Island Boatworks

Sushi

An Island Boatworks 57 finished in July 2013 for the 2014 model year, the builder's 20th serial and its newest hull until 2025. Documented as Sushi out of Nags Head, North Carolina. She won the tuna division of the White Marlin Open three weeks after she was finished, and the 2021 Open outright with an 85.5-pound white marlin worth $3.2 million.

Her story, name by name

  1. Undated

    SushiCurrent

    Reported · U.S. Coast Guard

  2. August 2013

    Tournament

    Won the tuna division of the 2013 White Marlin Open with a bigeye tuna from Norfolk Canyon, three weeks after her build was finished.

    Reported · inthebite.com

  3. August 2021

    Tournament · Tournament record

    White Marlin Open 2021, as Sushi: 1st, White Marlin (85.50 lb).

    Reported · whitemarlinopen.com, web.archive.org

  4. August 2021

    Damage

    Struck an object some 26 miles offshore early on the Monday of the 2021 White Marlin Open, bending the port propeller and breaking the port rudder tiller arm. Hauled at Sunset Marina, she was repaired and back in the water that evening.

    Reported · inthebite.com

  5. August 2021

    Tournament

    Won the 48th White Marlin Open against 444 boats with an 85.5 lb white marlin boated on the Friday, angler Butch Wright, worth $3.2 million.

    Reported · inthebite.com

  6. August 2022

    Tournament · Tournament record

    White Marlin Open 2022, as Sushi: 1st, Daily Tuna, Aug 12 (241 lb).

    Reported · whitemarlinopen.com, web.archive.org

Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings

Fished 6 White Marlin Opens, 2021–2026, as Sushi. Best finish: 1st, Daily Tuna, 2022 (241 lb).

  1. 2026Enteredas Sushi · archive
  2. 2025Enteredas Sushi · archive
  3. 2024Enteredas Sushi · archive
  4. 2023Enteredas Sushi · archive
  5. 20221stDaily Tuna, Aug 12 · as Sushi · archive241 lb
  6. 20211stWhite Marlin · as Sushi · archive85.50 lb

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

MediaEach linked to where it was published

SistersOther Island Boatworks 57s, then 2014 builds

  1. OutlawHIN IBR00008H293 · 571993

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