A total of 236 "barrel back" 17' RUNABOUTS were built in 1956 thru 1958. Accoring to Chris Crat literature, for the model year 1957, the hull was redesigned from the cockpit back, creating a pleasant "barrel back" transom with additional crown added to the fore deck, engine hatch and aft deck. It came with a Hercules KLC 121 hp engine. This boat was made in Cadillac, Michigan, with Hull # D-17-2023, and delivered new to the Williams Boat Company, Tryon, North Carolina in July 1956. To buy and finance the restoration of one of these gems.Īfter much research and browsing through many classifieds, I found a 1956 Chris Craft Runabout for sale at Carolina Classic Boats, Clinton, SC. Mike and I then formed Stover Boatworks, LLC, To make a long story short, I too became interested in these old wooden boats, that are truly beautiful to the eye, and hopefully accretive in value.
He thought it would make a good restoration project for me, since my hobby was woodworking. Our wooden boat adventure started about a year ago, December 2008, when Mike sent me an email concerning a Classic Chris Craft boat he had found on the internet. Bennetau Sailboat often during the warm weather months. Our son Michael and his wife Connie live in Oakwood, Ohio, and although they are located 3 hrs from Lake Eire, sail a 33 ft. My wife Bobbie, who makes a wonderful first mate, and I now live in beautiful North Carolina, so our recent boating activity has been occasional at best. My son Michael Stover and I both have had a deep interest in boats of all kinds for a number of years, and we have had both power boats and sailboats.
This love for everything wooden has now led me into the next phase. I acquired an extensive woodworking shop, and began doing woodturning in addition to furniture. After retirement from private business in 1999, I took up woodworking, and soon progressed to making fine furniture.
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