What was the largest wood Chris Craft built? Is it still around? Thanks.

Cliff wrote:
What was the largest wood Chris Craft built? Is it still around? Thanks.

Could have been something turned out as a one-off for a corporate exec
or something, but among actual production boats I believe the 65' Chris
Craft Constellation series was the largest.

The Chris Craft Roamer Series was larger, but built of Aluminum.

Yes, some are still around.

Drop into one of the sites like yachtworld.com that has a search
engine. Type in 65 foot Chris Craft and you are likely to find a few
examples for sale.

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.


Chuck Gould wrote:
Cliff wrote:
What was the largest wood Chris Craft built? Is it still around? Thanks.

Could have been something turned out as a one-off for a corporate exec
or something, but among actual production boats I believe the 65' Chris
Craft Constellation series was the largest.

The Chris Craft Roamer Series was larger, but built of Aluminum.

Yes, some are still around.

Drop into one of the sites like yachtworld.com that has a search
engine. Type in 65 foot Chris Craft and you are likely to find a few
examples for sale.

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.

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.

Not certain of the larget wood CC, but I'm aware of a one off 100' built in the late 60's. I'm searching now for more info. I was told it's bank owned and can be aquired at a reasonable cost.