Hull no. 1, the boat that started F&S Boatworks. Begun in late 1995 in a pole barn at Delaware City and finished in 1998, she carried Jim Floyd's stepped, variable-deadrise bottom to sea for the first time. Documented as Fin-Ally out of Niantic, Connecticut, she was renamed Kickin Tires in 2023 and won the release division of the 2025 Bermuda Billfish Blast.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2023
Fin-Ally
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, fandsyachts.com
- 1998
Build
F&S hull no. 1: begun in late 1995 in a pole barn beside the Delaware River at Delaware City, Delaware, and finished for sea trials in 1998. Her stepped, variable-deadrise bottom was Jim Floyd's design, refined on a tank-tested scale model.
Reported · inthebite.com
- 2023 – present
Kickin TiresCurrent
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard
Renamed from Fin-Ally between the September and December 2023 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Niantic, CT to Lake Wales, FL. Official number unchanged.
- July 2025
Tournament
Bermuda Billfish Blast, first leg of the 2025 Bermuda Triple Crown: won the release division with 2,500 points over three days, $336,175. Captain Jimmy Sullivan.
Reported · marlinmag.com
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