In this 12 part series, Randy Ramsey reflects each month on the most influential people to contribute to Jarrett Bay’s success over the last 25 years.
In reality, my dad is the reason for Jarrett Bay. Throughout my childhood, he was an avid fisherman. Our weekend exploits took us from the sounds to the ocean in search of a almost every salt water species. In addition to passing on his passion for fishing and boating, he instilled a work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit in me that has served the growth of the company well. When our company was in its infancy, our largest materials supplier was the East’ard Variety Store on Harker’s Island, referred to by the local’s as “Cab’s”. He was always ready to supply us with any thing needed to build our boats, and often was the last person to get paid.
NASCAR driver Jeff Burton’s 46′ custom boat being built by Jarrett Bay Boatworks. This video covers the entire 1 year build process from January 2010 – 2011.
A note to the Jarrett Bay staff & family from founder Randy Ramsey on this 24th anniversary of Jarrett Bay Boatworks:
Good Morning,
As I came into work this morning things here at Jarrett bay were much like usual. The travel lifts are already moving boats, crews are busy on various repair projects, and the design and construction of dreams is buzzing in our new construction building. The stores are open with the smell of fresh coffee and the sales staff is hard at work following leads. While all of this is taking place many people are behind the scenes taking care of inventory, purchasing, accounting, job management, estimating, & design all in an effort to exceed our customer’s expectations. While we all understand things do not run perfectly all the time, I am proud of each person here and the contribution they make every day.
While this is a typical morning today at Jarrett Bay, it is very different from this day 24 years ago when a very small group of people gathered together to clean out an old boat shed for the purpose of building a boat that would become the signature of our company. When I see the “Sensation” today I can’t help but think about the changes that have been made to our boats over the years.
Today’s Business section of the Carteret News-Times contains a story about the custom Jarrett Bay cockpit check-out counters created for two vineyard vines retail locations. Mark Hibbs writes:
Jarrett Bay creates store display for retailer
Keeping true to their New England boating ties, the founding partners, CEOs – and brothers – behind a New England-based apparel retailer commissioned Jarrett Bay Boatworks, based here, to build a scale, custom sportfishing yacht display for their newest store in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Shep and Ian Murray of vineyard vines, the colorful tie and preppy apparel company spelled in lower-case letters, operate 11 free-standing stores in addition to marketing their products through department and specialty stores and online.
This is the third time lapse video update of the construction of NASCAR driver Jeff Burton’s 46 custom Jarrett Bay. This segment covers mid February through the end of September, 2010.
Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve been over to the shop to actually lay my hands on my new Jarrett Bay, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t seen it! With today’s technology, we’ve been able to make a lot of decisions from pictures and video. The time lapse camera has also helps us follow the progress as well.
The guys building the boat are real good about calling and giving me options on how to address each custom decision, and after looking at a couple of pictures in an email, I can get a better idea of what I’m actually deciding on!
In his second visit to Jarrett Bay, NASCAR driver Jeff Burton talks about the progress of his 46′ custom sport fishing boat Tom O’ Connor of the Outer Banks Fishing Show. Jeff & Tom discuss the interior helm station, color choices & the decision making process as a whole:
Tom O’ Connor: Welcome back to Jarrett Bay Boatworks. We’re here to get a progress update on Jeff Burton’s new boat.
Last time we were here, the interior was mocked up. Now, the actual construction materials are being put in. Bear in mind, we’re taking a project that usually takes three years to complete, and we’re squeezing it into a one year time frame.
Jeff, good to see you again man. It’s been a few months since we’ve met up, and… wow…
The official results are now in, and we’re proud to announce that the 67′ Jarrett Bay, Waste Knot has won the 2010 North Carolina Governor’s Cup Series with catches totalling 2650 points. The Impulse of Morehead City & Islander out of Hatteras, NC finished 2nd and third, respectively.
Several other Jarrett Bay boats highlighted the top portion of the leader board, including Chainlink (7), Rameseas (15), Frequent Flyer (20), Sensation (24) & Sea Striker (26). Terry & Rock Wells on the 61′ Rameseas also had the honor of bringing in the largest dolphin (58.4 lbs.) of the series.
I finally got a bit of a break in the season and snuck away to visit my boat under way at Jarrett Bay. Everything seems to be progressing nicely, and the guys have done a lot of work on the interior. All the walls down below are in place, so it’s really starting to look like something.
During our time up at the yard, my wife and I finalized all the wood and veneers (we went with a nice walnut), how we wanted to lay out the flybridge and mezzanine, and picked the best place and orientation for the ladder. Since we have a nice wide beam on this boat, we opted for a sideways-facing ladder to keep folks from stepping on the mezzanine and for an added bit safety (I know the kids will be flying up and down it before too long). Jarrett Bay also installed these really neat bucket seats up on the bridge so the guests can hang out in comfort without bouncing and sliding around like you would on a bench seat. Continue reading “Jeff Burton Blog: Interior & Electronics Decisions” »
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In reality, my dad is the reason for Jarrett Bay. Throughout my childhood, he was an avid fisherman. Our weekend exploits took us from the sounds to the ocean in search of a almost every salt water species. In addition to passing on his passion for fishing and boating, he instilled a work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit in me that has served the growth of the company well. When our company was in its infancy, our largest materials supplier was the East’ard Variety Store on Harker’s Island, referred to by the local’s as “Cab’s”. He was always ready to supply us with any thing needed to build our boats, and often was the last person to get paid.
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