2027 Robalo R252

Overview

The 2027 Robalo R252 is a new 25-foot-3-inch fiberglass center console built for Southwest Florida anglers who also want a boat the whole family enjoys. This one is on order at Fish Tale Boats in our Fort Myers location, finished in an Alloy Gray hull with a Harbor Gray cockpit and powered by a Yamaha F350 four-stroke outboard with digital electric steering.

Built for our water

Southwest Florida asks a lot of one boat. You might fish the grass flats of Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound in the morning. By afternoon you could be running the Gulf for a sandbar stop or working the backcountry edges of the Ten Thousand Islands. The R252 is a strong fit for that mix. It has a 9-foot-2-inch beam for a steady casting platform and a 21-inch draft that keeps you out of trouble on the shallower stretches. It also has 165 gallons of fuel capacity for a full day of covering water.

Fishing features

Robalo packs this deck with serious fishing gear. A 30-gallon port aft livewell with LED lighting and an adjustable flow valve sits alongside an 18-gallon livewell in the full transom seat, so you can carry bait for several species. Twin 25-gallon insulated fish boxes in the bow have overboard drains. A 20-gallon insulated bow cooler and a 45-quart Yeti cooler in the leaning post keep drinks and catch cold. Rod storage is plentiful, with four rod holders in the leaning post, four in the hardtop, four stainless holders in the deck gunnels and horizontal rod storage under each gunwale. The bow casting platform gives you room to work a shoreline, and the cockpit is self-bailing. The Kevlar-reinforced hull and Hydro Lift multi-angle hull design are built for the demands of regular saltwater use.

Comfort for the family

When the rods are put away, the R252 turns into a day boat. The bow casting platform converts to U-shaped seating, with removable cushions and backrests, and the full transom seat adds more room aft. The boat is rated for 11 passengers. The console has a forward seat with bolster, a lockable glovebox, and a walk-in interior with a fiberglass head floor. This unit is also configured with a gravity-discharge toilet and a 6.5-gallon holding tank. A four-step telescoping boarding ladder and a freshwater transom shower make beach days and sandbar stops easier. The premium sound system has six JL Audio speakers with blue LED lighting, a Bluetooth head unit and a Sirius satellite tuner. A waterproof wireless charging dock keeps phones powered at the helm.

Configured and ready to run

This R252 comes with a fiberglass hardtop with a powder-coated frame, black canvas, a white SeaDek helm mat, stainless drink and rod holders, and a V700 windlass package for easy anchoring. Robalo backs the build with a limited lifetime hull warranty, and this boat also carries a 5-year premium-level limited component warranty.

Why Fish Tale Boats

Fish Tale Boats is a family-owned Southwest Florida dealership, and we've been named the #1 Robalo dealer worldwide in consecutive years. Our Fort Myers team knows these waters because we fish and boat them ourselves. Our factory-authorized service department and Yamaha-certified technicians stand behind every boat we sell.

Contact Fish Tale Boats to learn more about the 2027 Robalo R252, talk through the configuration, schedule a sea trial on a comparable Robalo, or make this one yours.

Features

• 2027 Robalo R252 center console, new, fiberglass hull
• Length 25 ft 3 in, beam 9 ft 2 in, draft 21 in
• Dry weight 6,000 lbs; rated for 11 passengers
• Yamaha F350 four-stroke, 350 HP, with digital electric steering (DES)
• 165-gallon fuel capacity, with fuel/water separator

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