The lake lift along with the 22’ canopy is also included. The featured bonus round shows that the ORIGINAL factory storage cradle and mooring cover come with the boat too!īow pennant and stern light staff complete the package. 1930 Chris Craft 24ft 103 Runabout Triple Cockpit Raised Deck The iconic 103 runabout, also known as a Triple Cockpit Raised Deck, was produced from 1928 to 1931, with a total of 627 hulls made. The steering wheel is in good order too along with the chrome. Please be sure to see the original dash and instruments along with the factory provided Clum switch for ignition and lighting. “Friends” as she is known, comes with a beautiful full-leather interior, fitted tandem-axle trailer and a mooring cover that covers the entire boat all the way to the water line! Back then, this unique little watercraft could be often be found being used as a primary fishing boat and the absence of a rear seat gave a fisherman plenty of room to move around.Īdd in the optional rear seat and you have a beautiful small cruiser for sunset runs or a cocktail cruise with another couple. There were only thirty-five of this design built in 1938 as it came with a rear seat option. Nine months later, the new bottom was complete, the waterline and bottom were repainted, and BCWYWF was back on the water. The original cedar hullboards under the bottom paint were planed, encapsulated, and put back on. They represented the highest level of craftsmanship Chris Craft ever offered because it required skilled craftsmen to produce the full half circle transom shape. This particular boat however, is a rare bird. The new Okoume inner hull (Chris Crafts have an inner and outer hull) was fit and installed. The iconic custom runabout, also known as the Barrel Back, was produced from 1939 to 1942, with a total of 433 hulls produced. Keep it simple and get people out on the water! I have a binder of original documents such as the “build sheet” from 1948, catalogs, and maintenance booklets to pass to the new owner, along with about 200 photographs of the original work done in California in the early 2000’s.This very original Special Runabout is in beautiful condition and remains true to the vision of the Chris Craft Corporation prior to WWII: Overall, it is in immaculate shape and ready for the next owner to care for it long into the future. The seams are tight, the varnish is shiny and the boat is a beautiful piece of art. Our 1/8th scale version of this popular racer is 28 inches long with a 9 inch beam. Regular service was done, a bilge blower was carefully installed to match existing dash switches, and the boat was re-varnished in early 2019 in the Algonac area by the old craftsmen of the Chris Craft factory there. Racing Runabout is our sleekest looking Chris-Craft to date. In May of 2016, I purchased the boat and returned it to its birthplace of Michigan, where it was enjoyed by many cruising the Big Crooked Lake in Brighton, MI. Boat bottom entirely replaced with carefree epoxy plastic materials. The boat was completed in about 2015 and even entered into the Adirondack Chapter’s 40th Annual Lake George Rendezvous where it received an award. Solid mahogany planking hull with matching grains. The engine and transmission was rebuilt to a 12V system and unleaded gas operation by Fish Brothers in the Hague New York area while the wood and chrome was refinished. The boat work was done by Chad Dunklee and Walt Peterson (Chad was the manager of boat rebuilding at the Hacker Boat Company at that time). In about 2013, the boat was purchased again and moved to Hague, New York area where the restoration was completed. Then I believe the boat was purchased by another doctor in Arkansas, moved there and little progress was made thru about 2012 on the boat. I believe he worked on it for about 5-6 years out in California and got the hull back into ship-shape applying the West no soak on the hull. He brought it home and with a few friends, they replanked the bottom and sides (triple planking on bottom, double planking on sides). Nautical decorative, and so full of life-like details, this new impressive Chris Craft Runabout Model is filled with ornaments that are handcrafted from. Its refurbishment began in California in early 2003, it was “quick claimed” as an abandoned boat in the LA area outskirts by a retired Doctor George Sweeney. This boat started its life after completion on Main the Chris Craft factory in Algonac, MI with a delivery to the Kenneth E.
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