Dale Britt captains the 53-foot Sensation, launched in 1987 (and now restored and repowered), the very first hull built by the legendary Jarrett Bay Boatworks of Carteret County. It carries the classic lines of a custom Carolina-built sportfishing boat: the exaggerated Carolina bow flare, the knife-edge deep-Vee entry. Jarrett Bay has grown from a humble start to a position as a revered boat-building marquee, and “Hull No. 1,” as Sensation is sometimes called, bridges nearly 30 years of Carolina heritage.

, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Greensboro, N.C. JERRY WOLFORD and SCOTT MUTHERSBAUGH / Perfecta Visuals