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The 59th Annual Buccaneer Cup Sailfish Tournament was held January 19-22, 2022 out of Palm Beach, Fl. A total of 109 sailfish were released, The prize, a purse in excess of $380,000 the prestigious and beautiful Buccaneer Cup trophies, and bragging rights for placing in one of the oldest and most enduring billfish tournaments in the world. Teams fish a …
Photo Credit: Noah Robert of Liquid Film Group On January 13, 2022 an infantry of elite sailfishing teams will converge on Sailfish Resort & Marina to prepare for Operation Sailfish, Leg 1 of the highly touted Quest for the Crest Sailfish Series. Their mission: 2 days of battle against sailfish on the high seas off West Palm Beach, FL. What’s …
The Buccaneer Cup Sailfish Release Tournament is an elite billfish tournament that was launched by members of the historic Buccaneer Yacht Club (BYC) in 1963 on Singer Island just north of Palm Beach Inlet. Release Boatworks is a proud sponsor of the 2022 Buccaneer Cup (aka “Buc Cup”), and looks forward to the fleet of elite sportfishing teams carrying on …
This week, Release Boatworks is a proud sponsor of one of our favorite tournaments, The Silver Sailfish Derby, put on by our good friends at West Palm Beach Fishing Club! The Silver Sailfish Derby was established by the West Palm Beach Fishing Club in January 1935. While structured quite differently today, the event is the oldest running sailfish tournament in …
Sailfishing is the dominant sportfishing attraction during South Florida winters, and while some tournaments have been around for decades, many more are sprouting up each year with increase in demand as well as preference for different competition and prize structures. From November through May, here’s a list of the upcoming 2021/2022 South Florida Sailfish and Billfish Tournaments, including some notable …
This past weekend marked the kick-off of the 2021 South Florida sailfish season with the Dust’Em Off Sailfish Warmup kicking off their 8th year. Release Boatworks is a proud sponsor of this tournament not only to support the South Florida sailfishing community, but also because the tournament fundraises for a great cause. Dust’Em Off supports the Mahogany Youth Corporation, a …
This past week, many of the best wahoo fishing teams in Florida and the Bahamas convened in Old Bahama Bay for one of the most prestigious wahoo fishing tournaments in the world – OBB Wahoo Charity Cup. This not only broke the record in February for being the largest fishing tournament ever held at the West End resort, but it …
This coming week, the 5th annual (well, kinda) OBB Wahoo Charity Cup kicks off at Old Bahama Bay. We say “kinda” after “annual” because this is the fifth of these tournaments since 2017, including 2018 and 2019, then inclement weather forced the committee to postpone the 2020 tournament until February of 2021, and now they are continuing their usual November …
46′ Release Boatworks SHOWTIME had quite the summer. Starting at JJ Fish Week in Atlantic City, the summer crew of Captain Mike Sheeder, Chico Alvarenga, Billy Claire, Elden Downs, Jim Turner, Mike Murray, and Lacey Hagler also went on to fish the White Marlin Open in Ocean City Maryland, as well as the White Marlin Invitational in Beach Haven New …
Release Boatworks is a proud sponsor of the oldest White Marlin tournament in the country, The Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational, and we’ll be there with our founder, Jim Turner, and Captain Mike Sheeder on our latest boat, 46′ Release Boatworks walkaround “Showtime”. We invite you to come check her out and compete against us in the tournament, or just …
