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For Sale: 1973 Trumpy 60' Motoryacht (SOLD)

  1. Trumpys are the ultimate Dream Boats. It’s easy to envisage a leisurely, even presidential afternoon aboard, dining in formal elegance or fishing off the back deck. Many of these boats have been lovingly cared for over the years and still show up on the market. "Sirius" is Trumpy Contract # 448. She is the very last Trumpy Yacht ever built - Launched in 1973. She has been shed kept on the Chesapeake Bay for the last 20+ years. If a Classic Trumpy is on your "bucket list - this is the one to buy. Last Trumpy ever built!
  2. The origin of Trumpy Yachts started with John Trumpy, a Norwegian born, German trained naval architect, partnering with John Mathis in 1910. John Mathis had a company in Camden, NJ for building commercial and naval vessels and the Mathis Yacht Building Company which built private yachts.
  3. By 1917, John Trumpy had designed 47 yachts catering to wealthy families including Guggenheim, DuPont, Whitney, Firestone, Chrysler, and Dodge. The Sequoia, the Presidential Yacht from 1933 to 1977, served 8 US Presidents. John Mathis died in 1977 leaving John Trumpy the sole owner of the Mathis Yacht Building Company.
  4. In 1942 the Camden Yard was at capacity for building government vessels so the Mathis Yacht Building Company relocated to Gloucester City, NJ and took on the name John Trumpy & Sons. More than 300 yachts were launched under the Mathis-Trumpy name.
  5. In 1947 John Trumpy & Sons relocated to Annapolis, Md; however, several momentous events had negative impacts on the company including the death of John’s son Donald and subsequently a fire in 1962 that destroyed the yard.
  6. Soon thereafter John Trumpy died at the age of 84. However, John Trumpy & Sons continued building yachts under the direction of John Trumpy, Jr.
  7. In 1974 John Trumpy & Sons closed down due to rising costs, labor strikes, and preponderance of fiberglass as a new hull material.
  8. In the 2009 John Trumpy’s grandson, Johan Trumpy, partnered with John Ewing and Jock West to form a new company Trumpy Yachts to once again build the famous yachts started by John Trumpy some 100 years earlier, however there is little information to be found on the re-start.
  9. There are about 100 Trumpy Yachts still in use today. 
  10. The latest most famous person to own a Trumpy Yacht is Greta van Susteren of Fox News. Maybe she will be Trumped by the next Trumpy Presidential Yacht which may be call The Sequoia.
  11. Trumpy's are wooden hand crafted masterpieces, custom-built by master shipwrights. Seasoned skippers will quickly spot the distinctive “T” embossed on the bow of a Trumpy.
  12. Built for the celebrities and the like, Trumpy yachts enabled a roaring 30's lifestyle. People such as Marilyn Monroe spent time aboard a Trumpy (rumored to be president Kennedy’s  guest aboard Sequoia).
  15. Powered by a pair of Cummins VT8-370M engines, rated at 370hp, she cruises along gently at a leisurely 10 knots, sipping 20 gallons an hour. 
  16. Trumpy's distinctive bow scroll. Not so long ago, luxury yachts were the preferred transport for eastern seaboard blue-bloods, escaping the cold or returning to their northern homes after a balmy Miami winter. Those who sojourned in luxury’s pinnacle typically did it aboard a John Trumpy & Sons yacht.