1955 CC Hurricane Restoration

I'm kind of surprised to hear that Pete. I guess I knew centuries were plywood, I've seen plenty of those. I would have thought that Chris's were planked.. There must be some other somewhat higher end boats (I don't mean real high end, like Garwood for example) out there that were plank, weren't there? How about Lymans or thompsons, tho I would guess that all the lapstrake hulls are planked. Or is the distinction you are making That they are double plank versus planks over framework or plywood?

Where would this boat have fit in, dollar wise in 1955 vs. comparable boats of the time? Was Correct Craft a "premium" manufacturer vs. Chris Craft or others? Basically how big of a deal was this boat in its day?

A first class trailer is fitting for a first class boat. Nice last chapter. Did I miss conversation on the windshield? Just wondering when that will be going on. That will be the last profile change to the very clean looking hull. I hope to find a plank boat like this , perhaps a Starflite or such. They offer more value for the efforts expended. Do you think this will be your last project Allen? Shame to put your skill set on the shelf after going through the learning curve.

Once again, I'll say the Hurricane is looking FANTASTIC! Alan, you are truly a craftsman and a great addition to the wood boat group. I was sorry to hear that a wedding intervened the weekend of the Geneva lakes ACBS show. I was sure hoping to see the boat there. I'll be judging again and having the Hurricane there sure would make things easy for me!! There is always next year but make sure you maintain your Blackhawk chapter membership - there is an important reason!

Sweet!

Rainy Saturday morning s good time to get the boat on the trailer. couple of helpers and a few hours later we were in good shape.

I never enjoy doing this but the chain fall at the stern made things go pretty good.













need to build he bow stop next, the swing tongue works well and she fits in the garage win a few inches to spare

Looks great Alan,the green looks nice. I don't understand some business pratices either. But it is what it is and the experences you go thru help you in life and make you who you are. Great Job!

Looking good - all's well that ends well!

I am sure you will have plenty of volunteers to help set the boat on.

It does look great but damn that is so annoying. People/businesses like this continue to amaze me. How can you stay in business if you can't do the work you agree to do?

Also, how could you paint 90% of it and put it together and NOT notice that the colors are different, or not think that the owner may actually care about that?

So the powder coat saga is over for now at least but not without a little more drama. I went by the shop Wednesday to check on the trailer and it was still sitting in the same place it was last week.The owner wasn't there but the shop guys knew I wasn't too thrilled. When I got back to my office I had an email that it was going to be coated Thursday. I asked if it would be ready to take home Friday and the reply was" sure all you have to do is come down and put it all back together". remember this is the guy that did my last trailer and on that one he did all the disassembly and reassembly included in the price.

I finally said the hell with it that if he would just put everything outside in the lot Friday night I would come by Saturday and put it together just so I could get it the heck out there. Friday afternoon I get a call that it's done, they assembled it for me. Great, thank you.....wait for it, wait for it.     They didn't paint the axles or the new springs, it was all still red bolted up to a nice green trailer.

Then I realized something didn't look right, the trailer was sitting way too high. They mounted the shackles on the bottom of the equalizer not the top effectively raising the trailer by 3".   but wait that doesn't matter because they put the brake axle on the rear so I would have had to take it all apart anyway. What a joke.

So I brought it home a saturday am. I pulled the axles, sanded everything down, painted everything, flipped the hangers, and swapped the axles front to rear. About 3 hours and it was done. The cake topping is I gave the coater a quart of bottom paint I used on the boat so he could match it, fail, it's close enough I guess and I'm done fighting this guy.

Then I wired it, ran the brake lines and this morning installed and carpeted the bunks.






I will give him credit for doing a nice job on fabricating the swing tongue.

Not sure if you noticed, but did you see the way Gas Vent was positioned from those 2001 pictures?

EDIT: NM you mentioned that haha.

Riley wrote: Alan, that finish is amazing. What are you doing with the Collinites cleaner?

Thanks Bruce, testing few products to see what will give me the best shine on the yellow. There's still a slight haze on it and a few little scuffs from climbing in and out that I'm trying to get off without machine polishing. the Collinite did a pretty nice job by hand.

Alan, that finish is amazing. What are you doing with the Collinites cleaner?

The CC Hurricane Drawings show a Burgee Pole just aft of the cockpit, did you find any evidence that it was ever there?

Amazing when you look at the difference between the pictures on the previous page (and Hollywood's quote) and these last ones.
Alan, it has been a long trip, but man did you do a great job on bringing this old girl to an astonishing beauty!!

I envy the lucky bastards that will see this treasure in real life at Green Lake...