I can appreciate it’s the little things that bring you joy. Few people can enjoy the scenery as much as you do. You are obviously where you belong. Great video
Your sooo lucky dude. That’s 1 beautiful old’ish boat, but she’s ship shape & afloat. You could spend a few million bucks on an apartment overlooking the same marina & have half the fun!. Stay frosty bud!. 😉👍
I've been in Human Resources for 35 years. I met thousands of people in my career. I have to say you are one very happy young man with a great sense of belonging and meaning in your life. You have a great appreciation of nature, your surroundings, and where you are at the moment. You are going to have a truly meaningful life. Oh, and the boat tour was fantastic. I'm in Clearwater, Florida
A good eye for value and design, ability to fix or change things and enthusiasm makes these videos a must watch for those getting into boating for the first time. Well, not just for first timers, anyone that has a love for these classic builds. Love the videos.
I absolutely loves Chris Craft Boats. I have 99 Chris Craft Cruiser. I really like older boats because they have so much character. I'm definitely looking to get something bigger like this, so thanks for this video. 🛥🌊
Almost bought a Carver before we ended up with out Catalina 425.. Theres definitely no shame in owning a Carver either. Both are very beautiful boats inside and out!
True! What i meant when i said it was that the "radiators" in a boat are water cooled too! They're actually heat exchangers. Cooling the fresh engine water by flowing it past raw sea water in copper pipes.
Nice to see this boat. In late 1960s wife #1's uncle had a 45 foot Chris Craft. When he bought it, for his wife to approve, it had to have all the conveniences of home ... and it did. Galley with full-size refrigerator, full-size stove, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, etc. On the boat, she was in the kitchen and he was ... bored. 45 footer was too big for fishing, so, he bought another boat and parked it right next door ... a 35 foot Egg Harbor sport fisherman, that he spent all his time on.
Nice to see a young person enjoying a vintage boat. Of course, 1978 is not wood thank goodness. Wise putting a CO detector below. Be sure that engine room is well ventilated too. Enjoy.
its pathetic that 7 people took the time to dislike (as of this post) Fantastic personality, great video! i am excited to see where this adventure goes!
Love to see how happy the boat makes you! The fold down tv is something that most stealth vans and even more $$$$$ Yachts need to incorporate more. I watch a lot of yacht videos where the tv really is not well place and then it is to small. I will be going through the rest of the videos to watch your upgrades!
Looks like your on a river or constant flowing water. Make sure you keep up on your Zincs: engines, shafts and rudders. I purchased a boat that the previous owner did not maintain the zincs and I had to replace it's Volva diesel $$$$$.
Just found your channel and WOW! what an awesome boat! Me and my partner just recently bought a 1967 Chris Craft Commander (42 ft) and I'm in love with how Chris Crafts make their vessels! Such spacious designs and loads of room to work with. I also absolutely loved the way you fashioned the ceiling TV, it totally blew my mind! Cheers from another C.C living in the bay area 😁
In the Coast Guard, the Saltiest Line is this....Under Weigh's the Only Way! Aarrrrgh! I was on the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell out of Port Angeles back in 1975 to 1978...I joined back in 1969, when the Ships were WOOD and the MEN were STEEL! I am now a Land Locked Trout, here in Eastern Washington! Thanks for the guided Tour!
So happy for you man! I’m actively looking for my dream trawler from the 70’s 80’s and hope I’m able to score as well as you did. Safe travels, friend!
Thank you! I hadn’t previously considered the Corinthian but after watching a few of your videos, definitely worth a peek. Your other video describing the journey you went on to get this boat was seriously inspirational as well. Love to share a beer with ya sometime if our boats ever meet!
Wonderful boat... with that beam she's like a houseboat on a cruiser hull. Very livable. My squeeze and I happened to spend a few days on an old Chris Craft Commander this summer and the FEELING you get just being inside on one of these time capsules... very special. Surprised this model came with gas rather than diesels, tho.
OK, some advice. On your flying bridge upgrades. Buy a good whole boat computer system, and there is free software for your integrated navigation, etc system to build a nearly full glass cockpit system - you can pipe that down to your lower helm, and hide it to keep the clean old school look that you want for the casual observer. Swap those gasoline big-blocks out for fuel efficient modern diesels as soon as possible. Gasoline on a boat is an explosive fire hazard, diesel is not. You pick up twice the range, and you cut your insurance and other costs in half. Sell the big blocks to hot-rodders to offset the cost. Don't compare and match HP, rather compare and match torque values for similar performance figures.
