Photograph · Bayliss Boatworks
Hull 21, built over 71,000 man-hours for a tournament-winning owner who set three conditions: look good, ride well, fish. Her owner's second Bayliss, a 75 of the same name, followed in 2022. She placed third in the 2021 Custom Shootout in the Bahamas.
Her story, name by name
- July 2015
- 2017 – present
Wave PaverCurrent
Confirmed · baylissboatworks.com, marlinmag.com
- August 2017
Delivery
Christened August 2017, ahead of a fall delivery date, after nearly 30 months and more than 71,000 man-hours from a March 2015 start. 21 ft 11 in beam, 5 ft 8 in draft, 140,500 lb, 2,700 gallons of fuel; four staterooms and five heads; Matterhorn White. 43 knots top, 35 cruise.
Confirmed · baylissboatworks.com, inthebite.com, marlinmag.com
- June 2018
Tournament
2018 Abaco Beach Blue Marlin Tournament, Bahamas: her junior angler took the tournament's top junior award with a white marlin release.
Reported · marlinmag.com
- May 2021
Tournament
2021 Custom Shootout, Abaco Beach Resort, Bahamas, May 12–15: third overall of 51 custom boats, $67,150. A grand slam plus a bonus white marlin on day two put her in first, and a single sailfish on the last day held third. Capt. Russell Sinclair.
Reported · inthebite.com, marlinmag.com
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SistersOther Bayliss 77s, then 2017 builds
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