Ivor Jones 1939 - 2025

Delta Marine co-founder Ivor Jones has passed away aged 86 on Monday 28 July.  Ivor Jones was born on 23 April 1939 in Seattle.  Ivor and his brother Jack entered boating by racing flat bottom boats on nearby Lake Sammamish, becoming a figure of the sport, hitting 100 mph in 1969 the Starfire boat titled Irritation, and 104 mph in 1972 Screaming Yellow Zinker, another Starfire.  In 1967 Ivor and his brother Jack  will start the basis of Delta Marine as the found a small boatyard along the Duwamish River in Seattle to construct fiberglass fishing vessels, starting by building a series of 38 foot fishing vessel.  A year later the premises is expanding and building fifty foot fishing vessels.  In the seventies with the fishing crisis Delta Marine starts a plan entering yacht building, delivering its first yacht in 1973, which was based on the Series 46 platform.  In 1989 Delta Marine will launch its first super yacht with the first of two of the 120 series.   This is followed by over thirty super yachts over the 24 meters size, with the largest being a one off 236 foot launched in 2006.  Still family managed Ivor Jones legacy at Delta Marine is followed by his daughter Michelle who is vice-president, and his son Chris who oversees project management at the shipyard.