This week really kicks off the winter boat show season, where now through April, at regional event centers and fairgrounds across North America the latest models of watercraft are on display for you to check out and buy. They’ll be showing everything from PWCs, fishing boats, pontoons, and wake boats, up to large cruisiers and…
By Leigh & Rory Hettick members of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter In the 1960’s I worked summers at an island camp above Lake George in the Adirondacks. Transportation to the island was via a fleet of beautifully maintained 50’s Chris-Craft Holidays. In 1965, the camp was given a new Correct Craft ski boat. Those…
By Steve and Susie Frasier members of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter I, who grew up on Lake George, NY, and Susie, who grew up on Keuka Lake, NY. We meet in Colorado. Newly married and newly retired we see a woody sitting on a trailer in Steamboat Springs, CO. Guess what? This 1968 Century…
By Mike & Vickie Rutkowski members of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter In 1959, Oxford, MI was one of the small affluent communities just north of Detroit, MI, the automotive capital of the world. It was there that Cornelius Ray (C Ray) decided to apply some of the strategies of the car business to the…
By Rick Peebles member of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter As far back as I can remember we were always going to “the lake”! Lewis & Clark Lake was created when the US Army Corps of Engineers built Gavins Point Dam as part of the Flood Control Act of 1944. Recreation on the lake opened…
by Alan Dowsett member of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter I found out about this 17’ SS Chris Craft in 2012 as it was for sale by owner who lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We live in northern Colorado, 2 hours from Colorado Springs. I was marginally interested in looking at it, but I had…
by Tom Ludwig member of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter I am the second owner of the “Window Table”. (the name is another great story that I won’t go into here) The original owner was John Thompson, the author of the above piano book and many more piano books and sheet music such as, “Shadows…
by Greg Finch member of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter I grew up in Toronto, so I spent a lot of time in the Muskoka Lakes area of Ontario in the 60’s. I have such great memories of the woodies from those days. Most of which were built right there, with a few Century’s as…
Many of the boats in today’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats are from the Michigan area. Dennis Hansen, a member of the Water Wonderland chapter, is seeking help in finding the ownership history of his Chris Craft U-22 (Hull #U22584). The boat was originally shipped to a Cleveland, Ohio boat store that no longer exists.…
By Mike Noland and Cyndi Geist, members of the Rocky Mountain chapter. Our 1939 Chris-Craft 33-foot dual cabin enclosed bridge cruiser was delivered new to Wayzeta, Minnesota and she had spent her life up to that point in that region. I purchased her from a family member in 2002, had a trailer built and off…
“The Three Hour Tour” is a 1984 Mohawk 27′ workboat with twin Johnson outboards. Being built in 1984 puts her in the Late Classic age classification. She is owned by Jim and Pam Peterson who are members of Rocky Mountain Classics and Heartland Classics. This photo was taken by George Reaves on the 2017 Arkansas River Cruise. In…
The boats in today’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats are mostly from the Michigan area. Will we see them at Port Huron in September? Meghan and Jeff Rogers own this first Antique Boat designed by famous naval architect and yacht designer John Alden, his X-Class sailboat was first produced in the 1930s by the Fairfield…