Five persons were saved as a fourteen meter sportfish cruiser titled m/y Raptor went ablaze some fifty nautical miles off the coast of Morehead, North Carolina as it was competing in the 67th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament on the morning of Friday thirteen June. After seeing grey smoke coming out of the engine room, the five boaters called a May Day and then jumped off the boat, as the smoke became black and a fire. They were collected by a boat named Cost Plus, a boat who was nearby and not competing in the tournament who saw the smoke from a distance, and rushed to the spot and saved the five boaters. After this Cost Plus transported the boaters back to shore in Morehead. The reason of the fire is not reported as the US Coast Guard and Marine Safety Detachment at Fort Macon have launched an investigation of the incident.
M/y Raptor the sportfish in this fire is a 1987 Buddy Davis 47 Convertible as designed by its builder and produced from 1986 till 1993 in 88 units. The 47 Convertible was Buddy Davis first offer of a semi-production fiberglass build, and was replaced by the 52 Flybridge SF which was based on the same hull.
Held in Morehead Carolina, the Big Rock is one of the largest and longest ongoing sportfishing tournaments, and in 2025 is in its 67th edition. The 67th Big Rock started on Monday ninth June and concluded on the Saturday fourteen June, and had 269 competing boats and yachts.
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