The Shady Marlin II is Nick Marone's new boat, which Taylor Hamilton bought for him. His former home, The Shady Marlin, was destroyed
Framed for Murder of Shane McGrath[]
Nick's niece Phoebe Forrester's ex-boyfriend Shane McGrath blamed Ridge for his break-up, believing that he never supported their relationship. When Shane aggressively confronted Ridge, he pulled out a gun. Becoming increasingly insane, Shane felt alone and fell into depression and believed that if he was dead, no one would even know if he was gone. When he turned the gun on himself, threatening suicide, Ridge struggled to turn the gun away and it went off. Shane had intentionally turned the gun on himself during the struggle to imply that Ridge shot him.
Ridge remembered from 10 years prior that he took the blame for the shooting of Brooke's ex-husband Grant Chambers, and was told in a court of law that he would serve jail-time if he committed another gun-related crime. The actual shooter was Brooke and Eric's son, Rick Forrester. To cover up his involvement, Ridge took Shane's body and dumped in the Santa Monica Bay using Nick's new boat, The Shady Marlin II.
After a police investigation, Nick is charged with Shane's murder and is imprisoned. His lawyer, Brooke's brother Storm Logan, supported Nick as he suspected Stephanie had framed him. As Nick attended court to receive his conviction for killing Shane, Ridge stepped forward and admitted that Shane had committed suicide in front of him; Ridge had panicked and used Nick's boat to get rid of Shane's body. This was further supported by Rick, who, after counselling, convinced the judge that he recalled shooting Grant Chambers, releasing Ridge of the initial gun-related crime.
The charges were dropped and Nick was freed.