Photograph · MacGregor Yachts
Hull No. 25 from Shearline Boatworks of Morehead City, North Carolina: a Carolina 52 sport fisherman of 2010, splashed as American Beauty and carried under that name out of Stuart and Miami, Florida. As American Beauty she brought the lone qualifying blue marlin to the scale at the 2021 Bermuda Big Game Classic, a 571-pounder worth $156,600. Documented as Reel Lineman out of Morehead City since 2023.
Her story, name by name
- 2010 – 2023
American Beauty
Confirmed · shearlineboatworks.com, U.S. Coast Guard
- 2010
Build
Built by Shearline Boatworks, Morehead City, NC, as Hull No. 25, a 52' sport fisherman named American Beauty; HIN JCM52025G010.
Confirmed · shearlineboatworks.com
- July 2021
Tournament
2021 Bermuda Big Game Classic, second leg of the Bermuda Triple Crown: her 571 lb blue marlin was the only qualifying fish weighed and took every optional jackpot, $156,600, the most any team won there. Fishing out of Miami Beach; Capt. Michael Butler.
Reported · marlinmag.com
- 2023 – present
Reel LinemanCurrent
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard, cgmix.uscg.mil
Renamed from American Beauty between the January and February 2023 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Miami, FL to Morehead City, NC. Official number and HIN unchanged. American Beauty is on the file from January 2021, hailing from Stuart and then Miami, FL.
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