A Viking 72 built in October 2022, documented as Bidtime out of Daytona Beach, Florida, from early 2023, and as Reel Development of Morehead City, North Carolina, since late 2025. As Bid Time she set the Viking Key West Challenge tuna record in 2023 with a 131.6-pound yellowfin.
Her story, name by name
- 2023 – 2025
Bidtime
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard
- April 2023
Tournament
Weighed a 131.6 lb yellowfin tuna at the ninth Viking Key West Challenge (April 12–16): an event record and the first yellowfin the tournament had weighed.
Reported · inthebite.com, marlinmag.com
- 2025 – present
Reel DevelopmentCurrent
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, tournament.thebigrock.com
Renamed from Bidtime between the September and November 2025 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Daytona Beach, FL to Morehead City, NC. Official number and HIN unchanged.
MediaEach linked to where it was published
SistersOther Viking 72s, then 2023 builds
- C-StudentNo. 72-659 · 722023
- Tortalaunched as Backlash · 2 names since 2023No. 72-660 · 722023
- Deadicatedlaunched as Gulf Bender · 2 names since 2022No. 72-653 · 722022
- Scup SlayerNo. 72-629 · 72201972 ft
- Reely DudeNo. 72-619 · 722018
What A Countrylaunched as Rais N Cain · 4 names since 2017No. 72-605 · 722017
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