The Boat
Originally built in 1972 by Local Boatbuilder Shelton Midgett, she has served her entire life as a charter boat between Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. In 2014 she was completely retrofitted by owner Ritchie Howell and his crew at Ritchie Howell Yachts and again most recently received a full exterior paint job before the 2023 season. The Backin Up is powered by a single Caterpillar C-12 that which spins a ZF gear and on top of a brand new Nibral Propeller comfortable, spacious modern and timely.
Amenities
A/C Salon
Generator
Private Restroom
Ample Seating Inside and Outside
Updated Electronics including Radar
Rods/Reels/&Tackle well maintained
130lb Class Fighting chair
Large Fish Box
2 additional cockpit chairs
Onboard Freezer
Meet the Crew
Captain Jeremy Midgette
Born and raised in Currituck, a small community just inside the coastline of the Outer Banks, a Graduate of East Carolina University and a avid lifelong outdoorsman, and grew up hunting and fishing the coastal waters of NE North Carolina. Fishing has always been his passion and he takes advantage of every opportunity from catfish and striper to Cobia and Tuna. Along the way he has been lucky enough to learn and fish beside some of the best Captains and mates in the world. He has held his USGC license captain since 2007 and has been Captain of the Backin Up since 2016. I have had the excitement of fishing the waters up and down the east coast, the Bahamas and Mexico. if you can’t find him in the duck blind or around slip 36 at Pirates Cove… he is probably on a rip or change somewhere looking for a bite.
Mate Tucker Parks
Young eager and ready to swing the gaff. He like most of us, grew up hunting and fishing the surrounding waters also spending a few summers mating with a sound charter fishing program prior to starting with the Backin Up in 2020. We couldn’t ask for any more, he’s first on the boat and last to leave everyday. Tucker also holds a current USGC Captains license.