Image © Graham Byrnes, see B&B Yacht Designs for more pictures.

The Ocracoke design is a flared bow North Carolina Sport Fisherman. Graham has made a name for himself in the North Carolina area designing one off Sport Fisherman that are built by local yards that end up having price tags exceeding the 6 figure mark. While we can all drool over such designs, few of us can afford them. Graham designed the Ocracoke to fulfill our desires in this area in a price range that is affordable to many more.

SPECIFICATIONS
LOA	20' 0" (6.1m)
LWL	16' 4" (4.98m)
BEAM	7' 10" (2.39m)
DRAFT / hull	9" (23cm) @ dwl
DEADRISE at transom	13 degrees
HORSEPOWER	70 - 150
BOAT WEIGHT   including 90 HP motor:	1400 - 1600 lbs
DISPLACEMENT	2000 lbs (909 kilos) @ dwl
POUNDS   per 1" immersion	372 lbs (169 kilos)

Now I have taken a fair amount of heat from some ardent environmentalists for calling this design a green boat. The ability to power this boat with between 70 and 150 HP send some into a fit that I dare call it green. In fact I had some state that all such power plants be outlawed for recreational use.

Now I will grant you this design consumes more fuel than either the Outerbanks Lobster Boat or the Marissa. But it does provide performance rivaling deep V fiberglass hulls of twice the Horsepower and twice the fuel consumption.

An Ocracoke 20 built with a 90 HP outboard motor was clocked at 42 MPH by GPS with 5 adults on board. And if you desire to use less fuel one can easily throttle down and plane at lower speeds with the same engine. The Ocracoke is also an exceptionally rock solid platform underfoot while fishing, even with people milling about.

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