Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
It’s double sided…you can have drinks on all sides of this boat. I have to support the top of the bar as I go until I can build the permanent structure. Trust me; it’s fun keeping the top level. As I’m building this, I’m always looking forward to the next step. Right now I’m looking at the bottom of the …
What did I get myself into now? I keep having to remove boards and replace them one more time. I’m just not happy with how it looks or turns out. All I can say is, Wow! Doing one side has been fun. It’s definitely interesting trying to keep it level. Now it’s starting to look like a bar. One side …
Yeah, I went with the Goldfish. Now to get started. Wow! It’s going to be a lot more difficult than I thought. Somehow, I have to keep this at 42 inches in height, which is the average bar height, and still try to keep the lines and integrity of the boat. I have to do a lot of demo here. …
So a couple years back, I bid on these two ChrisCraft boats in an online auction. What I thought was going to be fun was rebuilding the seaskiff. I named her Goldfish…seemed appropriate for her color. Since it’s been a couple of years, I decided it was time to start restoring them. When I started getting into the Goldfish, I …