THE YARD: SET UP FOR SUCCESS

Bayliss Boatworks’ six-acre campus is in Wanchese, North Carolina, on the southern end of Roanoke Island. The builder has a dedicated staff of more than 80 craftsmen who do almost all of what is needed to build a Bayliss custom sport-fisherman: digital fabrication on CNC routers, paint work in a 45-foot-tall spray booth and creating custom aluminum and stainless-steel parts in the metal shop. Bayliss is also known for its exquisite interiors of grain-matched hardwoods — all of which are completed in-house at its 4,000-square-foot woodworking studio. These facilities are impressive, but none more than the boatbuilder’s four construction bays. Three are dedicated to new construction, and one is earmarked for ser vice work (Bayliss Boatworks is also a first-rate, well-stocked ser vice and refit yard) for vessels up to 90 feet length overall. Mezzanines allow for the builder’s crew to work on three levels at once, further increasing efficiency. “We’re set up pretty well for a number of reasons,” Bayliss says.