And rightly he should be!
As we were heading home from our awesome vacation we had yet another opportunity to visit Art and Pam in Columbiaville MI, where they are working on their re-build of their HUGE Chris Craft Roamer.
You might remember from last year's post that this behemoth was purchased a few years ago in New Jersey, and then stripped (of everything) and trucked to Michigan for Art's rebuild. On our first sighting we were duly impressed at the size of the project AND the progress that had been made.
for the second viewing, the progress made since our last visit is amazing, awe-inspiring and downright neat! (In fact Lew has mentioned a few times that if he was feeling better and able he would trade room and board for some labor, just to give the man a hand in this project.)The super-structure has been painted, the windows installed. A couple of the sliding doors are in, more close to being hung.
The port side of the hull is ready for paint, just waiting for the finishing touches (smoothing, sanding, filling, sanding, cleaning, sanding, prepping, sanding...) of the starboard side.
Meanwhile the interior construction is coming together as well.
Seating is roughed out in the bridge, showing the cherry wood and trim that will be used throughout the boat.
This seating is angled back to keep guests comfortable and will have a table installed at a later date (note the pedestal awaiting its home).
This seating is angled back to keep guests comfortable and will have a table installed at a later date (note the pedestal awaiting its home).
And who knows about all those "behind the scenes" things... the wiring, the plumbing, the systems, all those things that you can't see.

The new motors have been purchased, shrink wrapped and are awaiting installation in 2011 when the boat is removed from its backyard tent and trucked to a marina in Bay City for the splash.
Vision, is all I can say!









