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Hull info

Hello all. 
i purchased a 19xx 36 commander "Americana". There is no HIN on the transum, and it was assigned a state number.  The only numbers I could find inside was 594 537 NET 22.  Any info on correct year of the boat?  Previous owner doesn't have

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1969 Commander 38 Fly Bridge

I am going to look at this 1969 38 today. If you can believe the photos it should be pretty clean. It has a pair of CM 454 350 hp and 1,650 on the hr meters. Looks like  factory stock interior layout with newer upholstery.  Can anyone fill me in on w

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UK Chris Craft Commander 31 refurbishment

Hi All,

Overseas member of the club and Commander 31 owner who's always loved the styling and design of these fantastic boats - so glad to have been able to find one here in the UK.

Ours is a 1968 model, we believe built in the states, transported to t

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Spring Sea Trial Performance Numbers

I was going to add this to the previous performance thread, but it seems to have disappeared (can't find it with the forum search, and the link I found via Google doesn't work). 

We got our 381 Catalina out for the spring sea trial yesterday (after si

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Help Wanted!!! New Faces New Perspectives - EC Openings

Would you like to be more active in the Commander Club?  Would you like to help chart our course?  Are you willing to commit the time, energy and creativity needed to assist us in promoting and supporting our mission?

We are searching for new faces an

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Chief Commander Resignation

Over the past 3 years as your Chief Commander I've worked hard promoting the club and fighting to keep it relevant. I spent many hours a month working to drive traffic to the forum, and working on plans for the future. Too keep up with today's techno

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2023 National Rendezvous - Dock reservations now open

 

August 18 – 20, 2023
Cedar Point Marina, Sandusky, Ohio
ALL CHRIS CRAFTS ARE WELCOME, BIG OR LITTLE, PRISTINE OR PATINAE.

PLEASE JOIN US!

To register just call the marina at 419-627-2334 and reserve your slip and tell them you’re with the Chris-Cra

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Commander 31 a lot of work to be done!

Hello guys,

thank you for accepting me as a member of the Commander Club.

Photos and articles I have been reading in here are already a great help to me as I bought yesterday  a Commander 31. She is out of the water for the last 8 years and needs a lot

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Very Boaty New Year’s Resolutions - Article - What are yours???

 

Very Boaty New Year’s Resolutions     Click on the title link to read the article

6 Resolutions for the New Year: Power and Motoryacht Edition.

Do you have any boat related resolutions for 2023?  Reply to this discussion to share yours.

 

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1969 42' Commander Repower options

Hello all I had my first season with "Obsession " and its been a bit of a bear of a season catching on to all her idiosyncrasies as expected. 

Now that she is here and hauled for the winter I'm looking at repower options.

Original 427s are at 1800 hrs

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1977 CCC 41 Fresh Water Tank Replacement

I see several threads regarding fresh water tanks, but I have not read whether it is possible to cut out the glass encased tank and replace it? Ours holds a good deal of water, but definitely leaks. I have not been able to find a loose fitting or lea

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New casting for “Styled in Fiberglass” plates

If interested please contact Ben Cordsen at 970-310-8308. He is in Fort Collins, Colorado. I just had these made and they are on the way to chrome.

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Surveyor Needed - St Clair Shores area

In need of a Surveyor for an Insurance Survey.  The boat is in the water at Shore Club.  Also, any suggestions  for an Insurance Company to use?

My current insurance company cancelled me without cause an I need coverage by 9/24/2022.

Thanks in advance.

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Pilothouse Roof Support beam

So I searched the forum to no avail, this is the pilothouse support beam that comes down near the sliding doors on my commander 38 sedan (port side, cannot see the starboard side).

I have a lot of the boat apart so access to the engine room is, well,

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Lancer windshield rubber weatherstripping needed

Willie Leipert in Stowe, Vermont. Restoring 1979, 21 ft., straight inboard, Lancer. Previous owner replaced 3 broken flat glass windshield pannels but did not replace the glazing weatherstripping on the exterior between the glass and the overlapping

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Commander 1985 282 Questions

Saw a 1985 Commander 282 for sale but can't find much information on this model.

If anyone is familiar with the 282 please let me know the good points and bad areas to be concerned with.

Thanks for your help

Pat

 

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350Q Distributor problems/replacement

I hope to replace the distributors in my 1972 31' sport express with 350q's. They have been updated in the past by a prior owner with the Mallory unilite modules and parts have become difficult to find. My starboard engine eats several caps during th

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1972 Commander Life Line

Good morning. I have a quick question that will hopefully be obvious and easy to answer for some of you. We need to replace the port side lifeline on our '72 Commander. I have the replacement lifeline (7/32" coated; 1/8" without coating). I am trying

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Hull Numbers

Good afternoon,  I am looking (at what I believe to be is a 1969 36' CC Sport Fish). The title says its ID number is FDA35008711? This number seems unexpected to me and I just want to

be sure the title is for this boat before I buy it. Any help would

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Bow chock

 

I'm looking for a pair of bow chocks. My boat is a 1977 45 Commander

The measurementsare 6 1/2 L x 1 1/2 W x 2 T.

The one I'm trying to find has the blue line going through it.

Thanks,

Billy K.

 

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