Hatteras · 4 names since 1979

Carolina Blonde

FormerlyCheckmateGood StuffThe 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

    Good Stuff

    Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard

  3. 2020 – 2022

    The Poacher

    Reported · U.S. Coast Guard

    Renamed from Good Stuff between the November 2020 and December 2020 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Saint Cloud, FL to Hobe Sound, FL. Certificate moved from Case Pending to Valid. Official number unchanged.

  4. 2022 – present

    Carolina BlondeCurrent

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

    Renamed from The Poacher between the June and July 2022 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Hobe Sound, FL to Beaufort, NC. Official number (608294) unchanged.

  5. 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

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