@Deadcats Rgoodcats If he re-props or keeps the peak torque in the general location (RPM range) getting on plane shouldn't be an issue. Unfortuneately, reproping is both expensive and will require some expert advice to get right the 1st time. Best cruise economy is going to be hull speed or below, which for that boat is going to be around 7 knots at maybe 1000 RPM. What do you think about the Yanmar light diesel as far as reducing weight and holding up over time. Been a auto- mechanic all my life but unfortunately out side of if it won't start, bleed the air, check the filters / water separators, glow plug, (and compression if possible)... if it still worn't start call the expert. :) lol
@Deadcats Rgoodcats No, I'm saying that I have been a shop owner operator all of my life, and so I keep the number for a local diesel expert, and a local electrical shop. If a customer comes in and I can't fix it quickly, then off it goes. lol
@Deadcats Rgoodcats You got it, nail on the head. Plus good professional tradesmen are unfortunately a rarity in today's world. You find a good, honest, reasonable, electrical, diesel, or mechanic - you want them to succeed... they are as scarce as hen's teeth and worth their weight in gold. :) I can waste half a day tracking down an electrical issue that my electrical expert will have fixed in 15 minutes because he has 15 years of experience and specialized equipment like radio signal generators to track down shorts and broken wires. Same thing with my shop... I can't run off a problem customer. I swear to GOD they will go home and change clothes, shave, and cut their hair different, and try to sneak in a week later when I am not around. lol =D
Love it here in Jacksonville. I just miss seeing The Landing next to the Main Street Bridge. I bet it's nice being right there in San Marco/South Bank.
Ok, you did not have a doggy, BUT, when i saw that HUGE gamer TV in the ceiling (hideaway) AUTOMATIC BEST living quarters:) I just might have to see this in person one day, becuase im relocating to FLORIDA soon! Looking for a live aboard!
Enjoyed your video. Live in California. Have a 28’ Bayliner Ciera with flybridge. I have a Mercruiser single engine with 454 HP. She drinks the fuel but she goes fast. I mean really fast. Engine is very similar to yours. It’s a 1996 model. I know your model. It’s a real Classic.i love talking boats stay in touch. I know the feeling of owing a boat. Glad you are enjoying your new home. I’m in seventh heaven cruising San Francisco Bay. Enjoy.
Ryan Christofferson They are very nice boats. Owned mine for about 10 years. No problems. You must maintain out drive and have diver every four months . My boat sits in salt water. If out of water when not In use, Maintenace costs are lower. Don’t neglect the outdrive or you will pay big, Very attractive boats and well designed inside. Keep it at 3200 -3400 rpm for planing speed. Only get larger block 454 bullet proof Merc engine. They have the pushing power or diesel power if you can find one. Under power boats and they are many will not push this boat. I keep fuel level at about half a tank to lighten up the load. Nice large cock pit area. Sitting area inside is very comfortable with views of water. There are very few flybridge boats in this size made from other manufacturers. Should be good selection on used boat market though.
Finally someone doing videos on power boats! I love sail boats, but I own a 1983 Bayliner 3270 MY that I keep up on Lake Erie. I am very familiar with your boat! I found a 34' one for my former employer. He had lots of kids and it worked out great. I had a 40' Inland Seas Steel Clipper at the time. Got out of boating for over 10 years and just got back into it at the end of last year. Like yours, mine has lots of projects that needed to be done. I can definitely relate to some of what you have been going through...ie...engine stalling at the dock...lol. Keep up the great videos, looking forward to seeing where you end up! God Bless!
It’s always obvious this gentleman has put his thought process first before he has done the work,Ours is a 1978 Carver Motor Yacht. It had too cause a problem with these two boat companies,as I mentioned,this is a 1978 Chris Craft 38’,and she is spot on too this jewel! I purchased ours for a 2001 Les Paul,and $500.00 cash boot? It is five times the cost of an automobile mechanic? So my advise is too learn all you can,and remain safe!! I have a friend in Atlanta Ga. and his is like these,but his wife had docked the boat,and never turned the bilge pumps on? He of course has a pearling permit,and it was another five weeks before they were too use the boat??? It was sitting at the bottom of the lake!!! The cost just too beach this boat was over $3,000.00 bucks just to have it lifted and take too a marina. Then because his insurance he had it taken too the best mechanic for water crafts?? I almost passed out when T said too pull both motors,and restoration was of all woods,and finishing his insurance total bill was over $13,000,00?.? Was it worth it?? Hell yea!!! Oh new boats of today does not come close to these old boats!!! I have never entertain no thoughts of Irish Gems belonging to any one but our family. To close,I sailed with a friends good friends who owned a 48’ Sail Boat it was a oldie? This beauty was a conversion power wise,from all sail too combing a small in board? I don’t have to tell you the cost he incurred? But this was a 100% wooden sail boat? She had little leaks but it was one of the top five boat memories?Fiberglass is stronger,lighter,less repairs,and lower maintenance. But the fiberglass boat will not touch that wooden sail boat!! It creeped,moaned,all other types noises?? We went from the coastal waters on the South Carolina shore lines,to a little boat yard out side of Boston!! It was one of the Coolest memories on the water I have had too this point in my life. Our Carver Motor Yacht 1978 is a pride and joy’s of our family. God Bless everyone and our Country.
