Photograph · Bayliss Boatworks
The yard's first demo boat, a 62-foot GameBoat built in fifteen months on the lessons of 24 previous hulls, and christened in July 2019. Painted a custom Tarheel Blue and built without a tower, she was rated by Marlin that year at 48.1 knots top end, and in March 2025 she took second at the inaugural IGFA Open off Quepos, Costa Rica.
Her story, name by name
- 2019 – present
TarheelCurrent
Confirmed · baylissboatworks.com
- July 2019
Delivery
Christened July 2019 after a start the yard gives as both March 2018 (boat page) and May 2018 (delivery post), and InTheBite as March 2018, over 38,000 man-hours. Built as the company's demo yacht. 18 ft 3 in beam, 5 ft 4 in draft, 1,850 gallons of fuel; three staterooms and two heads; two Seakeeper 5HDs; center console bridge. 46.5 knots top, 37 to 41 cruise. The yard's page address numbers her GB3 in the GameBoat line.
Confirmed · baylissboatworks.com, inthebite.com
- March 2025
Tournament
2025 IGFA Open, Marina Pez Vela, Quepos, Costa Rica: second of 28 teams with 7,000 points from 66 sailfish and a blue marlin, worth $28,625. Captain John Bayliss.
Reported · marlinmag.com
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