Well, you asked: Which boats do you think are on the cusp of enjoying a rise in value? Boringly, Bill cites the ever-popular, Bertram 31 (GRP) and a wonderful Grand Banks line as two cases in point. Fine. Still, in the pantheon of American classic boats, no marque shines brighter than Chris-Craft, eh? Of course, their exquisite Constellations, Cobras, and runabouts already command the attention of countless classic boat clubs and magazines–but who ever heard of a CC Roamer?
Well, Boating magazine (October 2002) did feature the marque and included a sidebar entitled “Roamer Redux” referencing the CC Roamer Club in their “After the Fall” article. Pound for pound, these aluminum and steel-hulled beauties represent one of the most underrated classic boat “values” on the water. Of course there are exceptions, but considering the level of response and dedication that I, as the progenitor of a mere geocities.com website have found, the interest and admiration for these pleasure craft remains surprisingly high.
In any case, I invite you to peruse our Club site (geocities.com/alloyed2sea) and see for yourself what Roamer means to the average owner or wannabee today. Bill, in my biased opinion, the first original 99 Chris Craft Speedsters should become future collectable classics.
Thank you for a great read - your e-mail is one I look forward to every time! It is with great sadness that I heard about the death of Olin Stephens last year. I had never met the man, but he was an inspiration. The year before Olin’s passing, we took over the business of A. Mylne & Co, with the express purpose of carrying on the design business, and cataloging the design archive of over 400 classic yacht designs from 1896 onwards (over 10,000 original drawings!).
Part of our mission is to write a definitive book on Alfred Mylne - and we have had great help from Wendy Schnur at Mystic Seaport in going through old issues of Yachting Monthly from 1906 through 1920. We had also written to Olin Stephens at
the beginning of 2008 asking if he could recall Alfred Mylne and perhaps write a forward for our book (being written by the eminent Ian Nicolson).
We were not aware at the time how frail Mr Stephens was, and he passed away before being able to respond. Could we therefore put out an appeal for information and stories from anyone who knew or met Alfred Mylne? They can e-mail me at: david@mylne.com. We are running a competition on our website - the best story every month receives a bottle of Mylne whisky.
I find your articles and the method in which the pages turn to be worthwhile and enjoyable. We don’t know one another but as a retired 500-ton captain I think we are cut from the same cloth. There are so many pleasure boaters out there who are dangerous to themselves and others it is a shame. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the note. I just rode into Long Beach Harbor on the British Purpose, a 3 million barrel tanker. There was a guy in a 20 foot skiff fishing or sleeping, who knows, smack in the middle of the channel. The pilot blew the whistle and finally had to call the harbor police to get the guy to move. How dumb do you have to be to play chicken with an oil tanker? Takes all kinds.
Well, Boating magazine (October 2002) did feature the marque and included a sidebar entitled “Roamer Redux” referencing the CC Roamer Club in their “After the Fall” article. Pound for pound, these aluminum and steel-hulled beauties represent one of the most underrated classic boat “values” on the water. Of course there are exceptions, but considering the level of response and dedication that I, as the progenitor of a mere geocities.com website have found, the interest and admiration for these pleasure craft remains surprisingly high.
In any case, I invite you to peruse our Club site (geocities.com/alloyed2sea) and see for yourself what Roamer means to the average owner or wannabee today. Bill, in my biased opinion, the first original 99 Chris Craft Speedsters should become future collectable classics.
Thank you for a great read - your e-mail is one I look forward to every time! It is with great sadness that I heard about the death of Olin Stephens last year. I had never met the man, but he was an inspiration. The year before Olin’s passing, we took over the business of A. Mylne & Co, with the express purpose of carrying on the design business, and cataloging the design archive of over 400 classic yacht designs from 1896 onwards (over 10,000 original drawings!).
Part of our mission is to write a definitive book on Alfred Mylne - and we have had great help from Wendy Schnur at Mystic Seaport in going through old issues of Yachting Monthly from 1906 through 1920. We had also written to Olin Stephens at
the beginning of 2008 asking if he could recall Alfred Mylne and perhaps write a forward for our book (being written by the eminent Ian Nicolson).
We were not aware at the time how frail Mr Stephens was, and he passed away before being able to respond. Could we therefore put out an appeal for information and stories from anyone who knew or met Alfred Mylne? They can e-mail me at: david@mylne.com. We are running a competition on our website - the best story every month receives a bottle of Mylne whisky.
I find your articles and the method in which the pages turn to be worthwhile and enjoyable. We don’t know one another but as a retired 500-ton captain I think we are cut from the same cloth. There are so many pleasure boaters out there who are dangerous to themselves and others it is a shame. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the note. I just rode into Long Beach Harbor on the British Purpose, a 3 million barrel tanker. There was a guy in a 20 foot skiff fishing or sleeping, who knows, smack in the middle of the channel. The pilot blew the whistle and finally had to call the harbor police to get the guy to move. How dumb do you have to be to play chicken with an oil tanker? Takes all kinds.
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