Very nice, trying to pick a live aboard for me and my 18yr old son to navigate the Great Loop. I will be living on the vessel permanently. You seem to have made an excellent choice. Chris Craft boats are well made .
You are doing well with the nautical scene. Very nice vessel. Like mentioned before, always turn the blowers on to ventilate the engine room to get the vapors out before starting to avoid the unwanted fireworks 🎆 display. Keep us posted on your upgrades. Thanks for sharing. BP
Nice boat and tour. I was once the Dock Master at that Marina, 1989/90, it was in it’s hay day and called Harbor Master’s Marina. The Landing was still new and a happening place. I watched many a skipper try and fail to back into the birth with that treacherous current, one guy snapped a piling right off at the waterline, in that slip you’re in. I took the job to save money because I was rebuilding my 66 Uniflite, a boat I still own.
@@CullenCraft slack tide or against the current, never with, because you have the least control, it will embarrass you every time. There was a river taxi captain that lived aboard his boat in that slip, it was a 50ft steel hull Chris Craft Constellation, with his St Bernard. I kept an air boat I built tied up near the dock office for downtown joy rides.
I just moved my boat from St Augustine to a place down on the St Johns River and as I was motoring through Jax I passed by your CC looks great. Keep up the vids and best of luck.
I looked at a CC - 1970's 410 Commander. I loved it but I have just too many other irons in the fire to swing it at my age. I went in a completely different direction with an off-grid property in the mountains instead. CC builds a sweet boat, and for a man your age to make that move is epic, nothing but love brother. My problem was that I had years invested in a house and a business in central Arkansas, and being too old to lose money on liquidating property and equipment quickly, I needed to just be able to move to a better retirement location... As a retired US Navy sailor the sea will always call, but for now I stave her off with a 16 ft trailer-sailer as a compromise while I build my home port castle in the Ozark mountains. We may still meet one day to share a port of call, and a cold one. Until then - Fair Winds, and Following Seas, Captain! :)
@@CullenCraft I agree to a certain extent, but I meant it more like this... When I was 20 something I could afford to flip a coin to decide to move to Florida or Alaska... I didn't really own anything. (Florida won out , BTW - =D) and I built a whole new life there almost over night. I lived a great life there for 10 years, and then I sold it all, and I bought a travel trailer to just move, free as a jay-bird - with hard cash and the time to start another new life. I could afford to invest 10 years in traveling the country to be scouting out my next home location. Now, I have $40,000 worth of of auto mechanic repair shop tools stored in my paid for $40,000 home garage. (getting ready for the big move) I don't have the time or health left to build an entirely new life over night on a whim... that is only an option for a young man. :) My life no longer fits in the back of a pick-up truck and a U-haul trailer to be moved on a whim. lol.
I had a boat for 10 years and life happen and now I have a home but I Mo I'm older and I want to go back to having a boat so bad but I'm by myself so I don't know how that would work but I'm watching you and enjoying what you're doing I just would love to do it again
Where there's a will there's a way! Find a dock with a lot of liveaboard boaters. We always love to help our neighbors. We have an older man living on our dock. He's can't lift heavy things, but we all pitch in to make sure his boat gets the love it needs.
Great classic . The new boat just dont have that comfortable space. I have a rare 1995 catalina islander . 34’ she s good on gas to cruise 12 knots and jumps when the four barrel carbs are drinking,guzzling and flies 28 30 knots . Half a day to keys
great boat i can relate to your enthusiasm that aft deck is super nice similar set up on the Hatteras Yacht / Fisherman layout i restored a 1964 Chris Constellation years ago and wow you have so much more room and Galley the television ws a great idea i’m a retired Woodworker and i like the television lifts that hide it in a credenza or peice of furniture as well as i had many clients over the years choose that system to have in a office as far as your wet head and knowing how it was originally all the records that Chris Craft had were donated to a museum in Virginia Beach area and for a small fee they will mail you copies of everything they have on the back of all your interior Factory trim/ bright work there is a production number of your boat that Chris Craft used in house to build everything no yours being fiberglass you should have Hull identification number on the Woodies not so so we used that production number to title and register the 64 one i had btw i lived in Maryland for over 20 years and they have a lot of historical boats on the Chesapeake Bay so the Department of Resources knows how to get things done i did the same thing with my windows another advantage is mine were all plate glass so that strengthen them up as well i’m sorry i said Virginia Beach its really the Mariners Museum in New Port News Virginia btw a great place to visit imo a nice gift shop too
I enjoyed your tour & your enthusiasm. Take us along as you do maintenance and for sure on any cruises, even short ones. Up the St. Johns would be a nice trip for you. We like the Hontoon Island State Park, they have slips with water and electric available, a bit south of Astor, FL (when open again after the virus).
