Moores Marine: Yacht, Wooden Boat and Sailboat Restoration and Repair

November 2008

Written by Jim Moores

Dear Friends,

   I have a little time to sit down and write. I am on a plane again heading back home to Florida from North Carolina. My time in North Carolina always seems too short, but it’s always memorable and interesting. MMYC has come a long way from the drawings that Myron Meadows and I came up with in 2006. Now, it is a great and well designed boat/yacht yard. We had a U.S. Navy landing craft hauled out this summer and they loved the yard and our crew. I don’t think we can officially call it an endorsement but they enjoyed their haul out so much that they said they’ll be back. Stephanie and Judy have done a great job on decorating the offices. There is a coffee bar and soon to be espresso machine, in the captain’s lounge, a Wi-Fi internet connection, a shower, and we’re adding a washer and dryer.

    The Jacqueline project has come along way. The teak transom that Jon, Nate, and Danny installed looks great. It has been blocked out and soon should have varnish on it. The rub rails and the accent hull trim are ready to install. There is still a long way to go.

The Ibis Story

Written by Jim Moores

Friday, 01 August 2008 09:43

The first time I saw the 1912 Mathis Trumpy, Ibis, she was tied to a wharf at Manatee Pocket just south of Stuart, Florida.

As I looked her over, the bilge pump would come on every so often. She had survived two World Wars.

Although she was not the prettiest Trumpy, she was one of the most original from that era that I had seen. Contract No. 27, the 70-footer was built for F.F. Christie.

Walking up and down the deck, I could see all of her original appointments were still there. The drop windows had been changed out for jalousie windows. The canvas deck awning was replaced with a hard top. The Ibis was a perfect example of the dawn of American shallow drafted yachts.

Very few of the pre-World War Trumpy yachts still exist today. It would be many years later while visiting a boat yard just south of Lantana before I saw her again. This time she had been pulled apart.

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