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2019 Chris-Craft Launch 35 GT. Chris-Craft Corporation is an American manufacturer of recreational powerboats that is based in Sarasota, Florida.Since June 4, 2018, the company has been owned by Winnebago Industries, an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles.
Chris-Craft Boats was an American boat manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation , which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962.
They renamed the merged company in 1962 as Chris-Craft Industries, Incorporated. [2] In 1962, the company acquired the Old Crown Brewing Corporation, a brewery company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Old Crown was sold to its employees a short time later. [5] In 1964, Chris-Craft launched the all-fiberglass Chris-Craft Commander. This dramatic ...
Chris-Craft Commander is the name of a range of cruisers built by Chris-Craft Industries. Originally built of wood, the first fiberglass Commander was built in 1963 and debuted at the 1964 New York Boat Show. At the time, none of the large main line motor yacht builders (Matthews, Owens, C.P. Leeks (Pacemaker), etc.) were building in fiberglass.
Thompson Hiawatha model canoe. The Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company of Peshtigo, Wisconsin was a manufacturer of pleasure boats and canoes.Founded by brothers Peter and Christ Thompson in 1904, [1] the company became prominent in the field and built boats for nearly one hundred years. [2]
The company also supplied river patrol craft to the US Navy Patrol Boat - River between 1965 and 1972 for use in the Vietnam War. Uniflite was acquired by Chris-Craft Boats in 1984 who continued to build the boats under their brand until they ceased production in 1989.
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Chris-Craft Boats, the original American boat manufacturer established in the 19th century Chris-Craft Corporation , the current American boat manufacturer established in 2000 Chris-Craft Industries , a former manufacturing and broadcasting company and co-owner of the defunct UPN television network