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.

New Launch: Delta Marine 110

It has been anything but quiet at Delta Marine, the Seattle-based shipyard where exclusivity and confidentiality are pillars of the signature custom yacht building experience, and the buzz of innovation and creativity abounds.  As such, Delta is delighted to announce that it recently launched a new 110 super yacht, which is currently finalizing its construction phases. Developed in response to changing market dynamics, particularly in the 33 to forty meters range, the new Delta Marina 110 features a new hull platform designed for long-range efficiency and the capability for speed. Once inside, owners and guests will be transported into a world sophisticated and soothing. Transcendent colours of sand and sea will cast a captivating spa-like spell rich with comfort and texture. An elegant play of ivories and Mediterranean blue fabrics will surround rich warm oak woodwork that extends seamlessly throughout her interiors, featuring espresso wenge accents and sleek minimalist metalwork. She’ll deliver timeless comfort with the perfect complement of understated luxury. Within a seven meters beam, the Delta Marine 110 arrangement is optimized for owner operation and family adventures. The spacious interior features a main salon with U- shaped seating aft of the dining salon accommodating up to ten guests. A large galley forward can be enclosed and separated from the guest spaces and will offer a country kitchen dinette for intimate and casual gatherings, as well as a center island with bar seating. Eight guests are accommodated in four lower-deck ensuite cabins that comprise a full-beam master stateroom, mirrored convertible twin cabins, and a VIP suite in the bow. Crew accommodations for two are located aft. Walkaround side decks with control stations further lend to the ease of operation, which the owners will enjoy from the pilothouse with its twin helm seating and convertible dinette/ berth. The spacious aft deck offers prime vistas to enjoy the scenery with dining for ten, while additional seating and a full bar are situated on the bridge deck aft in a semi-enclosed space that can be thoughtfully shaded with retractable sun awnings. Appealing to avid boaters with a love for all waterborne activities, the yacht will feature a convenient beach garage for toy and gear storage as well as an articulating swim platform equipped with a Hydromar transformer sea stairs unit. The owners specified a custom aluminium tender to be stowed on the boat deck and launched by a special davit. Another brilliant feature is the yacht’s anchoring system, for which Delta partnered with the anchor manufacturer to design a hidden flush-mounted anchor in the stem of the vessel. The new double chine semi-displacement hull form is a significant build in that it is the first new hull design for Delta solely tested through Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis. It is also Delta’s first project that will meet full IMO III and EPA Tier 4 recognition, which facilitated the installation of the newest approved gas exhaust systems on the main engines. While the new hull form is designed for modest efficient cruising speeds of 12 to 14 knots —affording a longer range—the yacht is also capable of cruising much faster when necessary. The hull shape, coupled with twin MTU 2600hp each, allows the yacht to achieve an impressive top-end speed of 27 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 33.53 m (110ft)

Beam - 7.32 m

Displacement - 299 gt *volume

Accommodation - eight guests in four cabins, two crew in one cabin

Engines - 2 x MTU 16V 4000 M90 2600hp

Propulsion - line shaft

Speed - 27 knots max, fourteen cruise

Hull Shape - semi displacement

Design - Delta Marina 

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Project: Delta Marine 21m

Newport-based MCM has been appointed as owner’s representative for a 21-metre express cruiser to be built by custom shipyard Delta Marine in Seattle. The Express Cruiser designed by Doug Zurn of Zurn Yacht Design for an experienced client will be powered by twin Volvo 1000hp with IPS pod drives with Dynamic Positioning System for a top speed up to 38 knots.  When going through the yard selection process, MCM looked at shipyards in the US, Europe and Australasia, but finally settled on Delta Marine as one of very few custom Superyacht yards left in the US. An added advantage was that Jack Jones, the company founder, had started out in the sixties as a composite builder of high-speed pleasure craft.  Yacht designer Doug Zurn in Massachusetts is well known for his classic New England style and the 21 meter traditional inspired down East express displays traditional exterior lines and an interior decor based on a contemporary take of raised and fielded mahogany wood joinery with white wainscoting details.  The classic styling, however, disguises a thoroughly modern and lightweight hull construction using infused epoxy, E-glass and Corecell/Airex for a displacement at half load of just over thirty tonnes. Comfort at anchor and under way are provided by Seakeeper gyro stabilisers and Humphree interceptors with active stabilization.  The owner will use his new yacht for cruising and fishing with family and friends, and to this end the aft deck has a modular design to fulfill both functions. Below deck there is accommodation for six guests in an ensuite owner’s cabin and two cabins with shared head.  The hull and deck tooling is currently underway at the shipyard and completion is envisaged for the second half of 2021.

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