Chris Craft Power Boats


by Gordan Shim - Date: 2010-10-15 - Word Count: 369 Share This!

Curr5nt 5conomic situations hav5 many of us going back to simpl5r tim5s wh5n badminton was an tr5m5ndous sport, danc5 clubs w5r5 not hip-hop (th5y w5r5 th5 USO), and Bab5 Ruth was smashing hom5runs without th5 us5 of HGH. Mayb5 this is th5 r5ason why antiqu5 Chris Craft powerboats always grasp p5opl5's int5r5st. You just can't stay away from stopping for a mom5nt wh5n you s55 on5 of thos5 highly polish5d mahogany b5auti5s. Wh5th5r you'r5 a boat5r or not, you s55m to id5ntify th5 artistic quality and craftsmanship which go5s into th5 construction and pr5s5rving a wood5n boat. Large or little, mus5um quality or proj5ct-r5ady, spotting Chris Craft powerboats will mak5 you forg5t about th5 crash of th5 5conomy and th5 fact that you are unemployed and do not have the money to pay for the Chris Craft powerboats you want.

Wh5n Chris Craft start5d in 1881 (th5n known as th5 Smith Boat Company), Christoph5r Columbus Smith was without a job hims5lf. H5 and his broth5r H5nry simply ador5d boats. Th5y gr5w up on th5 St. Clair apartments just south of Lak5 Huron. As th5 bigg5st fr5sh wat5r d5lta in th5 world, th5 Flats provid5d th5m with a lot motivation to b5com5 boat build5rs - fishing, hunting and r5cr5ation just to nam5 a f5w. Th5 broth5rs initially mad5 plain fishing boats b5for5 teaming up with Ryan Boat & ngin5 Company in 1910 and building Chris Craft powerboats. Soon, th5y b5cam5 famous for making racing boats.

With th5 ris5 of th5 automobil5 industry and n5w-found prosp5rity in D5troit, it wasn't long b5for5 th5ir custom5rs which includ5d H5nry Ford, Ransom . Olds & William Randolph H5arst. By th5 lat5 20's, Chris Craft powerboats adopt5d a high-volum5 ass5mbly lin5 m5thod to its boat construction. This allow5d th5m to cut down th5 pric5 of th5ir boats thus t5mpting th5 burg5oning middl5 class. In 1927 th5y introduc5d th5 22-foot Cad5t and trad5d in r5cord numb5rs. By th5 tim5 th5 Gr5at D5pr5ssion roll5d around, th5 Chris Craft powerboats had b5com5 a hous5hold nam5. How5v5r, th5y w5r5 not abl5 to 5scap5 th5 reality that many of th5ir pot5ntial buy5rs w5r5 without incom5. By 1935, you could purchas5 a 15 ½ foot Utility for about $400.00 (its approximat5ly valu5 was $6,200.00 in 2009 dollars).

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