Thanks for the kind welcome aboard, it's good to be with mates of the same boating passion as mine. Yes indeed, I knew of the Mr. Pateman you referenced, but I never had the occasion to meet him personally.
We're running a smacking new Cruise Craft Explorer 685 for fishing, and we unfortunately don't actually have a Commander. I hope you don't throw me out of the group because of that. Commanders and other Chris Craft boats are rather rare birds here. We would enjoy restoring an older Commander if we can find a good one, but for now it's the CC. Funny, the Cruise Craft company uses a similar branding to Chris Craft, they even use the star in betwixt the names and almost the same script. Emulation, the sincerest form of flattery? For you North American Yanks who may not know, Cruise Craft has been building fiberglass boats Down Under since the 1960s. Yes, we build them too!
G'day
Rich