A Spencer built in March 2009 that ran through three names, El Toro, Triple Sea and Buckshot, before she became Fender Bender out of Manteo in late 2023. Under Capt. Colin Oxnard she won the 2024 Bermuda Billfish Blast with seven blue marlin and a white released, the event's largest single payout, placed third in the 2025 Bermuda Triple Crown, and in 2026 took second at the Big Rock with a 644.1-pound blue marlin and won the Carolina Boat Builders Tournament.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2020
El Toro
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2020-01, ON 1219485
- March 2009
Build
Built by Spencer Yachts; HIN GDGS6266C909 (built March 2009, model year 2009).
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2026-09, ON 1219485
- 2020 – 2022
Triple Sea
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2020-05 to 2022-11, ON 1219485
Renamed from El Toro between the January and May 2020 Coast Guard files; the February to April 2020 files are not published. Hailing port moved from Indian Harbor Beach, FL to Rockport, TX. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 2022 – 2023
Buckshot
Reported · USCG documented-vessel file, 2022-12 to 2023-11, ON 1219485
Renamed from Triple Sea between the November and December 2022 Coast Guard files; the November file shows a case pending. Hailing port moved from Rockport, TX to Ocean City, MD. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 2023 – present
Fender BenderCurrent
Confirmed · tournament.thebigrock.com, marlinmag.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2023-12 to 2026-09, ON 1219485
Renamed from Buckshot between the November and December 2023 Coast Guard files; the November file shows a case pending. Hailing port moved from Ocean City, MD to Manteo, NC. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- July 2024
Tournament
Won the Bermuda Billfish Blast with 3,600 points, releasing seven blue marlin and a white marlin, for $408,228, the largest single payout in the tournament's 20 years. Capt. Colin Oxnard.
Reported · marlinmag.com
- July 2025
Tournament
Third overall in the Bermuda Triple Crown with 6,300 points. Capt. Colin Oxnard.
Reported · marlinmag.com
- 2026
Tournament
Won the 2026 Carolina Boat Builders Tournament with one blue marlin and three sailfish released, 450 billfish points, for $64,750.
Reported · pointclickfish.com
- June 2026
Tournament
Second place in the 68th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament with a 644.1-pound blue marlin, worth $467,962.50. Capt. Colin Oxnard.
Reported · marlinmag.com
SistersOther Spencer hulls from 2009
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