Photograph · Marlin

Builder · Wanchese, North Carolina

Forbes

Irving Forbes learned the trade from his brother-in-law Buddy Davis, full time from 1975, and after about ten years went out on his own at the Warren O'Neal boat shop in Manteo, where his first boat was Top Billin. He joined Paul Spencer in 1997, went back on his own after about ten years, and builds from a shop in Wanchese.

Hulls on record
6
Built between
1987–2016
Names carried
10
Renamed at least once
4

Hulls on recordBy decade, then hull number

  1. 1980s3 hulls

    Carolina Piratelaunched as Top Billin · 2 names since 1987O.N. 9222941987
  2. Outlawlaunched as AWOL · 2 names since 1988HIN FODC5002F8881988
  3. Marl-Anne Hunterlaunched as Cookie Cutter · 2 names since 1989O.N. 9513051989

  4. 1990s2 hulls

    SmokerHIN FOR05606C7971997
  5. Click Throughlaunched as Persistence · 2 names since 1997HIN FORO6807C7971997

  6. 2010s1 hull

    KillboxHIN LQYF5016J6162016

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