Chuck. Yuo could be right. It's been a while since I've seen the
auction. the seller was wanting over a 250,000 starting bid with a
unknown reserve. I DO rememeber that the hull discription stated wood,
and that it was like only 1 of something like 7 made, and only 3 in
existance. Also if memory serves me correctly, it was anchored
(slipped?) in Santa Barbara. They also said that the previous year the
owners spen over $300,000. remodeling the blasted thing!


Chuck Gould wrote:
wrote:
I'm thinking that this is a Roamer, but could be wrong.

Theres one out in California that is 74 ft. That shows up on ebay quite
a bit. Doesn't sell though. It's been re worked a couple times. Don't
know much to say about it, but it's twin diesel powered. and made of
wood.


That's a pretty unusual Roamer is it's made of wood.

According to the Powerboat Guide, the Chris Craft 60 Roamer Flush Deck
(aluminum) was in production from 1972-1976 and was built to appeal to
"early 1970's buyers who were still uncertain about the long term
viability of fibergalss construction in a boat this size" :-)

The 60 Roamer Motor Yacht was in production from 1974-1976, and is also
listed as an aluminum hull.

The 68 Roamer Flush Deck, (aluminum) was built between 1972-1977.

The 74-foot Roamer Flush Deck was an aluminum hull, built between
1973-1979. The 74-foot Roamer Motor Yacht (also commonly referred to as
a Derecktor 74, in honor of the designer, Robert Derecktor)) was also
an aluminum hull.

So either the guy on e-bay doesn't know what he's talking about, or
Powerboat Guide is wrong. If I had to place a bet on the right answer,
I'd lean toward Powerboat Guide.
Now that doesn't mean that somebody with more money than sense couldn't
have hired Chris Craft to reengineer a 74 Roamer in wood, but it was
never offered that way as a regular monel.

If the question is,"what was the largest model Chris Craft ever offered
as a wooden Boat?", we're back to the Constellation. If the question is
"what was the largest model Chris Craft ever built as a production
model?" then the 74-foot aluminum Roamer takes the crown.