This even included appointing Captain Joe Moore, who ran their Rybovich, to run a marine division of Moran’s business to oversee his ever growing fleet. As Jim’s automobile empire expanded, as did his collection of superior yachts from around the world.Ģ5 years after the purchase of their first boat, Moran and his wife were well-experienced members of the boating community. Four years later, he bought his first boat, a 19 foot Chris Craft. He soon started selling cars, and begun a journey that was to come one of the most lucrative careers in the automotive industry. After working as a pumping gas boy in his childhood for less than 25 cents a day, Jim borrowed $360 in 1939 to buy a gas station. Growing up in a working class part of Chicago during the Depression, Moran was all too conscious of real financial difficulties. But commissioning a new boat every year wasn’t always the case for billionaire Jim Moran. The Moran’s love affair with boats spanned over 60 years, and in this time, Jim Moran acquired an incredible 200+ vessels in total.
Feadship has set the standard in the creation of custom builds for decades, whose designers work tirelessly to synthesise the visionary concepts of owners and potential clients into a personalised proposal that is ready to be built.
It’s not hard to see why he kept returning. This relationship between the Moran’s and the Feadship brand grew over the years to one of trust and friendship, something that is certainly reflected in the repeat after repeat after repeat orders of new custom designed vessels. Launched between 19, all the Feadship's Gallant Lady(s)have a definite signature of their own, with Jim creating a design for each exterior and Jan overseeing the interior.
Over a period of over 50 years, they commissioned scores of major projects, including seven Feadships. Few owners ever fully understand the complexities of motoryacht design and construction like lifetime yacht enthusiasts, the late Jim Moran, and his wife Jan.
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