Meet James Moores
| 16 November 2009
I have never been afraid of hard work. Each job I've had over the years from blueberry raking to shrimping made me appreciate the skills involved and the men and women who are very good at them.
That is what I've based our company on. Finding good, honest, hardworking people with a shared interest. If you're on this web site, you probably have that interest as well.
I love wooden boats. It started out when I was a boy trying to hide from my older sisters by crawling in our family's Lyman ski boat. I'd study the way she was made and I was determined to make one just like her someday.
Through the years, I have seen many great American yachts fall to ruin, be chopped up and carted to landfills. With the knowledge we've gathered over time and our elders, and the passion that is the cornerstone of Moores Marine, I've made it our mission is to preserve as many of these yachts for future generations as we can.
I am proud of this company that we built as a family and grateful to all the people over the years who have worked with us to make our company, I think, very special.
Moores Marine is based on simple principles. Do the best work we possibly can. Do it fast and efficiently. Work within the owner's budget and priorities, with structural integrity at the top of that list. If you don't believe in these principles, you don't last long at Moores Marine.
I became a wooden boat builder as a career. I started in Maine and ended up in South Florida. The South has never been known for doing high quality restorations at reasonable prices. I was determined to change that. We opened our Beaufort, N.C. boat yard in 2007 and we are still in Florida, doing what we do best: Taking care of some the greatest American yachts ever built.
And we know there are future generations of little boys and girls who will study the lines of these boats, want to know how they were made and carry on our work to preserve these maritime treasures. That, I hope, will be the legacy of Moores Marine.