JoLin
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Re: Found My Next Boat, I Hope...
Okay, Roscoe- that made me laugh!
Mrcool - I boat in the Great South Bay of Long Island, but want to expand my horizons to do some ocean running when the weather's decent.
I wish I could say that I knew all about the Chris Craft before I made the offer. It was after I got home and did some research that I found out that this particular boat is better suited to rough water than almost any other cruiser of that length. It weighs over 5000 pounds dry, carries 90 gals of fuel and has 20 deg. of deadrise at the stern.
http://www.boatingmag.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=143
I'm old school. Even if I don't go out in bad conditions, I like to know that my boat can take it. My problem with most of these pocket cruisers is that they're designed strictly for fair weather entertaining. Can't really argue it- it's how they're generally used, and Lin and I are no exception. BUT, the swoopy styling steals a lot of cabin space, the cockpits are crammed with seats, the hulls have shallow deadrise, etc. Those are all negatives to me. Linda and I looked at a bunch of 'em and with only a couple of exceptions they're pretty much the same. The C-C follows the same theme, but it has pedigree below the waterline. Seems they remembered to make it a boat first and a floating cocktail lounge second.
Hell, if I could graft the Ciera Classic topside (minus the hardtop) to the C-C's hull I'd have my dream boat. It's the kind they actually made... like 30 or 40 years ago
Okay, Roscoe- that made me laugh!
Mrcool - I boat in the Great South Bay of Long Island, but want to expand my horizons to do some ocean running when the weather's decent.
I wish I could say that I knew all about the Chris Craft before I made the offer. It was after I got home and did some research that I found out that this particular boat is better suited to rough water than almost any other cruiser of that length. It weighs over 5000 pounds dry, carries 90 gals of fuel and has 20 deg. of deadrise at the stern.
http://www.boatingmag.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=143
I'm old school. Even if I don't go out in bad conditions, I like to know that my boat can take it. My problem with most of these pocket cruisers is that they're designed strictly for fair weather entertaining. Can't really argue it- it's how they're generally used, and Lin and I are no exception. BUT, the swoopy styling steals a lot of cabin space, the cockpits are crammed with seats, the hulls have shallow deadrise, etc. Those are all negatives to me. Linda and I looked at a bunch of 'em and with only a couple of exceptions they're pretty much the same. The C-C follows the same theme, but it has pedigree below the waterline. Seems they remembered to make it a boat first and a floating cocktail lounge second.
Hell, if I could graft the Ciera Classic topside (minus the hardtop) to the C-C's hull I'd have my dream boat. It's the kind they actually made... like 30 or 40 years ago
