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For you all you Chris Craft 47 lovers

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It looks like the chairs in the salon are Detroit green also

JM
 
Interesting, there are no pictures of the stbd exterior?


Art
 
This owner must live RED trim.
 
To me, she looks like a real nice old 47 Commander. There could be lot's of good boat there.
 
1969 must have been a banner year for the Formica company.
 
Re: For all you Chris Craft 47 lovers

pizzazsdaddy said:
To me, she looks like a real nice old 47 Commander. There could be lot's of good boat there.
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I should know this but are Commanders fiberglass and Roamers aluminum?
 
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fissioneng said:
I should know this but are Commanders fiberglass and Roamers aluminum?
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Commanders were CC first line of big fiberglass boats. Rockers are either steel or aluminum. I know the original Roamers were steel but I'm not sure how many CC built in steel after they bought The Roamer Boat co. At some point CC switched to aluminum for all the Roamers. Bill will know as he has owned a Roamer since it was new.
 
Quentin, you could have bought this and just spent a year or two repainting that red trim :)

Not a bad boat, but 53 series are reputed to be hard to get parts for. Although there's no shortage of folks to work on them.

I suspect this design looks a lot better without the flying bridge, which looks like it wasn't part of the original drawings.
 
Nice boat. Very high price !
 
I met her owner today. I'm quite sure she is a very nice boat.
 
The sellers of this 47 Chris are now two boat owners having just closed on a Hatteras 53 Classic. Welcome to the Hatteras family.
 
What were they thinking with the red over teak trim???

For that asking price, I believe you could buy a Commander 60 that looks like it came out of a time capsule. It's in southern VA and has been for sale for a while; the price just keeps dropping.
 
First of all Q240Z, The 60 Commander in Virginia has the potential to be real dream, but from what I understand, needs lots of expensive attention. If this 47 is as nice as the photos indicate, she might be worth every dollar. Every situation is different. Nothing is more expensive than a "fixer-upper".

As for the question on Roamers. The first Aluminum Roamer I'm aware of, was the 25' "Silver Comet" Express Cruiser, introduced in late 1961 or early 1962. From 1962 on, all Roamer models were available in either steel or aluminum.
 
I'm not a fan of the faux teak in the Commander line. The 60 footer has what looks to be a mahogany interior, which is what I prefer. And three staterooms in a relatively small 47 isn't a layout I like. To each his own, I guess.
 
Hi All,
I am the owner of the 47 Chris Craft talked about here in the thread. As Eric said I am now also the proud owner of a beautiful 1979 53' Hatteras MY. I have realized that I need to adjust the sale price to a true market value. Given that I have reduced the price on the Chris Craft to $69K. Please let me know if anyone has any questions or interest in the boat.

Thanks,
Tim
 
Welcome to the forum, and all the best with the sale.

DAN
 
Same here Tim. Welcome.

What a some people don't understand is the quality that went into building these old 47 Commanders. They are great boats. When you find a nice one, even better. If Sea Eric says it's a good one, that's good enough for me. There's so much value here for the smart buyer. It amazes me that more people aren't out in the market trying to buy a good boat over a cheap one.

As for the Formica interior, check out this 35ft. Chris Craft Catalina model, where the owner is currently installing a new "premium quality" teak interior...

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Previously, this boat had a padded vinyl interior bulkhead coverings. An ugly interior can always be updated.
 
Years ago I looked at a few Commanders , 47ft and 41ft. I don't really remember much about the 41 but I do remember that the 47 had poor headroom. Also the hardware left something to be desired. I wasn't looking to buy since I was already a Hatteras junkie but I always liked the looks of the commanders. I think the pictures of the new interior on the 35 are very impressive. It's really tough being objective when looking at most boats when you are accustomed to a Hatteras. There are exceptions of course. A good case in point is Millicron's new boat which has what I believe to be an even higher quality interior than most Hatteras'...at least in the photo's.

As has been stated on this forum many times by many folks, if you start with good bones and you plan to keep a boat for many years it probably makes sense to spend whatever you need on a total rehab of one of our old girls. New engines, electric, plumbing, interior cabinetry, paint and the list goes on. Bunch of $... you bet but you end up with a brand new boat for a fraction of the new cost if they still made that model. I think the justification (as if boaters need to justify anything nautical) is that you figure out how much you will spend constantly repairing or replacing old equipment, engines etc over a 10 yr period and you will probably be close enough to the rehab cost and you will still have mostly older systems looking to breakdown. I think the magic number is at least 10 years.

Walt
 
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