Chris Craft Racing Runabouts 19'

It's A New Woody Day!!

McCall Boat Works has had the pleasure of working on and creating many AWARD winning Chris Craft Racing Runabouts 19' over the years:

RAINMAKER 1949 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19'

Don accompanied the owner to Michigan where an on-site survey was conducted and LION was purchased and brought to McCall Boat Works for new finishes/transom work/new hull id numbers

McCall Boat Works did an array of work on this boat to include:

• removal of seven layers of bottom paint
• removal of ~1300 bung holes filled with 3M5200 to fill with Quick-fair
• re-faired bottom
• 3 coats of CPES/6 coats of Petite Primer Barrier Coat/3 coats of red bottom paint
• moved the water line up 2"
• removed LION gold leaf;  prepped transom for RAINMAKER
• re-moved all live seam caulking (life caulk) and filled with Sika-flex (per owner request)
• stained all live seams
• 22 coats of varnish/wet sand between coats

THUS

LION was created into the awards winning RAINMAKER

fulfilling the owner's requests

look at that beautiful finish work!  what a transformation

2 People's Choice Awards and Best Preserved Nationally

SPINDRIFT 1953 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19'

first one (according to resources) on Payette Lake McCall, Idaho

last made produced model:
Hull Number 503

McCall Boat Works did the following:

• removed all finishes
• removed all line caulking
• complete re-fasten of entire boat:  topsides/covering boards/decking
• re-faired deck
• new stain and 5 coats of varnish with wet sand in-between
• complete motor detail
• all new cloth/old style wiring
• new transom
• 5 layers of Petite Barrier Coat
• new bottom paint

HAPPY DAYS 1952 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19'

getting her ready for her Lake Arrowhead Show Debut in June 2011

McCall Boat Works is conducting a 100% restoration on this boat.  75% wood replacement to include:

• complete dis assembly of old bottom
• new frames/carriage bolts
• new oak chines/keel/stem and gripe
• new 3 ply 3M5200 bottom/1/4" plywood/new 1/2" planking, all new fasteners
• 3 coats of CPES/5 coats of Petite Barrier Coat/3 coats of bottom paint
• all new finishes
• all new lines/caulking
• 20 coats of varnish/wet sand in between
• new interior/new flooring
• disassemble motor machine head/all new gasket kit
• new transom graphics/gold leaf/hull numbers/Chris Craft script

Come See Her at Lake Arrowhead June 3, 4 & 5th

and NOW

here comes two more new racers

Cherry Float

1948 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19'

Concours d' Elegance First place

AND

MOJO 

1948 Chris Craft Racing Runabout #5 19'

Bring it On!!  How Fun!!

McCall Boat Works is working with Jason Smith

from Lakeside Services for the detail and fine tuning of MOJO

Watch Out!!

1931 Dodge Runabout SMALL FRY 16' WOW

It's A New Woody Day!!

This is it.  This is WOW!!  My husband has done it again.
This is a RARE 1931 Dodge Runabout, cousin to the Dodge water car.
This boat arrived to us on a whim but it is going out in style.  Check this out:

 

 

Lycoming Motor

She is all original from the Lycoming motor to the mermaid hardware and glass globe flag pole (to name a few hardware items)
But NOW she has been completeley stripped, re-fastened and ready to go with 15 coats of varnish,  Beautiful!
She can be yours for $36,000 OBO.
Here she has been re-fastened stripped, sanded and re-stained.

 

 

WOW BEAUTIFUL and READY TO GO

BACK from SUMMER & into WINTER & PROPER BOAT STORAGE.....A MUST

It's A New Woody Day!!
Okay............We're back!!!!!!!!!!  The blogger needed a blog vacation.  But, now, I am back.

Let's talk about WINTER  which means BOAT STORAGE!!
Our BOAT STORAGE FACILITY is unique.  It is a dirt floor facility.  That is an added bonus when it comes to wood boats.

