Sunny Briggs · Hull No. 49 · 5 names since 2007
Double B
FormerlyBodaciousBalla McCraBrittney MarieRaise 'em Up
Hull 49, a Sunny Briggs built in 2007 as Bodacious. She has since been Balla McCra, Brittney Marie from 2021 and Raise 'em Up from 2022, and has been documented as Double B since May 2026. As Raise 'em Up she won the wahoo category of the 2023 Blue Marlin Grand Championship at Orange Beach. The yard list gives her as hull 56; her HIN serial reads hull 49.
Her story, name by name
- From 2007
Bodacious
Reported · shipbuildinghistory.com
- 2007
- Undated
Balla McCra
Confirmed · shipbuildinghistory.com, U.S. Coast Guard
- 2021 – 2022
Brittney Marie
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard
Renamed from Balla McCra (registered as Balla Mccra) between the January and March 2021 Coast Guard files; the February file is unavailable. Hailing port moved from Rockport, TX to West Palm Beach, FL. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 2022 – 2026
Raise 'em Up
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard
Renamed from Brittney Marie between the February and March 2022 Coast Guard files. Hailing port Sandestin, FL.
- July 2023
Tournament
2023 Blue Marlin Grand Championship, The Wharf, Orange Beach, July 13–15: fishing as Raise 'em Up out of Sandestin, she took first in wahoo with a 42.4 lb fish and second in dolphin at 23.8 lb.
Reported · inthebite.com
- 2026 – present
Double BCurrent
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard
Renamed from Raise 'em Up between the April and May 2026 Coast Guard files. Hailing port Atlantic Beach, NC.
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