Happy Friday! Check out a few photos of Trimper’s Tracy-built Pirates Cove attraction in Ocean City, MD while still under construction during the cold winter months of 1971 to 1972. Fresh paint on the façade and the “porch,” as Tracy called it, still under construction with floor obstacles yet to be installed. Granville Trimper commissioned Bill Tracy to install the attraction only 7 years after Trimper’s Haunted House was constructed on the boardwalk.
With a massive 45’ front, the Cove has always offered a fantastic first impression to passersby. Tracy’s pirate figure on top, which was originally shipped to Ocean City in two pieces, was constructed with metal and wire, then covered with fiberglass and celastic. With 18 primary stunts, obstacles, and effects, Trimper’s Cove remains one of the most complete Tracy attractions left in existence. Cool to note is that Tracy would go on to build a sister Cove attraction at Waldameer Park in Erie, PA within 12 months of the Trimper Cove project completion. Both walk-thru attractions remain in operation to this day and are the only attractions of their kind left in the world.
The Bill Tracy Project 