “Willy” Roberts and his flats skiffs are stuff of legend. Having built beautiful all wooden skiffs and then making the transition to fiberglass in the 1960’s, it is pretty safe to say that the Willy Roberts line of boats have a process for boatbuilding in place that is as rock solid as you’d expect with this many skiff builds under their belt.

With such a well defined process, Willy Boats are perfectly poised to introduce their new Signature series, a delicious set of options featuring gorgeous wooden accents reminiscent of the craftsmanship found in those beautiful wooden Willy skiffs of a past era.

This committment to craftsmenship in an era of super mass production fabrication is inspired. The wooden features allow default choices of Sapele/Mahogany or Teak (with additional species available upon request).

The Signature edition features:

Wood toe rails
Wood poling platform trim
Wood louvered forward bulkhead door
Wood rod locker trim
Mono-white rub rail
Outboard paint to color-of-choice
Vintage controls and Palm Beach lever
Poling tower powder coat to color-of-choice
WR Signature chair / rocket launcher
WR Signature console in wood or glass, with integrated tackle drawers and rod holders