Public case page for the admiralty action filed by Starboard Yacht Group LLC against M/V Octopussy and Contessa Marine Research LLC. 287 docket entries on CourtListener RECAP. This is the longest-running case in the portfolio (3+ years).
Key docket entries
Source: CourtListener RECAP · 339+ documents
DE 1 — Verified Complaint (in rem + in personam)
Filed 9/1/23 · 7 pages
Admiralty complaint against M/V Octopussy (in rem) and CMR (in personam).
DE 25 — Certificate of Interested Parties
Filed 9/18/23 · 3 pages
CMR identified affiliates: Kevin Burke, Jake Stratmann, Canan LLC d/b/a HTEC Marine, Steven Ivankovich, Anthony Ivankovich, Safe Harbor Lauderdale Marine Center.
Post-DE 25 Related Corporate Instrument — Assignment of 2024 Sunseeker 100 Contract to Yacht Daddy LLC (Cayman No. 403283)
Executed 9/22/23 · Cayman Islands Exempted Co. No. 403283 (registered 9/14/23, Auth Code E87343013271) · S.D. Fla. 0:23-cv-61696-AHS
Four days after DE 25 (which omitted Yacht Daddy LLC), Steven Ivankovich signed an Assignment of Purchase Agreement as "CONTESSA MARINE RESEARCH, Steven Ivankovich, authorized signatory" (witnessed by another witness named on that assignment, 22-9-23) transferring CMR's December 23, 2022 One Water Yacht Group contract for the 2024 Sunseeker 100 motor yacht (Hull No. GB-XSK07833E324; $15,000,000 LOI) to Yacht Daddy LLC, and signed the Acceptance on the same page as "YACHT DADDY LLC, Steven Ivankovich, Director" (witnessed by Anthony Ivankovich, 09/22/2023).
executed instrument · Alleged · not a charge
DE 31 — Answer + Counterclaim + $4.6M funding exhibit
Filed 10/31/23 · 31 pages + 5 exhibits
CMR's answer with affirmative defenses and counterclaim. Exhibit 2 (DE 31-2) documents $4,604,641.18 in funding from CMR to SYG across 13 wire transfers (4/8/22 - 3/31/23).
public court filing · Verified · not a charge
DE 106 — Mediation Report
Filed 7/5/24 · 3 pages
Joint notice of mediation report and response to order to show cause.
DE 230-1 / DE 237 — CFO-Certified Repair Order Accounting (151 pages)
Filed 4/15/25 · 151 pages
Certified accounting across 156 repair orders ($0.00 unaccounted) docketed prior to trial and referenced at the February 23, 2026 bench trial (DE 312 Tr. 62).
public court filing · Verified · not a charge
DE 197 — Amended Answer + Counterclaim
Filed 5/9/25 · 28 pages + 5 exhibits
CMR's amended answer with funding exhibits and email correspondence.
DE 306–312 — Bench Trial Minute Entry, Trial Exhibits D-1/D-7/D-8 & Trial Transcript
Filed 2/23/26 · DE 306 minute entry; DE 308/309 exhibits; DE 312 155-page transcript
One-day bench trial. CMR e-filed trial exhibits D-1, D-7, and D-8 on the morning of trial (DE 309); Exhibit D-8 includes the April 6, 2023 written fund-allocation directive.
public court filing · Verified · not a charge
DE 314-3 (D-82) — Subpoena Production Identifying Three Gyro Unit Serials
Filed 3/18/26 · July 16, 2024 General Counsel subpoena correspondence
Subpoena production from manufacturer General Counsel to CMR counsel identifies the three M/V Octopussy stabilizer unit serial numbers as 212-0428, 212-0432, and 212-0433 (confirming two factory returns for credit and unit 35-212-0428 installed).
public court filing · Verified · not a charge
DE 319 & DE 328 — Notice of Appeal & Eleventh Circuit Reinstatement (No. 26-10941-C)
Filed 3/24/26 · Reinstated 5/19/26 (DE 328)
Appeal docketed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (No. 26-10941-C) and reinstated May 19, 2026.
court order · appeal reinstated · Verified · not a charge
DE 337 & DE 338 — Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law & Final Judgment
Entered 9/15/26 (DE 337) & 9/18/26 (DE 338)
District court findings (sustaining double-counting objection in part at DE 337 fn. 21 for ~$1.13M reduction) and final judgment entered September 18, 2026; challenged via post-judgment Rule 59(e) motion and compiled exhibits.
court order · contested judgment · Verified · not a charge
DE 339 — Rule 59(e) Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Clerk-Stamped Filed 10/16/26)
Filed 10/16/26 (Clerk intake stamp) · Entered 10/19/26 · CourtListener entry 481935102
Timely pro se Rule 59(e) motion to alter or amend the September 18, 2026 final judgment (DE 338), bearing the Clerk's October 16, 2026 intake stamp (28th day under Rule 59(e), tolling the appellate clock under FRAP 4(a)(4)(A)(iv)), with supplemental exhibit appendix (Exhibits A–J, including DE 237 151p accounting, 13-wire Fedwire origination records, and DE 314-3 three-unit serial production).
party filing · Alleged · not a charge