Bill Prince is the owner/editor of Classic Yacht Magazine, and he published the attached article about the 38' Commander in his March/April 2008 edition. This is an on-line magazine, available free to anyone, and it can be found at the following link.
http://www.classicyachtmag.com

At the link noted above, you can see the noted article, and you can also find previous and present editions of this fine boating magazine for the classic yacht enthusiast.


(Note the reference to the Chris Craft Commander Rendezvous at Huron Ohio, on the last page!)















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In the event any of the readers are interested in learning more about the upcoming Chris Craft Commander Rendezvous on Lake Erie, August 22-24, 2008, check out the following link !
http://www.network54.com/Forum/482183/

Regards,

Paul

Paul, That is without question, THE BEST ARTICLE I ever saw about the Chris Craft Commander. Very well done, and so much the better that is was featuring the first one of the series!

Dave

I proud to say I was a 38 Commander owner before being a Chris Craft 38 owner was "cool". That is a great article for any 38 owner to have on board. It outlines the history, development, and features of the first fiberglass cruiser from Chris Craft, and it is very well written.

Kudos!

Tom

I just recently realized, after meeting Bryan at the world's largest Chris Craft Commander Rendezvous, Huron, Ohio, that his beautiful 1964 440-powered 38 Flybridge Express was a part of this article.



Bryan mentioned this at Huron, I couldn't remember which image it was, and now after returning to Nashville and looking at the article again, I can see Byran's name as a photo credit up front and I also see the photo of 1964 Commander number 41, FXA-0041, ON TIME, of Sandusky, Ohio.

After seeing the boat in person at Huron a couple weeks ago, I agree it was a great choice for the article. It is one of the first series, during the first year of production. Interestingly, Bryan told me there was a guy at his marina who swore that Chris Craft NEVER built a 1964 38' Commander. Of course, don't try to tell Hank Bowman that, because he tested one in 1964 and wrote his famous famous 1964 38' Commander Water Test about it. Note, the first sentence says it is a 1964 boat they are testing.

Regards,

Paul