1955 CC Hurricane Restoration

M3Fan wrote: 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?

Joel,
Considering the construction of the Hurricane, CC was going after the high dollar market. The hull is double planked on the hull sides as well as the bottom. Hacker was the only other manufacturer to do this.

M3Fan wrote: 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?

I guess the answer is in how many they made Things in the country were still going great since the end of the war,there wasn't a recession until 57ish. I would guess an upscale boat from CC was not accepted.

Most of the wood boats produced by Correct Craft were plywood and inferior in quality to Chris Craft and Century who built mostly plank boats. The Hurricane is a very unusual boat for a Correct Craft. Gary, I'd say your probably right about upscale from CC not being accepted, otherwise we'd see more plank boats. Boat Dr has a very nice and interesting example of a plank Correct Craft that was built at the end of the wood boat era.

I called the canvas shop to push my appointment back a week but with holiday coming if I missed this date they said I would get pushed into August, yikes. So that was good excuse to take a day off work yesterday and get the rig mobile. I got the bow stop built and installed. the cover is going to cover the entire boat down to the trailer so we were concerned with getting by the bow stop, I designed the stop so it will pivot apart about 3" by pulling a pin.   worked out pretty good but with crude metal working tools that was a pretty good driveway project

pulled her into the sun and took a spin. The tandem pulls real nice so just a few more trailer items, bleed brakes , pack bearings, then install the windshield and it will be off for canvas Monday am.







this one shows the bow stop opened,

Alan - Very innovative bow stop! What is the lifting hook for at the top of the post?

Another innovation! You double the winch power

Has it made that SPLASH sound yet?

That was fast Alan, I was thinking about you and your trip Saturday morning when it was raining.Good idea to put it off a few,but sure dicy yesterday with the rain. How does it feel behind the Jeep?

Gary S wrote: That was fast Alan, I was thinking about you and your trip Saturday morning when it was raining.Good idea to put it off a few,but sure dicy yesterday with the rain. How does it feel behind the Jeep?

Yeah, Saturday was crazy with those storms so we put it off til Monday which wasn't a whole lot better. We dodged dark skies all the way home yesterday. Quite a few detours getting to McHenry due to road closings from flooding.

After towing the big 200 this boat feels like it's not even back there, I'm guessing it's 1000 lbs lighter than the 200. New springs on the trailer and a good amount of weight on them makes it ride nice and smooth. It pulls straight as an arrow.

looks fantastic Alan! Mold and mildew are a huge issue in our climate (welcome to Seattle, here's your alottment of penecilin ), with such a tight and thick cover, are you mitigating trapping water and condensation some how?

Dreaming wrote: looks fantastic Alan! Mold and mildew are a huge issue in our climate (welcome to Seattle, here's your alottment of penecilin ), with such a tight and thick cover, are you mitigating trapping water and condensation some how?

valid concern but this a really for when we're traveling with the boat and away from home. Majority of the boats life will be inside the garage uncovered. I always let our boats breath by lifting all the hatches and seat cushions after each use so never really had too much of a problem. If this was to sit outside covered it would mildew up for sure.

Tim and I combined put thousands of miles on that trailer. Certainly does tow nicely!

quinner wrote: Alan, trailer needs some baby moons!!

yeah the trailer needs some bling but I'm out of time, money and energy. besides I have to have something to do next winter.

81nautique wrote: After towing the big 200 this boat feels like it's not even back there, I'm guessing it's 1000 lbs lighter than the 200.

Well the 200 is a couple of years old,better check for wet foam

8122pbrainard wrote: You may want to do more research on where the slopped transom came from before you comment. Hint: It was WAY WAY back.

Or, you could just tell us. I couldn't help but think the same thing that TP thought.