Buddy Cannady · 2 names since 1998

Drifter

FormerlyWaste Knot

A Buddy Cannady of model year 1998, documented as Waste Knot out of Manns Harbor, North Carolina, until early 2021 and since then as Drifter of Oregon Inlet. The White Marlin Open lists her as a Buddy Cannady of Oregon Inlet every year from 2022 to 2026.

Her story, name by name

  1. Until 2021

    Waste Knot

    Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2020-01 to 2021-01, ON 1064042

  2. 2021 – present

    DrifterCurrent

    Confirmed · whitemarlinopen.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2021-03 to 2026-09, ON 1064042

    Renamed from Waste Knot between the January and March 2021 Coast Guard files. The February 2021 file was not published; the 2020 and January 2021 files list her as No Operation - PM. Hailing port moved from Manns Harbor, NC to Oregon Inlet, NC. Official number and HIN unchanged.

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