http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:51:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We shot some video footage during the final water test of the 19' Chris-Craft special race boat that just underwent a complete restoration at our shop. This rare boat is one of only 51 built, of which 6 are still known to exist. It is powered by a Lycoming UHES ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/video-footage-1936-chris-craft-19-special-race-boat Our complete restoration of a rare 1936 Chris-Craft 19' Special Race Boat is complete. Photos of the water test as well as the complete restoration can be seen in our photo gallery. 51 of these amazing boats were orignally built in 1936 and 1937 and the number remaining ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/1936-19-special-race-boat-water-test Our restoration of "Trudi", a 1939 Chris-Craft 19' barrel back is complete. Photos our water test as well as the entire restoration can be seen on our projects page. http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/the-perfect-finish A 1938 Century Sea Maid which was in the shop for some varnish maintenance over the winter received an award of excellence at the Bay Harbor Concours d'Elegance this past weekend. This boat was restored over 12 years ago and is still winning ribbons. The show was ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/1938-century-sea-maid-receives-recognition-at-bay-harbor Kirk was recently out in Lake Placid, NY servicing some boats when he recorded this video of a 1929 26' Hacker Craft that he restored nearly a decade ago while working for MBBW. She still looks and runs great! http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/1929-hacker-craft-video We recently had a visit from our sign painter for gold leaf lettering on both the 1936 19' Chris-Craft special race boat and the 1939 Chris-Craft barrel back.  The photos of the gold leaf work have been added to the appropriate pages in the current projects section of our website.  ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/finishing-touch We've had a busy spring at The Wooden Runabout Co.  Many of the projects highlighted in the entries below have progressed through various stages of their restorations.  The 19' Chris-Craft barrel back with hull number 48513 is awaiting the final couple coats of varnish along with engine installation and gold ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/busy-spring We are in the process of installing a new bottom on a 1954 24' Chris-Craft Holiday in our shop.  There are many photos detailing the process and progress in the current projects section of our website. http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/new-bottom-for-24-chris-craft-holiday We've updated the current projects section of the website with a new project. We have a 1939 Chris-Craft 19' Custom, also known as a 19' barrelback, in the shop for a show-quality restoration. We will be installing a new transom as well as doing the shaping, sanding, ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/1939-chris-craft-19-custom-barrelback We moved a new boat into the shop in the last few weeks, a 24' Chris-Craft Holiday. The boat is coming to us for a no-soak 5200 bottom, minor frame repair, refastening, stripping, and refinishing of the hullsides, and new decking. When the hullsides are removed and refastened, ... http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/news/24-chris-craft-holiday-roll-over