Photograph · Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament
A Donald Blount–designed Weaver delivered in 2014 as Escapade, the yard's only 80-footer that year, and documented as Hit N Run out of Palm Beach, Florida, since April 2022. She splashed in March 2014, and two years later Marlin listed her as the fastest boat Weaver had built: 46.8 knots on twin MTU 16V2000s, 5,200 hp. At the 2026 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament she weighed a 549.2-pound blue marlin and finished fifth in the blue marlin standings.
Her story, name by name
- 2014 – 2022
Escapade
Confirmed · weaverboatworks.com, boatinternational.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2021-01 to 2022-03, ON 1253370
- 2014
Build
Built by Weaver as Escapade, to a Donald L. Blount design, in wood; listed by the yard as an 80-footer of 2014. HIN WSF800246414, model year 2014.
Confirmed · weaverboatworks.com, boatinternational.com, USCG documented-vessel file, 2026-09, ON 1253370
- 14 March 2014
Delivery
Splashed March 14, 2014, with Capt. Jeff Smith. 21.4 ft beam, 6.4 ft draft, 3,000 gallons of fuel; five staterooms and six heads. 39 knots cruise at 2,100 rpm, 47 top at 2,450.
Reported · inthebite.com
- 2022 – present
Hit N RunCurrent
Confirmed · USCG documented-vessel file, 2022-04 to 2026-09, ON 1253370, USCG PSIX, VIN 1253370, tournament.thebigrock.com
Renamed from Escapade between the March and April 2022 Coast Guard files; the March file shows a case pending. Hailing port Palm Beach, Florida. Official number and HIN unchanged.
- 9 June 2026
Tournament
68th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Morehead City: a 549.2 lb blue marlin, second on the leaderboard that day, fifth in blue marlin at the finish, and two sailfish released. Entered as an 80' Weaver out of Jupiter, Florida; Capt. Brian Speedy.
Confirmed · carolinacoastonline.com, tournament.thebigrock.com
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