Photograph · Bayliss Boatworks
A Bayliss 73, contracted in 2009 and delivered in July 2011 on 2,600 hp M94 MTUs; her builder says she has been on the tournament circuit every year since, and by 2020 she fished from the U.S. East Coast to the Dominican Republic. At the 2020 MidAtlantic her crew boated a 791 lb blue marlin that was disqualified because a shark bit it alongside. By 2023 the M94s had given way to new M96s.
Her story, name by name
- 2009
Build
Contracted in 2009. Capt. Rich Barrett was at the Bayliss yard in Wanchese throughout her construction.
Reported · inthebite.com
- 2011 – present
Shark ByteCurrent
Reported · baylissboatworks.com
- July 2011
Delivery
Completed July 2011. 20 ft beam, 5 ft 3 in draft, 100,000 lb dry, 2,750 gallons of fuel; four staterooms and three and a half heads; tower, teak transom and toe rail, cockpit air conditioning.
Reported · baylissboatworks.com, inthebite.com
- 18 August 2020
Tournament
2020 MidAtlantic, day two: a 791 lb blue marlin, fought about 20 minutes on stand-up gear, was disqualified at the Sunset Marina scales after officials found a shark had bitten it while it lay alongside before it was boated. Captain Rich Barrett.
Reported · marlinmag.com
Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings
MediaEach linked to where it was published
Photographs4
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