Hatteras · 2 names since 1998

April Mae

FormerlyMiss Alex

A 1998 Hatteras 65, built in June 1997 and first documented that October as Miss Alex. By March 2021 she was April Mae of Beaufort, North Carolina. She was struck by lightning on the first day of the 2023 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament and lost all power; no one was hurt.

Her story, name by name

  1. 1997 – 2021

    Miss Alex

    Reported · cgmix.uscg.mil, U.S. Coast Guard

  2. 2021 – present

    April MaeCurrent

    Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, carolinafishandhunt.com

    Renamed from Miss Alex between the January and March 2021 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Jupiter Island, FL to Beaufort, NC. Official number (1060551) and HIN unchanged.

  3. 12 June 2023

    Damage

    Struck by lightning on Day 1 of the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament and lost all power; no one was injured. She later lost a transmission running home on one engine and anchored to await a tow.

    Reported · carolinafishandhunt.com

Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings

Fished the White Marlin Open in 2022 as April Mae.

  1. 2022Enteredas April Mae · archive

Each year links to the standings as published; archive is the saved copy.

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