For the past 28 years, Fran Morey has worked for some of the most prestigious boat builders in the marine industry. He has spent thousands of hours on the manufacturing shop floors of Grand Banks Yachts, Palm Beach Motor Yachts, Hunt Yachts Ocean Series, Kadey Krogen and Summit Motor Yachts. During his time with Hansen Marine Engineering, he called on New England's premier yachts builders Little Harbor, Ted Hood Yacht Builders, Alden Yachts, David Walters Yachts, Cape Dory Yachts, Bristol Yachts and Shannon Yachts. His technical training and factory experience is the foundation for his boat building knowledge. His hands on, in the bilges experience gives him a wide depth of knowledge when it comes to building, servicing and maintaining yachts.

Fran spent 20 years as the Director of Service and Product Training for Grand Banks Yachts, assisting Dealers and Owners in every facet of their boating experience, from service and warranty to OEM vendor support.  Fran would work tirelessly to make sure a customer's vacation was saved and they could enjoy their time on the water. Along the way Fran created the Worldwide Authorized Service Center network for Grand Banks. He trained more than 100 Marine Service technicians worldwide, establishing an important knowledge resource for Grand Banks owners and customer base.

Most recently Fran has served as a Production Manager for Hunt Yachts Ocean Series and Kadey Krogen / Summit Motor Yachts. In these roles, Fran developed and built new construction projects for both builders in Taiwan. Fran is recognized as an experienced liasion between customers, interior designers, naval architechts and the shipyards building their boats.  He completed more than 20 new projects during this period.

As a Production Manager he developed from concept to delivery two Newport Boat Show "Best in Show" Boats over 40ft -  the Hunt Ocean Series 63 in 2021 and the Krogen 60 Open in 2025. 

Over the course of his carer he has imported, commissioned and delivered serveral hundered production and custom build yachts. Once customers completed orientation he would provide after sales service and warranty product support.  With each builder he was instrumental as part of new product development and continous product improvements.

Product training and publications:  Fran has long been a source of technical and product knowlege for every organization he has worked with. Over the course of his career he has elevated the product knowledge of its owners, owner groups, dealer networks and yacht brokers.  At Grand Banks Yachts, in addition to leading the Authorized Service Centers, he was a founder of " Grand Banks University" a training program for its Worldwide Dealer network at the time. He further served as the Chairman for the Eastbay Product Development team. He maintained continuous product training for new technologies and new models with every builder. He has presented at numerous owner Rendevous, providing seminars on topics such as : lithium battery electrical systems, service and maintaince, digital switching, and navigational electronics. Fran has been published in Yachting Magazine and Boat Digest. He was a continous techical contributor to the American Marine News which eventually became Spray magazine for Grand Banks Yachts and Waypoints magazine for Kadey Krogen Yachts. Fran has served a guest speaker and presenter for Trawlerfest.

Fran recieved training with the NMMA for Vessel and CE Certification. He has worked with independent agents having vessels certified for CE and importation to Europe. He is a member of ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council) and SNAME (Society of Naval Architets and Marine Engineers).

" Prior to starting my career in the boating industry I spent 6 years in the United States Coast Guard.  My time in the Coast Guard included three years of Search and Rescue missions  piloting 41ft and other small boats in Galveston, Texas. This was a period in time long before Sea-Tow . Our mission was to rescue recreational boaters and commercial vessels in distress up and down the Houston ship channel and into  the Gulf of Mexico. Nine out of ten of our cases were vessel  breakdown related. This is where I learned the value of being thoroughly prepared before you go to sea".

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