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2021-22 Sportfish Build Report: Bayliss Boatworks

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Check it out! Enjoy our annual build report showcase of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders. Bayliss Boatworks is the eleventh of 22 boat builders featured. Stay tuned!

Sponsored by Riggs Yacht Sales.

Amid the age of immediate gratification fostered through blistered fingertips navigating smartphone apps, self-checkouts and next-day deliveries, some things simply cannot be rushed. From master shipwrights working in massive facilities to those covered in dust emerging from makeshift sheds, the expertly crafted sportfish yacht is an amazing pedigree. What follows is a selection of the newest projects from the industry’s leading boat builders.

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New 72′ Bayliss Old Reliable—Fly Fishing Tools

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Step aboard the 72-foot Bayliss Old Reliable with a private tour from Smith as he takes us around his new boat, which splashed in July of 2021. The custom-built craft was specifically designed for chasing billfish on fly and was recently prepped for a multi-year Pacific tour.

And the day before Old Reliable shipped out, Nick Smith and Capt. Chip Shafer provided InTheBite with a guided walk-through to talk about the boat’s personal touches and offshore capabilities. It is rare to see a boat so personally customized for one goal and that is chasing and catching billfish on fly.

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Bayliss Boatworks Delivers 72′ Old Reliable

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Bayliss Boatworks, Sept. 1, 2021—Old Reliable is a name long associated with the Bayliss Boatworks family. In 2003, offshore fly-fishing legend Nick Smith, set out to build 64’ Hull 5 Old Reliable. Smith, with an already impressive fishing history, set new records and achieved great milestones with Hull 5. In 2019 he set the world record for the largest number of striped marlin caught and released on fly in a single day, and holds multiple other single day records as well. Over the years, Bayliss Boatworks was active in supporting Old Reliable with maintenance and upfits, whether state-side or abroad.

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72′ Bayliss Old Reliable—Purpose-Built for Chasing Billfish on Fly

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72′ Bayliss Boatworks Old Reliable

Join us as we take you aboard the 72-foot Bayliss Old Reliable with exclusive pictures of Nick Smith and his new boat. After splashing in July of 2021, this highly customized craft was purpose built for chasing billfish on fly and prepped for a multi-year Pacific tour.

And the day before Old Reliable shipped out, Nick Smith and Capt. Chip Shafer provided InTheBite with a guided walk-through to talk about the boat’s personal touches and offshore capabilities. It is rare to see a boat so personally customized for one goal and that is chasing and catching billfish on fly. Enjoy this exclusive sneak peek. Because Nick and Chip covered so much with this boat, we’ll be covering more ground in a multi-part videos series as well.

72′ Bayliss Photo Gallery

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Bayliss 67’ Overtime Hull 28 Flip

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Baylliss Boatworks, Wednesday, March 17, 2021—Overtime, the newest 67-foot vessel by Bayliss Boatworks, is sitting right side up after a successful hull flip earlier this month. Construction began on Overtime last summer and is expected to be delivered to its owners in early 2022. Like all Bayliss Boatworks builds, she is designed and custom-built to fish as effectively as possible.

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Bayliss Boatworks Delivers 62′ Seven

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Bayliss Boatworks—In late November, Bayliss Boatworks delivered its most recent build to its owners, the 62-foot Seven; the first owners to enjoy two BBW christenings. She was a product of over 42,000 man-hours and nearly 19 months of labor; Seven is geared to fish efficiently as possible. Seven’s hull will not be mistaken for any other with its custom Imron exterior paint blend, “Cool Blue”, paired with her red and blue boot stripes.

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When Bayliss Boatworks Delivered the 62-foot GameChanger

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The result of 18 months and some 38,000-man hours, the GameChanger was the second installment in Bayliss’ GameBoat line. Fishing is the goal of the GameBoat line, with tackle accessibility, storage and ease of washdown included in the design.

The GameChanger incorporates extensive faux teak – including the transom, drip molding, toe rail, helm pod and salon door. The flybridge features a peninsula-style layout: the console is oriented to the port side, with seating to the starboard. Two teaser reels are nested above in the hardtop. The faux teak helm pod is a standout on the console, matching well with the two helm chairs. Ample storage is found in the console, forward brow, and starboard seating; a freshwater washdown connection can be accessed forward of the starboard bench seat.

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GameChanger’s cockpit is oriented with her Bayliss Boatworks Delivers 62-foot GameChanger Harrison 41 – A Modern Sportfisher That Tips It Hat to The Classics crew’s needs in mind. The off-center salon door shifts the configuration of the cockpit mezzanine, allowing for a large ice bin, and elongated seating in the upper mezzanine areas. The lower mezzanine level lids open to reveal custom-built stainless bait boxes and storage. In the engine room companionway, there lies ample and tailored storage for heavy dredge tackle.

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Custom pocket gaff storage is located in GameChanger’s starboard tackle center. GameChanger’s interior sets herself apart in our GameBoat line. Her owners utilized Bayliss Boat-works’ V.C. layout, where the upper and lower
level layout is completely customizable. The lower level is a three-stateroom/two-head layout, including the quintessential GameBoat tackle room. Beneath the forward master, the carpet lifts to reveal covert storage in the machine tunnel – a strong feature intended for additional provisioning on longer fishing trips.

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Starboard of the last companionway step sits the entrance to the tackle room: two bait freezers are oriented between cabinets customized for tackle, dredge reels, and rods. Mechanically, GameChanger is equipped with a pair of MTU M96L 12V engines, each with 1920 horsepower. Her stabilization comes from one Seakeeper 16. Fully loaded, her top speed is 44 knots at 2450 rpm and 192 gallons per hour. Her cruise is an easy 37 knots with a full load, at 2,000 rpm and 142 gallons per hour.

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Start Date: May 2017
  • Delivery Date: December 2018
  • Length: 62’
  • Beam: 18’ 2”
  • Draft: 4’ 10”
  • Power: (2) MTU M96L 12V @ 1920 hp each
  • Generator: 20kw Northern Lights
  • Fuel Capacity: 1,726 gallons
  • Water Capacity: 250 gallons
  • Water Maker: FCI 1,200 gallon per day with a dockside processor
  • Interior Layout: Three stateroom, two-head,
  • Tackle/freezer room
  • Bridge Layout: Peninsula console, starboard bench seat, two helm chairs
  • Stabilization: Seakeeper 16

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Bayliss Gameboat #3, 62′ Tarheel

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BAYLISS GAMEBOAT #3, 62′, TARHEEL

This build began in March of 2018. Tarheel features the V.2 GameBoat layout — a healthy synergy of the first two GameBoats built by Bayliss. She combines the practicality of Mama C with the custom lower level layout of GameChanger.

Exterior features include a variety of faux teak components – toe rail, transom and drip molding. She will have a sleek profile, hard top, and white windshield. It’s all about symmetry on Tarheel: the flybridge will have the classic center console arrangement. A center door will orient the salon, and two peninsula cabinets will be featured in the galley for refrigeration and storage. The lower level IS comprised of a simple three stateroom/two-head layout, along with an easily accessible dayhead and tackle room, each situated just off the main companionway.

Systems include two 20 kw Northern Lights generators, an FCI 1,800 gallon per day watermaker, and a Dometic Chilled Water A/C system (now standard on all Bayliss builds).

SPECIFICATIONS: Length 62’/ Beam 18’ 2” Draft 4’ 8” / Fuel 1,850 gallons / Water 300 gallons / Power Twin MTU M96L 10V at 1600 hp each / Stabilization Seakeeper 9. Tarheel delivered in July of 2019

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