Duffie · Hull No. 2

Billfisher

The first Duffie sportfisherman, built for the builder himself to the look of a classic Carolina boat. Three weeks after sea trials she raised a 1,135-pound blue marlin, a Maryland record, and in 2025 she took the Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown series in Costa Rica.

Build sheet

Builder: DuffieWest Ocean City, Maryland
Hull number: 2
Model: 64
Year: 2021
Designer: Rhodes Yacht Design
Built for: Jon Duffie
Construction: Bruynzeel okoume plywood, Pro-Set epoxy, Vectorply fiberglass
Original power: Twin Caterpillar C32 ACERT, 1,925 hp eachAbout the Caterpillar C32
Length: 64.3 ft
Registered length: 64.3 ftA Coast Guard tonnage measure, usually shorter than overall length
HIN: DBQ64001F121
Official number: 1318622
Hailing port: Ocean City, Maryland

Record history · updated 4 October 2026

Her story, name by name

2019
Build
Building began in 2019 with the helm console, flybridge and bridge furniture in Jon Duffie's garage while the hull shape was still being refined through CFD testing. The cabin followed in a pole barn, then the bow deck, then the hull; she was rolled into the new Duffie Boatworks shop to be finished.
Reported · inthebite.com
2021
Tournament
30th MidAtlantic Tournament: a 1,135 lb blue marlin on the final day, angler Billy Gerlach, Capt. Jon Duffie, mate Noah McVicker. New Maryland state record and tournament record, only the third grander confirmed off Maryland; $1.167 million in prize money.
Confirmed · marlinmag.com, duffieboatworks.com
2021 – present
BillfisherCurrent
Confirmed · duffieboatworks.com, marlinmag.com
June 2021
Delivery
Christened June 2021 at Ocean City as the yard's first large build, for Jon Duffie, who had run his family's earlier Billfisher for years. 18 ft 2 in beam, 90,000 lb loaded; three staterooms, three heads and a tackle room, teak interior with wenge floors. 43 knots top, 36 cruise.
Confirmed · duffieboatworks.com, marlinmag.com
June 2021
Tower
Palm Beach Towers hardtop with 42-foot Rupp tournament outriggers.
Reported · duffieboatworks.com, marlinmag.com
March 2025
Tournament
2025 Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown, Costa Rica, January to March: series champion of 49 teams, taking the first and final legs with 23,400 points (204 sailfish, six marlin). Third in the Ladies Only series. Capt. Noel McVicker.
Reported · marlinmag.com
August 2025
Tournament · Tournament record
White Marlin Open 2025, as Billfisher: 1st, White Marlin (72.00 lb); 1st, Daily Points, Aug 6 (492 pts).
Reported · whitemarlinopen.com, web.archive.org