chuckt
04-27-2010, 06:13 AM
Hey Guys. I am restoring a 1950 CC Express Cruiser which was not designed for blue water. I figure maybe if I waited for a big good weather window she would be okay to do the short hop to the Bahamas but would never (even with her new bottom) be safe in anything but the calmest conditions doing even that.
So, if my next restoration project is a boat capable of some blue water use and I want a 1950 or 1940 era boat, what would I be looking for? The following would be on my wish list: not a trawler. 30' to 45' range. I love the lines of the 40s and 50s Chris Craft Cruisers of this size but prtty much any similar cruiser in that era would please me. I probably would do a diesel repower and complete bottom replacement.
Thankfully, my wife neither checks this forum nor knows any of you as I would be in big trouble if she ever heard me say "my next restoration project."
So, if my next restoration project is a boat capable of some blue water use and I want a 1950 or 1940 era boat, what would I be looking for? The following would be on my wish list: not a trawler. 30' to 45' range. I love the lines of the 40s and 50s Chris Craft Cruisers of this size but prtty much any similar cruiser in that era would please me. I probably would do a diesel repower and complete bottom replacement.
Thankfully, my wife neither checks this forum nor knows any of you as I would be in big trouble if she ever heard me say "my next restoration project."