Anglers Journal

Engineering History

The sun is just rising over the horizon. The air is damp and heavy. I walk down the bustling dock of the Abaco Beach Resort with my colleagues Bill Sisson and digital director John Turner. Crews are busy prepping baits and boats for day one of the Custom Boat Shootout, an invitation-only tournament staged this past May. A 30-knot breeze has been building for days, kicking up 6- to 8-foot seas with some 10-footers thrown into the mix.

“It’s good to be going out on the biggest boat in the fleet,” Sisson says, to which I mumble in agreement.

We meet the owner of the new Jarrett Bay 90 (pronounced ha-ROO-ko) in the cockpit. “What’s

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