Chris-Craft

Let us take you on a journey. It begins in Algonac, Michigan, a sleepy town on the St. Clair River. It was here that Christopher Columbus Smith built his first boat in 1874, aged 13. He built a simple lake boat for duck hunting. It demonstrated that he had an extraordinary natural talent for working with wood. From modest beginnings, it wasn't long before Chris and his brother Hank began to build a succession of wooden boats. A new company was established and a legend was born. Today, Chris-Craft... more