136 rows It was sold to Chris-Craft in 1956 and became their Roamer Steel Boats Division.

Chris craft boat history. Note the canvas between layers of bottom planking and the electric screwdrivers being used by the workers. Vintage 1954 Chris-Craft Fleet Brochure 18 Riviera. Chris Craft boats were too.

She is owned by Gary Dori Gebhard of Omaha Nebraska. In 1984 Uniflite was acquired by Chris Craft for 10 per share. In 1884 Chris married Anna Rattray and went on to raise four sons and two daughters.

He built his first boat at the age of 13 in 1874. New and used models for sale. Chris Craft built many of the same boats under the Chris Craft label.

Now some background on the boat. We kept out of that mess but. About a century ago Chris Smith just might have started recreational boating industry here on the North Channel when he fitted his rowboat with an gasoline engine and pushed it to the record speed of 9 mph.

The Chris Craft dynasty really began in 1876 when Christopher Columbus Smith began helping his older brother Henry build duck boats and fishing skiffs for hunters and fishermen and later for use as rentals in their boat livery at Algonac Michigan. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. A pilgrimage to Algonac is a field course in marine history.

The name Chris-Craft comes from its founder Christopher Columbus Smith who was born in 1861 in Algonac Michigan. BREAKING NEWS Chris Craft Hydro On Ebay Get Out Your Wallet. They continued to build high-performance racing catamarans and began designing performance boats for their traditional customers too.