A Crown Marine sportfisherman of 2004, from the Deltaville, Virginia yard. Documented as Reliance out of Hatteras, North Carolina, until 2021, then as Widespread, a charter boat at Oregon Inlet. Newly renamed, she won the 63rd Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in 2021 with a 656.5 lb blue marlin worth more than $1.6 million.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2021
Reliance
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard
- 2021
Tournament
63rd Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament: a 479.2 lb blue marlin on day four put her third, and a 656.5 lb fish boated the next day after a four-hour fight and weighed at Morehead City that night won the tournament and more than $1.6 million. She fished out of Hatteras for the event.
Reported · inthebite.com
- 2021 – present
WidespreadCurrent
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, tournament.thebigrock.com
Renamed from Reliance between the January and March 2021 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Hatteras, NC to Oregon Inlet, NC. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- May 2022
Tournament
2022 Mongo Offshore Challenge, East Coast division: top mahi of the season with a 41.8 lb fish caught out of Oregon Inlet in early May; $25,625. Captain Jay Watson.
Reported · marlinmag.com
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