Hatteras · O.N. 608294 · 1979 · 3 names since 1979

Carolina Blonde

FormerlyCheckmateThe Poacher

A Hatteras of 1979, from the AMF years. Documented as Checkmate by 1997, as The Poacher out of Hobe Sound, Florida by 2021, and since 2022 as Carolina Blonde out of Beaufort, North Carolina.

Her story, name by name

  1. Undated

    Checkmate

    Reported · cgmix.uscg.mil

  2. Undated

    The Poacher

    Reported · U.S. Coast Guard

  3. 2022 – present

    Carolina BlondeCurrent

    Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, reeltime.app

    Renamed Carolina Blonde from The Poacher between the June and July 2022 Coast Guard files; same official number (608294); hailing port moved from Hobe Sound, FL to Beaufort, NC.

  4. June 2026

    Tournament

    68th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Morehead City: entered as a 46' Hatteras of Beaufort; no fish on the leaderboard. Captain Harbour Early.

    Reported · reeltime.app

SistersOther Hatteras 46s, then 1979 builds

  1. Bale Moneylaunched as Top Shelf · 2 names since 1979HIN HATAS4930779197946.1 ft

Not yet on record: history and photographs.