Chris-Craft Boats

Chris-Craft Boats
Author: Nick Voulgaris III
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0847861740

Celebrate all that is quintessentially American about being on the water in the world’s most beloved boat. Since 1874, Chris-Craft has built boats of immense beauty that evoke an emotion and passion in all who see them. The varnished mahogany runabouts of yesteryear, and their modern sister-ships of today, all share the same design ethos, gorgeous lines, high quality, and style. The name alone conjures up images of classic wooden boats, waving flags, and unforgettable memories made on the waves. Immortalized on the big screen in such movies as On Golden Pond and Mission Impossible, the aura and romance of Chris-Craft shines through in this book featuring more than 200 boats—from never-before-published archival images to gorgeous color photos of collector and new boats—as well as plans and ephemera from Chris-Craft’s own collection. A thoroughly researched and informative narrative brings the captivating 140-year story to life. This is the ideal gift for boaters, as well as the perfect book for any owner of a vacation home or lake house—or those who aspire toward this American dream.

Chris-Craft Boats

Chris-Craft Boats
Author: Anthony S. Mollica
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2001
Genre: Algonac (Mich.)
ISBN: 0760309205

As the most prestigious name in American boatbuilders, the Chris-Craft is a lovingly crafted vessel with wood hulls, swank chrome and brawny motors. Color photos take a look at the history and details of this beloved boat. 100 photos.

Building Chris-Craft

Building Chris-Craft
Author: Anthony Mollica
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010-08-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1610601068

For more than half a century, Chris-Craft reigned supreme in the world of motorboating. This market dominance was due in no small part to the design and construction techniques employed in the company’s studios and on its factory floors. Building Chris-Craft examines the company’s design and production heritage, looking at Chris-Craft’s considerable accomplishments in the context of key competitors and industrial trends in general. High-quality archival images take readers inside the factories, design studios, and lofts of Chris-Craft factories in Algonac, Holland; Cadillac, Michigan; Salisbury, Maryland; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Caruthersville, Missouri.

The Legend of Chris-Craft

The Legend of Chris-Craft
Author: Jeffrey L. Rodengen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1993
Genre: Boatbuilding
ISBN:

America's most popular nautical gift is back as an all-new third edition, The Legend of Chris-Craft, by noted author and historian Jeffrey L. Rodengen, with photography and design by Karine Rodengen. This luxurious 9" x 12" coffee-table volume details the history of the company, people and products that made Chris-Craft world famous. The third edition contains new information, a new chapter, additional photos and a precise new index to over 1,500 models built between 1874 and 1998. Even owners of the original will want the new third edition for their collections. Individually boxed. 272 pp., 103 color, 260 black & white images.

The Book of Wooden Boats

The Book of Wooden Boats
Author: Maynard Bray
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2000-11-17
Genre: Ships, Wooden
ISBN: 0393048993

This magnificent collection of full-color photographs by renowned photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz of beautiful vessels includes wooden boats ranging from simple prams to sailing and power yachts. Noted marine historian Maynard Bray provides commentary on more than 90 of the world's most photogenic boats.

Chris-Craft

Chris-Craft
Author: Jerry Conrad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2014-05-30
Genre: Motorboats
ISBN: 9780991583904

Chris-Craft: The Essential Guide, by Jerry Conrad, provides full specifications - from hull materials and fuel capacity to upholstery colors and numbers built - for every cruiser, runabout, roamer, kit boat and other pleasure craft ever built by the legendary Chris-Craft Corporation. Revised second editions is illustrated with more than 700 black-and-white photographs with updated information and new photographs.

Chris-Craft

Chris-Craft
Author: Joseph Gribbins
Publisher: Devereux Books (MA)
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The compelling story of a man, his company, and his boats, this history explores the legacy of Christopher Columbus Smith, the country's most innovative and successful production boat builder. This book describes how Smith, together with his sons and employees, designed a pleasure boat that captured the hearts of boat buyers who appreciated beauty as much as function. Illustrated with historic museum photographs, this book will appeal to boat enthusiasts who are just as interested in the intriguing history of the Chris-Craft as in the boat itself.

The Complete Wooden Runabout Restoration Guide

The Complete Wooden Runabout Restoration Guide
Author: Don Danenberg
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2008-08-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1616732156

Now MBI Publishing Company’s two top-selling boating titles—written by one of the world’s top authorities on the subject of antique wooden boat restoration—are available in one volume. In this comprehensive restoration guide for owners and enthusiasts of wooden powerboats of all makes and models built from the early 1920s through the 1960s, author Don Dannenberg covers all major woodworking aspects of restoration: surveying, disassembly, repair, reconstruction, and varnishing. But when it comes to restoring a classic wooden powerboat, getting the frame, planking, and deck right is just one part of the story. Danenberg also walks enthusiasts through the topics of hardware, running gear, electrical wiring, plumbing, instruments, upholstery, trailers, and maintenance. Fully illustrated with step-by-step color photos and written in an entertaining style in which the author stresses sound reconstruction techniques over preservation of original components, this comprehensive volume also includes resource listings, glossaries, and School of Hard Knocks sidebars.

Waterline

Waterline
Author: Joe Soucheray
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781567922141

At least on the surface this is the story of the author's struggle to restore (properly) an aged and almost derelict 17 foot Chris Craft Deluxe utility motorboat. Examines the link between father and son, and between the men and their boats.