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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G/A</submissionType>
    <previousAccessionNumber>0001604488-24-000323</previousAccessionNumber>
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          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: First Trust Capital Management L.P. -->
          <cik>0001604488</cik>
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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share ("Ordinary Shares")</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2024</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001856961</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>G1330L105</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE</com:street1>
          <com:street2>7TH FLOOR</com:street2>
          <com:city>CHEVY CHASE</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MD</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>20815</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
      </designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>First Trust Merger Arbitrage Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>0.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
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      <reportingPersonName>First Trust Capital Management L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
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        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>0.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
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      <classPercent>0</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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    <coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>

      <reportingPersonName>First Trust Capital Solutions L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>0.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>0</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>HC</typeOfReportingPerson>
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    <coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>

      <reportingPersonName>FTCS Sub GP LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>0.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>0</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>HC</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, 7TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE, MD, 20815.</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>The principal business address of FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP is 225 W. Wacker Drive, 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60606. The principal business address of VARBX is 235 West Galena Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>United States</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IV</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>HC</typeOfPersonFiling>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>As investment adviser to the Client Accounts, FTCM has the authority to invest the funds of the Client Accounts in securities (including Ordinary Shares of Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp ("the Issuer")) as well as the authority to purchase, vote and dispose of securities, and may thus be deemed the beneficial owner of any shares of the Issuer's Ordinary Shares held in the Client Accounts. As of December 31, 2024 VARBX, FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP collectively owned 0 shares of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Issuer.

FTCS and Sub GP may be deemed to control FTCM and therefore may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the Ordinary Shares reported in this Schedule 13G/A. No one individual controls FTCS or Sub GP. FTCS and Sub GP do not own any Ordinary Shares of the Issuer for their own accounts.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>VARBX: 0

FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP: 0</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>VARBX: 0

FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP: 0</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>VARBX: 0

FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP: 0</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>VARBX: 0

FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP: 0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>VARBX: 0

FTCM, FTCS and Sub GP: 0</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>See Item 4.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>See Item 2.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <exhibitInfo>Exhibit I: Joint Filing Agreement</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>First Trust Merger Arbitrage Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Joy Ausili</signature>
        <title>Trustee, Vice President and Assistant Secretary</title>
        <date>02/14/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>First Trust Capital Management L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Chad Eisenberg</signature>
        <title>Chief Operating Officer</title>
        <date>02/14/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>First Trust Capital Solutions L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Chad Eisenberg</signature>
        <title>Chief Operating Officer</title>
        <date>02/14/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>FTCS Sub GP LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Chad Eisenberg</signature>
        <title>Chief Operating Officer</title>
        <date>02/14/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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