Photograph · Bayliss Boatworks
Hull 5, a 2005 Bayliss 64 launched as Old Reliable, refit at Bayliss Boatyard sixteen years on and now Home Free under new ownership.
Her story, name by name
- 2005 – 2022
Old Reliable
Reported · baylissboatworks.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2020-01 to 2022-01, ON 1176018
- July 2005
Delivery
Completed July 2005 as Old Reliable. 18 ft 10 in beam, 5 ft 6 in draft, 70,000 lb dry, 2,350 gallons of fuel; two masters and a crew cabin with three heads; mezzanine cockpit, tower.
Reported · baylissboatworks.com
- 2022 – 2025
Mama Seata
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard
Renamed from Old Reliable between the November 2021 and January 2022 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Wilmington, DE to Birmingham, AL. Certificate moved from Case Pending to Valid. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 2022
Refit
Extensive refit at Bayliss Boatyard, described by InTheBite as sixteen years in the making, for the owners then running her as Mama Seata; the same owners went on to commission the Bayliss 76 of that name in January 2024.
Reported · inthebite.com, baylissboatworks.com
- 2025 – present
Home FreeCurrent
Reported · baylissboatworks.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2025-11, ON 1176018
Renamed from Mama Seata between the September 2025 and November 2025 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Birmingham, AL to Fort Lauderdale, FL. Official number and HIN unchanged.
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