Oldie but a goodie

[tabasco]

Always love lookin at this hull. Not as much flare as newer ones, more of almost a stand up stem. Hopefully she'll back in the water this winter so I can get a shot of her in the ocean. She is i believe a sportsmans boatworks and has been in the yard for a couple years getting reborn.

[clt_capt]

Capt. Omie built some fine boats. I missed the chance at one over the summer that I'm still kicking myself on...

[scattered_grass]

from what I can see she looks good. Some of the newer boats have too much flare in my opinion.

[Tuna Truck]

Do you have any more pics of that boat? How big and whats the name?
I love Omie's hulls. By the way, is that yard in St. Augustine...looks kind of familiar. thx

[tabasco]

thats the boat at Camachee Cove yard. You should see the interior and the engine room. i'm not sure the length and I think she used to be called the Never a Doubt but i'm not sure on that either.

[Captain Jay Kavanagh]

What is her name?

[costaricasportfishing]

Too much flair??? What is that??haha

[fishvenezuela]

Always love lookin at this hull. Not as much flare as newer ones, more of almost a stand up stem. Hopefully she'll back in the water this winter so I can get a shot of her in the ocean. She is i believe a sportsmans boatworks and has been in the yard for a couple years getting reborn.

I do not believe that she is a Sportsman............... but I could be wrong. At least not an original (Omie built).

I say this because the shape of the window and the queer shape of the engine room vent. I also think that the transom of the boat is too rounded for a Sportsman.

The most definite feature that she is not a Sportsman is the Rybovich hand rail on the bridge wings......... Need some more pictures.

However, there was one boat built at Sportsman Boatworks that was designed by a naval architech from Virginia. It was a bastard looking boat with an enclosed bridge. She was always tied up at Treasure Cay and I do not recall her name. She was built by Tom Daughtry and not the Tillets. It is possible that is the same boat.

If I am right and she is not a Sportsman, I would say that the boat pictured was built possibly by Irvin Forbes.

[Tuna Truck]

I thought that was the Camachee Yard. I spent some time there re-powering a 54' Betram 8 or 9 years ago. I remember the "Never A Doubt" well. I think they were repowering with 3406's the same time we were getting a "test" set of what is now the C-32. I always thought she was a Sportman but could be wrong. The last boat built by Omie, the "Barbara B", used to live at that same marina. Damn I love me a good Carolina boat.

[tabasco]

I've always been told she was a 61' Sportsman. She has had lots of work including new hard top/engines/interior/etc. Some of that rounded look is the wide angle lens effect.
Yes she is the boat repowered with the cats and now the interior has had a re-do also. If anybody knows more about her I would love to hear it.