Scarborough hull 00086, model year 2007, documented as Big Oh of Jupiter. A travelling blue-water boat, run by Capt. Ronnie Fields from her launch, she fished Venezuela, St. Thomas, the Pacific coast of Central America and, from 2013 to 2015, Cape Verde, shipped across the Atlantic and back, and released her 1,500th blue marlin off Los Sueños, Costa Rica, on March 21, 2017. In 2023, under Capt. Newt Cagle, she caught 4,057 billfish in 139 days of fishing off Mexico, a record for a single year.
Her story, name by name
- Undated
Big OhCurrent
Reported · U.S. Coast Guard
- 2007
Build
Launched in summer 2007 from Scarborough's North Carolina shop after a three-year build overseen by Capt. Ronnie Fields, who took her straight to Venezuela.
Reported · marlinmag.com
- February 2022
Refit
Run from Cabo San Lucas to Wanchese, North Carolina, leaving January 22, 2022 and arriving in February, for a nine-month rebuild that included new engines; shipped back to Cabo once it was done.
Reported · inthebite.com
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SistersOther Scarborough hulls from 2007
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