Photograph · James Dreyer / waitematawoodys.com

Rybovich · Hull No. 16 · 12 names since 1955

Four Bells

FormerlyFour BellsLazy BoyBon-JoBig BlueProwessTuna TangoDesperatoNumero UnoWesterlyRaptureChristine VII

36-foot John Rybovich & Sons hull, launched 1955 as Four Bells. Currently owned by Jim Busby, Newport Beach CA.

Her story, name by name

  1. From 1955

    Four Bells

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  2. 1955

    Delivery

    Hull 16 of the Rybovich sequence, built by John Rybovich & Sons in 1955 as Four Bells, 36 feet.

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  3. Undated

    Lazy Boy

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  4. Undated

    Bon-Jo

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  5. Undated

    Big Blue

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  6. Undated

    Prowess

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  7. Undated

    Tuna Tango

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  8. Undated

    Desperato

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  9. Undated

    Numero Uno

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  10. Undated

    Westerly

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  11. Undated

    Rapture

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  12. Undated

    Christine VII

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

  13. Undated

    Four BellsCurrent

    Reported · michaelrybovichandsons.com

MediaEach linked to where it was published

Photographs4

As Four Bells
As Four Bells01 / 04 · Michael Rybovich & Sons Boat Works

Her names in pictures

  1. 1955

    Four Bells
    As Four Bells
    Michael Rybovich & Sons Boat Works
  2. Undated

    Rapture
    As Rapture
    Michael Rybovich & Sons Boat Works
  3. Undated

    Christine VII
    As Christine VII
    Michael Rybovich & Sons Boat Works

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