Forbes · HIN FOR05606C797 · 1997

Smoker

A custom Carolina sportfisherman Irving Forbes built under his own name in 1997, documented that May as a fishing boat with a 17-foot beam. She has carried the name Smoker from her first documentation and fishes out of Manteo, entered in the 2021 Big Rock.

Build sheetForbes · HIN FOR05606C797 · 1997

Designer
Irving Forbes

Her story, name by name

  1. 1997 – present
  2. May 1997

    Build

    Built by Irving H. Forbes and first documented May 13, 1997 as Smoker, a fishing boat: 56.0 ft registered, 17.0 ft breadth, 11.0 ft depth, 70 GRT.

    Confirmed · cgmix.uscg.mil, U.S. Coast Guard

  3. 2021

    Tournament

    Fished the 63rd Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Morehead City, entered as Smoker, 58' Forbes. No fish recorded.

    Reported · reeltimeapps.com

SistersOther Forbes hulls from 1997

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