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Bayliss · Hull No. 26

Seven

A Bayliss on M96L MTUs, the owner's second custom Bayliss, completed in November 2020 after some 42,000 man-hours over nearly 19 months. She wears a custom Cool Blue paint with red and blue boot stripes, ran better than 46 knots fully loaded at completion, and took second at the 2025 Walker's Cay Invitational.

Her story, name by name

  1. 2020 – present

    SevenCurrent

    Reported · baylissboatworks.com

  2. November 2020

    Delivery

    Completed November 2020 from an April 2019 start, the owner's second Bayliss. 18 ft 3 in beam, 5 ft 4 in draft, 1,750 gallons of fuel; three staterooms and two heads with a tackle room; port peninsula console.

    Reported · baylissboatworks.com, inthebite.com

  3. November 2020

    Tower

    Delivered with a full tower from Palm Beach Towers.

    Reported · inthebite.com

  4. August 2021

    Tournament · Tournament record

    White Marlin Open 2021, as Seven: 1st, Blue Marlin (775.00 lb); 1st, Tuna (137.00 lb); 1st, Daily Tuna, Aug 2 (137 lb).

    Reported · whitemarlinopen.com, web.archive.org

  5. 2025

    Tournament

    2025 Walker's Cay Invitational, northern Bahamas: second of 55 boats with 2,450 points, worth $153,900. Captain Jimmy Hardee.

    Reported · marlinmag.com

Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings

Fished 4 White Marlin Opens, 2021–2024, as Seven. Best finish: 1st, Blue Marlin, 2021 (775.00 lb).

  1. 2024Enteredas Seven · archive
  2. 2023Enteredas Seven · archive
  3. 2022Enteredas Seven · archive
  4. 20211stBlue Marlin · as Seven · archive775.00 lb
  5. 20211stTuna · as Seven · archive137.00 lb
  6. 20211stDaily Tuna, Aug 2 · as Seven · archive137 lb

Each year links to the standings as published; archive is the saved copy.

MediaEach linked to where it was published

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