A Ritchie Howell, documented as Sea Fix out of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, until 2024 and as Bobojo out of Manteo since. Repowered at Bayliss Boatworks in 2021, she came out seven knots faster. She was top boat at the 2024 White Marlin Open, and in July 2026 weighed a 621-pound blue marlin in the Bermuda Triple Crown for the largest single check in the series' history.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2024
Sea Fix
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2021-01 to 2023-12, ON 1283780
- November 2021
Repower
Repowered at Bayliss Boatworks, her first visit there: in from April 2021 and back in the water on 21 November 2021 with new teak coverboards, new transom artwork and upgraded electronics, seven knots faster at cruise and at the top end. She left that month for the Costa Rica tournament season. The article names two different engines (MTU 16V2000 M96L and MAN V12-1550CR), so the new engines are not recorded.
Reported · inthebite.com
- August 2023
Tournament · Tournament record
White Marlin Open 2023, as Sea Fix: 1st, Daily Wahoo, Aug 9 (40 lb).
Reported · whitemarlinopen.com, web.archive.org
- 2024 – present
BobojoCurrent
Confirmed · USCG documented-vessel file, 2024-06 to 2026-09, ON 1283780, bernews.com
Renamed from Sea Fix between the December 2023 and January 2024 Coast Guard files. Hailing port moved from Mount Pleasant, SC to Manteo, NC. Certificate moved from Case Pending to Valid. HIN unchanged.
- August 2024
Tournament
White Marlin Open, Ocean City: top boat with 1,033 billfish points. Entered as a 61 Ritchie Howell out of Manteo.
Reported · whitemarlinopen.com
- July 2026
Tournament
Bermuda Triple Crown: a 621 lb blue marlin paid $714,850, the largest single check in the series' history. Entered as a 61 Ritchie Howell.
Reported · bernews.com
Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings
Fished 5 White Marlin Opens, 2020–2025, under two names: Sea Fix, then Bobojo. Best finish: 1st, Daily Wahoo, 2023 (40 lb).
- 2025Enteredas Bobojo · archive
- 20243rdBlue Marlin · as Bobojo · archive789.50 lb
- 20231stDaily Wahoo, Aug 9 · as Sea Fix · archive40 lb
- 2022Enteredas Sea Fix · archive
- 2020Enteredas Sea Fix · archive
Each year links to the standings as published; archive is the saved copy.
MediaEach linked to where it was published
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