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Tidewater 3100 Carolina Bay

LOA: 31’1”

Beam: 10’2”

Draft: 1’7”

Weight: 7,200 lbs.

Fuel: 220 gals.

Water: 19 gals.

Power: (2) 400-hp Mercury or 350-hp Yamaha outboards

Tidewater Boats says that its 3100 Carolina Bay is the world’s largest bay boat. Having stepped aboard at February’s 2024 Miami International Boat Show, I can confirm that the 3100 is big and that she has the requisite low freeboard, casting platforms and fishing features that would qualify her as a bay boat. But the 3100 is more than just a really big bay boat.

Tidewater loaded the 3100 up with lots of

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