2027 Robalo R252

Overview

The 2027 Robalo R252 is a new 25-foot-3-inch center console built for Southwest Florida anglers who also want a boat the whole family enjoys. It fishes hard on Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound and the Ten Thousand Islands, and it has the seating, shade and comforts to turn a fishing morning into an afternoon on the sandbar. This one is on order and will be at our Fort Myers location, so you can plan your build and your season around it.

Length and beam set the tone. At 25 feet 3 inches long with a 9-foot-2-inch beam, the R252 gives you a wide, stable deck for casting, fighting fish and carrying guests. Its draft is 21 inches, which helps in the skinny water Southwest Florida is known for. That means grass flats, creek mouths, and the shallow approaches to island beaches like Cayo Costa, Keewaydin and Beer Can Island. The R252 is rated for 11 passengers, so friends and family can come along.

Anglers will find a lot to like. The bow casting platform gives you an elevated spot to work the shoreline, and it converts to U-shaped seating when the rods come down. Livewell capacity is generous. An 18-gallon livewell is built into the full transom seat, and a 30-gallon insulated livewell sits port aft with LED lighting and an adjustable flow valve. Twin insulated bow fish boxes with overboard drains and a 20-gallon bow cooler keep the catch cold. Horizontal rod storage runs under each gunwale, and the fiberglass hardtop adds four more rod holders. The captain chair leaning post has four of its own and a 45-quart cooler.

Comfort matters just as much on a hot Gulf day. The fiberglass hardtop with powder-coated frame gives you shade, LED spreader lights and speakers, and the custom bonded windshield glass with overhead vent takes the edge off the wind. The console is roomy, with a lockable door, a forward seat with bolster, and a head compartment with a fiberglass floor. This boat has a gravity-discharge toilet with a 6.5-gallon holding tank. A premium six-speaker sound system with Bluetooth, Sirius satellite tuner and blue LED lighting handles the music. A fresh water transom shower and a four-step telescoping boarding ladder make a swim stop easy.

Power is a pair of Yamaha F200XSA2 four-stroke 200 HP outboards. The R252 runs on gas with a 165-gallon fuel capacity, enough to cover real water between the inshore bays and the nearshore Gulf. Dry weight is 6,000 lbs. The hull is fiberglass with Kevlar reinforcement and a full fiberglass structural system. It uses Robalo's Hydro Lift multi-angle hull design and comes with a limited lifetime hull warranty. This boat also carries the 5-year premium level limited component warranty.

The finish is Atlas Blue hull sides with white hull graphics and a Harbor Atlas Blue cockpit interior. The hardtop underside is Atlas Blue gel color, the helm mat is white SeaDek, and the canvas is black. A windlass package with a V700 windlass makes anchoring easier on a windy day.

Fish Tale Boats is a family-owned dealership with more than 25 years on the water here