2007 Retro Nautique/1929 Chris-Craft 28-foot Triple Cockpit Replica and 2005 Metal Craft Trailer

Description

For more than a century after its founding by Christopher Columbus Smith in 1874, Chris-Craft was known for building beautiful, high-quality boats in a multitude of sizes. Under the leadership of Smith’s son, Jay Smith, who took the helm in 1927, Chris-Craft became known as the world’s largest builder of mahogany powerboats. At its height, the Michigan-based company offered more than 100 different models, ranging in length from 17 feet to 65 feet. 

Among the wooden beauties offered in 1929 was a 28-foot Triple Cockpit model, which Retro Nautique has meticulously replicated here. This stunning boat, which was hand built in 2007, has all the charm of the original but is powered by a modern-day Mercruiser 8.1 liter engine that generates 375 horsepower.  

Highlights 

• One-owner mahogany hulled boat 

• 1929 Chris-Craft Triple Cockpit replica by Retro Nautique 

• Powered by a Mercruiser 8.1-liter inboard engine producing 375 horsepower 

• Non-traditional left-hand drive with Retro Nautique wheel 

• Digital DTS Mercruiser instruments (speedometer, tachometer, fuel, temperature, oil pressure, and amperes) and throttle 

• Two quarter-inch plywood layers with a 5/8-inch mahogany planks glued with 3M 5200 adhesive and secured with brass screws 

• Topsides and decking: 5/8-inch mahogany traditional plank on-frame construction using 3M 5200 adhesive 

• All planking and framing attached with 3M 5200 adhesive and Silicon Bronze screw and bolts 

• White oak chimes, keel, battens, and decking beams 

• Aqua Marine leather upholstery 

• Chromed bronze hardware with stainless steel rub rails 

• Offered with 2005 Metal Craft tandem-axle trailer 

• This 2007 Chris-Craft 28-foot Triple Cockpit (1929 replica) is being offered with 138 engine hours 

Features 

• "Black Pearl" on the transom

• Closed cooling system (salt water capable) 

• Bow thruster  

• Buell air horns 

• Seats 8-9 people: Two up front, three or four in the second row (bench), and three in the rear behind the engine 

• Hydraulic steering 

• Two 30-gallon fuel tanks 

• Swim step 

• American flag on stern 

Included 

• Black canvas buggy style top 

• Soft lined storage cover 

Ownership History 

This 1929 Chris-Craft Triple Cockpit replica has called Utah home since it was built in 2007. The original owner/builder says the boat “has the size to take Tahoe’s rough waters and the power to move alone at a decent clip.”