rgm50

Purchased 26' Stinger over winter. Trying to track some history on these boats. My Hull I/D starts with ZGR which when checked comes back to Grew Canada not Chris Craft.
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Airpacker

ChrisCraft by Grew. They built tons of then in Penatanguishine Ontario. They built the 230 and the 260. Check it really close for wet wood. a very common problem.

ve3lt

Try the Mariners Museum at the following adr:

http://www.mariner.org/library/chriscraft/index.php

They bought up all the Chris Craft documentation back when Murray threw in the towel. They have historical info an all hulls built for about a hundred years of so! They had all the info on my boats.
It costs about 25-30 bucks or so but it is definitely worth it.

rgm50

Thanks for the replies, boat has been surveyed and moisture metered, A-1, guess they built them better in Canada.

ve3lt

I had a number of Chris Crafts over a number of the last years.
I had an old Scorpion 210. Great boat and yes it was a Grew hull. The only bad thing was it had an OMC and I was not fond of that drive. Had lots of fun with the boat though (when the drive was not breaking down) and tough as nails in the waves.
It was a 1982 but solid as a rock and never been bottom coated. Stil had original gell coat finish on it! I sold it about five years ago but I still see it ato our local marina here every season. It's been re-upholstered and looks fine...

Grew made some amazing hulls in their day.