Buddy Cannady · Hull No. NO-9 · 1992 · 4 names since 1992
Free Ranger
FormerlyTriple HeaderLady PamelaLaura Linn
A Buddy Cannady built in Wanchese in 1992 and first documented that December as Triple Header. The Coast Guard file carried her as Lady Pamela of Fort Lauderdale in January 2021, as Laura Linn of Ocracoke that spring, and as Free Ranger, an Ocracoke charter boat, from July 2021. At the 2026 Big Rock she weighed blue marlin of 436.2 and 597.4 pounds and finished fourth for heaviest blue marlin.
Her story, name by name
- From 1992
Triple Header
Reported · cgmix.uscg.mil
- Undated
Lady Pamela
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard
- 2021
Laura Linn
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard
Renamed Laura Linn from Lady Pamela between the January and March 2021 Coast Guard files; same official number (983661) and manufacturer hull number; hailing port moved from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Ocracoke, NC.
- 2021 – present
Free RangerCurrent
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, cgmix.uscg.mil, reeltime.app, carolinacoastonline.com
Renamed Free Ranger from Laura Linn between the April and July 2021 Coast Guard files (May and June were not published); same official number; Ocracoke, NC.
- June 2026
Tournament
Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Morehead City: weighed a 436.2 lb blue marlin on June 8, the tournament's second, and a 597.4 lb blue marlin on June 10 that briefly held second place; finished fourth for heaviest blue marlin. Entered as a 46' Buddy Cannady, 1992, out of Ocracoke.
Confirmed · reeltime.app, carolinacoastonline.com
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