Hull 32, the last boat Buddy Cannady built before he died, finished by BB Boats in Manteo in March 2015. Documented as Kobayashi Maru out of Fripp Island, South Carolina, she was sold through Spencer Yachts in March 2023, had her motors rebuilt, and as Floor Reel of Ocean City won the 2023 White Marlin Open with a 640.5-pound blue marlin worth $6,235,436, a record payout for a single fish.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2023
Kobayashi Maru
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2022-12, ON 1260514
- March 2015
Build
Built by BB Boats Inc, Buddy Cannady and Billy Maxwell's Manteo yard, the last boat Cannady built before his death; HIN BCL57013C515 (built March 2015, model year 2015). The yard announced hull #32 as coming soon in 2014.
Confirmed · USCG documented-vessel file, 2026-09, ON 1260514, octodaydispatch.com, web.archive.org
- 2023 – present
Floor ReelCurrent
Confirmed · USCG documented-vessel file, 2023-06 to 2026-09, ON 1260514, whitemarlinopen.com
Kobayashi Maru of Fripp Island, South Carolina, in the December 2022 file; Floor Reel of Ocean City, Maryland, by June 2023. Same official number and HIN.
- 1 March 2023
Sale
Sold through Spencer Yachts, Wanchese. Gregory Poole Marina in Wanchese rebuilt the motors; she went back in the water around early June.
Reported · octodaydispatch.com
- 11 August 2023
Tournament
White Marlin Open, Ocean City: a 640.5 lb blue marlin, the only qualifying billfish on the final day, won $6,235,436, most of the money for both white and blue marlin. Captain Dave Warren. Entered as a 58' B&B.
Confirmed · whitemarlinopen.com, inthebite.com, octodaydispatch.com
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