Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
Here she is…my Gage-Hacker! She was used by Lake Patrol on Lake Geneva. Can you believe someone took this beautiful boat and painted her?! Not only was she painted white and red, but she had been painted several times. The paint was probably a quarter of an inch thick. At some point in time, they added driving lights to both …
Gage-Hacker built about 25 boats of the 22-footer between 1961 and 1967. Most of them are still in use on Lake Geneva today and many of them are still in the hands of the original purchasers. Five of the 26-foot boats were built. Each was unique in some way. One of them had twin engines and was built more heavy …
Gage-Hacker only had two models of boats in early 1958. The Gage-Hacker 22’s length was 22‘6“, the beam was 7‘5“, freeboard forward was 37”, freeboard aft was 25”, draft was 24” and built with a V8 to 240 HP with a fuel capacity of 40 gallons. The Gage-Hacker 26’s length was 25‘10“, the beam was 8‘3“, freeboard forward was 42”, …