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Sad day, but since I've retired from guiding I've reluctantly decided to sell my beloved Bayshore custom flats boat. She's built like a tank, can handle any seas and will float in 9 inches of water!

2001 Bayshore Custom Carolina 20 Edition (Factory demo purchased in 2003)
One of 49 built in Wrightsville Beach, NC
Prototype built by Jarrett Bay Boatworks
Classic Carolina bow flare and tumblehome aft

Specs:
LOA: 20’ 2”
Beam: 8’ 4”
Weight: 1,300 pounds
Draft: 9”
Fuel: 58 gals.
Live well: 33 gals w/recirculation and insulation

100 percent vinylester resin layup
Klegecell and ATC structural foam coring throughout
stitched biaxial and quadaxial fiberglass construction
teak cockpit (w/ oil)
teak helm, toe rail and platform trim finished in Bristol clearcoat
breakered electrical system
(2) recent batteries
Edson wheel w/ power knob
Custom aluminum control lever
hydraulic steering and recessed trim tabs
raw water washdown
fuel filter/water separator
8’ Signature PowerPole with (2) remotes and travel cover
(2) stainless steel four-blade propellers, including one computer-tuned
dual bilge pumps fore and aft
stainless steel rub rail
Teak helm with inset instruments w/tach, speedometer and fuel gauge
retractable electronics pod at helm with teak backing
Garmin 740S sounder/GPS chartplotter with Bluechart maps and new transducer
fluxgate compass
ICOM flushmount VHF
Poly Planer marine stereo
Signature 3-rod rack on console with teak base
poling platform with twin Lee rod holders and teak trim
Tibor push pole holder
Stiffy 22-foot Hybrid push pole
Recessed bow and folding stern nav lights
recessed push pole holders
Two storage boxes in aft casting deck
giant bow storage locker
anchor locker w/ Sea Claw bronze anchor with rode/buoy
custom teak/glass removable forward casting platform
Removable backrest
new helm cushion, fwd console cushion
Garelick removable foldable boarding ladder, transom
Custom-fitted full cover
box of spare parts

Engine:
2009 Evinrude E-TEC Direct-Injected 200-hp/six cylinder two-stoke with 475 hours (recent computer printout with no hours since)
Professionally maintained by Shields Marina in St. Marks

2003 Rolls dual axle aluminum trailer with customized guide bunks, radial tires, stainless steel hubs
New spare tire and wheel (Never on the ground)
Complete spare stainless steel hub assembly

Boat is in excellent condition. Engine flushed with fresh water and washed thoroughly after every use. Kept in enclosed storage shed. Professionally-maintained and only non-ethanol fuel used.

More images available on request.

SOLD

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Let me think about this. Spend my savings for my upcoming wedding or buy my dreamboat? hmmmm By the way, if i want my future wife to know that I'm tempted, I'll tell her myself. That boat is a work of art. Sorry you're selling your baby, but best wishes with your retirement.

You could always buy it for her as a wedding present. Congrats on your upcoming nuptials.

Only semi-retired. Still writing for multiple magazines and all those assignments are cutting into my fishing time!

silverking wrote:You could always buy it for her as a wedding present. Congrats on your upcoming nuptials.

Thank you! If I knew you were selling it, I would've tried to find a bride that could afford to buy it for me for a wedding present.

If I could take something to Heaven with me this boat would go with me. If I was younger and I wanted a good investment this is the Boat I would buy.

Put that thing on The Hull Truth if you havn't already.

You replacing it with anything?

Thank you! If I knew you were selling it, I would've tried to find a bride that could afford to buy it for me for a wedding present.

While your dreamin why stop with her just buying it? The ideal woman would buy it because she wanted to pole it.

Beeeeeeeutifull Capt...I keep coming back to this page to just look at it.

Thanks for the compliments all. Funny, but I never took that boat anywhere when I didn't get at least one positive comment. She is a looker, no doubt. But don't be deceived by a pretty face, she's all business too.

ced0412 wrote:Put that thing on The Hull Truth if you havn't already.

You replacing it with anything?

Done. Nearly 500 views as of this morning. It would be the perfect tender for a Jarrett Bay convertible. Also on a couple other sites and soon to be on Boat Trader.

Having a Beavertail Micro 16 built with 30 E-TEC tiller. Want to simplify my fishing in my advancing years.

Beautiful, but it costs more than grad school lol.

wow.........nice boat.

Sent PM

I have fished on this beautiful skiff many times. The quality of construction is evident everywhere you look. It rides like a bay boat, has dry storage like a battleship, and yet poles in a foot of water like a true flats skiff. Capt. Dave's maintenance schedule is legendary and I have personally spent many hours helping him give this boat a head to toe "bubble bath" after EVERY trip.

Everyone you see in the parking lot or on the water either gives you an approving nod or an outright " Damn.....that's a nice boat".

She will make someone proud, and I will be sad to see her go.

Thanks for the testimonial, RG. Yes, we've had many happy memories together in her, including those bonefish and permit in the Content Keys. It really is an amazing boat and I'm sure the new owner will have fun with it too.

I have always loved that boat. I can't stop looking at the pictures