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Duffie · Hull No. 3

Dem Boys

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.

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

Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings

Fished 4 White Marlin Opens, 2023–2026, as Dem Boys.

  1. 2026Enteredas Dem Boys · archive
  2. 2025Enteredas Dem Boys · archive
  3. 2024Enteredas Dem Boys · archive
  4. 2023Enteredas Dem Boys · archive

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

MediaEach linked to where it was published

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