1971 58′ Trumpy Walkthrough

Meet Bill and Bonny Morong and take in the jaw-dropping concours-quality restoration they performed on a truly historic vessel.

When Bill and Bonny Morong set up to restore the 1971 58-foot Trumpy, Somerset, they knew they’d have their work cut out for them, but the true extent of the work wouldn’t become apparent until she was hauled out. Her hull was so compromised that, “She was hogging just sitting on blocking, even though she was blocked very well,” said Bill. Meet Bill and Bonny and take in the jaw-dropping concours-quality restoration they performed on a truly historic vessel.

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Chris Dixon

Senior Editor, Power & Motoryacht
Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.