The first boat built to Dudley Dix’s Dedication 27 design.Tom Spencer

While the first boat built to Dudley Dix’s Dedication 27 design is a no-compromise sportfishing machine, the hull lends itself to all sorts of adaptation.

Fitness for purpose: Building a boat with a single all-encompassing mission is free of the usual compromises involved in multiuse boats. Anything that doesn’t apply fully to the intended use can be ignored or eliminated.

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