It’s a problem every boat company at next week’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show would love to have. The sportfishermen built by Merritt’s Boat & Engine Works are so in demand that the company ...

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MERRITT ISLAND – Gov. Rick Scott announced this morning that Merritt Island Boat Works will open a new manufacturing facility, creating at at least 380 new jobs and a capital investment of more than ...

Frank Villareale, or “Frankie,” as Roy Merritt calls him, is typical of many of Merritt’s Boat and Engine Works employees who have each spent decades building the 100th — and soon 101st and 102nd — ...

Merritt yachts are in demand so much that the waiting list of potential owners to acquire a new custom boat is a laborious seven years. This impressive lead time puts the “Hullbilly” beyond being just ...