Duffie · Hull No. 3 · 2023

Dem Boys

Photograph · Duffie Boatworks

A 70-footer built for a rival boatbuilder who chose Duffie over building his own. No tuna tower by design, a new hull shape, and 43 knots with a Seakeeper 26 below.

Build sheetDuffie · Hull No. 3 · 2023

Designer
Rhodes Yacht Design
Built for
Tommy Hancock
Original power
Twin Caterpillar C32B, 2,400 hp each
Construction
Cold-molded

Her story, name by name

  1. 2023 – present

    Dem BoysCurrent

    Confirmed · duffieboatworks.com, marlinmag.com

  2. April 2023

    Delivery

    Splashed April 2023 as Hull 3, for Tommy Hancock, a boatbuilder and former tournament rival of Jon Duffie's, with Capt. Reid Bost, and based at Mount Pleasant near Charleston. 20 ft beam, 125,000 lb, 2,600 gallons of fuel; four staterooms and three heads in a satin teak interior by Belkov Yacht of Annapolis; Seakeeper 26. 43 knots top, 36 cruise.

    Confirmed · duffieboatworks.com, marlinmag.com, inthebite.com

  3. April 2023

    Tower

    No tuna tower, by choice. Palm Beach Towers hardtop with 42-foot triple-spreader Rupp hydraulic outriggers.

    Reported · inthebite.com, yachtingmagazine.com

MediaPhotography, film, print

On file, shown only with permission: Duffie Boatworks, 6 photographs

Not yet on record: tournament record.