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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Swamp you should look at the Chris Craft Commanders too. They made a nice 36 and you can get them cheap.
I know people love that generation of Egg Harbor, I worked on a 42 and wasn't a big fan. But I suspect the boat was just tired. It was a very wet lose boat, everything leaked. I think it was fished off shore hard for a bit.
Their was a 1986 36ft commander for sale at Brewers on the Housatonic, it was a clean boat, only had about 400 hours on a pair of 454's or 502's, I forget. At the time they wanted like $35k, but that was 3-4 years ago. Now its probably worth $15k.
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Chris, I love the old Chris Crafts, too. I like boats that look like boats.
I looked at a '67 27' Commander that I was real tempted by. It was a hardtop express, no bridge, single screw though. If it had twin small blocks I'd probably own it. The '28 CC Catalinas have a nice layout, too. Even though I really need to have enough room for everyone to move around I haven't decided if I want to make that fuel consumption jump from 27'+ with small blocks to 32'+ with big blocks. 18-20 gals./hr. to 35-45 gal./hr. is a big leap!
