Between Tahiti and Bora Bora, catching marlin means running in six-to-eight foot seas. Cruising from Sardinia and Sicily, mistrals can whip calm Mediterranean seas into 12-foot walls of water driven by 60-knot northerlies. Having been bred to brave the fierce Oregon Inlet of North Carolina's Outer Banks, the Buddy Davis 70 Sportfisherman is at home wherever turbulent waters are found. Smooth. Soft. Safe. Dry. All the attributes of the legendary Davis ride, only bigger. Faster. More powerful. The secret to this ride is it's ingeniously designed bottom. Deep and narrow, it will part seas in near biblical style. Yet straight-line performance alone does not measure a true sportfisherman's ultimate capability. Take the helm and put this boat through her paces. She's agile. Nimble. Especially for a boat of her size. Able to back down on that marlin. And easily maneuver into that tight slip.