Our wood boat customers enjoy the luxury of NOT having their wood decks and planks dry out, move and crack.  We see this time and time again with customers whom keep their boats in garages/hangars which have a cement floor and may/may not be heated.  OUCH and CRACK!
There is nothing more frustrating to a professional restorer than to have their "perfected creation" literally "wrecked" over the course of seven months.

McCall Boat Works cares so much about the preservation of your woodie that this Fall we went into our facility and actually had a water truck "humidify" our facility:

   

DONT let your beautiful NEW Restoration (see examples below)

  end up CRACKED and  UGLY:

YUCK!

25th Annual Coeur d'Alene Wooden Boat Festival

August 21-22 2010

JUSTICE has done it again!!

The People have Spoken

JUSTICE has been awarded the

People's Choice 2010

at the Coeur d'Alene Wooden Boat Festival

JUSTICE soaked in the sun and floated with confidence at the CDL Boat Show 2010 this past weekend.  The counts are in and she won (again).

She earned the People Choice Award.

Thanks to ALL of you

whom voted, supported and acknowledged

the pure level of detail, precision and the craftsmanship excellence

it takes to makes a boat of this cavalier.

Surely, a step above the rest!!

Congrats to my husband, Don Hardy,

and THANKS to our supporters and clients

whom have believed in McCall Boat Works.

A special thanks to Craig Brosenne, Jerry Gilbreath, Eric Swanson, BK Powell

and so many more whom made our weekend a success!!

THANKS

and congrats to Greyhound and all of the other wonderful boats whom participated in the event

2010 Payette Lakes Wooden Boat Show A Success!!!!!

It's A New Woody Day!!

FINALLY!!

Justice at the 2010 Payette Lakes Wooden Boat Show!!

JUSTICE did just that!!

JUSTICE won the People's Choice Award this year.

She never looked more shiny and eager to please than at this event.  She is truly a piece of art.

If you missed her, she will be at the Wooden Boat Festival in     Couer d' Lane this weekend!

THANKS for VOTING for JUSTICE

and supporting McCall Boat Works

AND, FINALLY!!

Victory was met at the 2010 Payette Lakes Wooden Boat Show!!

and VICTORY did just that!!

VICTORY won Skipper's Choice Best Utility Award this year.

She was bought by the Wilton's from Florida and brought back to McCall, Idaho from Oklahoma this summer.

She shone to shine at the Show.  THANKS to the Wilton's for bringing her back home.

Twin Finn was also at the Show.  She is an award all in her own.  The crowds raved about her, her uniqueness and her flashiness.  TWIN FINN was a Cadillac Success!!

Thanks to the Atkinson's for showing her off!!

THANKS

to Another Great Show!!

Boatbuilding —one Idaho man's burnout cure | Tim Woodward's Columns | Idaho Statesman

It's A New Woody Day!!

OKAY!!!!!!!!!! I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the Concours I really took some needed R&R which consisted of constant company thru the first of July and then a Family Reunion @ Donner Lake mid-end July...........all of this equals FUN. August has consisted of wondering where the summer has gone (or even started), boating, berry picking and boating...........AND book work...........LOTS!

Retrospectfuly, the Concours brought us 2 significant wins. The "judging system" is on a "universal non-biased point system"; very tough. Winning was a compliment (and a chore) and we are very pleased. We look forward to returning next year.

The month of August brings us to our own ACBS-Payette Lakes Boat Show August 13-15 and the Couer d' Lane Wooden Boat Festival August 20-22. This year, hopefully, winning boats at the Payette Lakes Show will also include motors!! HA HA........amazingly true!! and the Couer d' Lane Show will be good weather and a nice break and needed vacation (2 days) for Don.

Please check this out from our local Idaho Statesman:

Boatbuilding —one Idaho man's burnout cure | Tim Woodward's Columns | Idaho Statesman

Looking forward to getting into my blogging again and keeping you up-dated on McCall Boat Works.

Thanks for your support!!

Molly and Don

Trading Dock - 2001 Gar Wood Speedster 1934 Replica

Trading Dock - 2001 Gar Wood Speedster 1934 Replica

check this out!