The boats that made it happen and the crews that ran them.
"This book is about how sportfishing first got started on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and how it led to the development of the finest boatbuilding industry in the world. In all my travels I have never seen another place that surpasses our year-round quality fishing and superb boatbuilding.
It is a tribute to the watermen who came before me, those who mentored me and fished with me, and the younger generations who continue to search for bigger fish and better boats."
Charles Perry
Table of Contents
THIS BOOK WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE GENEROUS DONATION OF THE GADDY FAMILY ENDOWMENT AND THE COOPERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA WATERMEN UNITED
Foreword
Introduction
Hatteras Beginnings
Aycock Brown: The Messenger
From Dykstra's to the Inlet
"Carolina Flare" Origins
Omie Tillett: The Spark
The Billfish Capital
A Tournament Every Day
The Foster Family: The Albatross Fleet
The Oregon Inlet Way
Trial, Error, and Innovation
Lee Perry: "Soda Crackers All Over the Bridge"
Granders and a Bluefin Bonanza
Elevating the Standards
Kenny Jo: A True Original
A Lasting Legacy
