1940 Chris-Craft Maranee

05/22/2024

Maranee on display at last weekend's Classic Boat Show at The Tides in Gig Harbor.

05/22/2024

Captured this great shot of our dear friends' 40 foot 1962 Owens flying through Balch Passage last week.

04/30/2024

Thank you for the feature Victoria Classic Boat Festival!

Maranee!

Maranee was launched in Algonac, Michigan on June 28, 1940, and spent her first 19 years cruising the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay and the St Lawrence River. She started a new life on the west coast when she was shipped to Seattle via railcar in 1959. She is still powered by her original Hercules M-130 gas engines. On her spreader flies the burgee of the Vermilion Yacht club in Ohio, a gift from that club's bridge in honor of Maranee's time as flagship there in 1946.

Check out other current participants on our website: https://mmbc.bc.ca/classic-boat-festival/current-participants/

We'll be featuring vessels registering for the 45th annual Classic Boat Festival all summer long! Why not register your own heritage vessel for our Labour Day weekend festival? Register here: https://mmbc.bc.ca/classic-boat-festival/register-your-vessel/

01/02/2024

Thank you for the feature Classic Yacht Association!

07/17/2023

Thank you to the Boudreaux Cellars Winery, and Vintner Rob Newsom, for choosing Maranee as their "Best in Show" at the recent Chris Craft Rendezvous! We were so humbled and surprised to be recognized at a show full of such beautifully restored and maintained classic yachts. Deeply appreciated!

07/10/2023

More classic boat shows coming up the next two weekends - the big Chris-Craft Rendezvous in Port Orchard this Friday and Saturday the 14th and 15th, followed by the Des Moines Wooden Boat Show on the 22nd and 23rd. If you are in the area, please drop by!

06/28/2023

Happy Birthday to Maranee! She was officially launched in Algonac, Michigan on June 28, 1940. She doesn't look a day over eighty, if we may say so ourselves...........

06/22/2023

Thank you for the shout out, Victoria Classic Boat Festival!

Maranee!

Built by the legendary Chris-Craft Corporation, Maranee was launched in Algonac, Michigan on June 28, 1940. She served as flagship of the Vermilion Yacht Club in Ohio in 1946, and cruised the Great Lakes extensively, visiting Georgian Bay, the Erie Canal and the St. Lawrence River. In 1959, Maranee began a new life on the west coast when she was shipped to Seattle by rail. She is still powered by her original twin Hercules six cylinder gas engines. Flying from Maranee’s starboard spreader is the burgee of the Vermilion Yacht Club, presented to her by that club’s bridge in 2020 in honor of her 80th birthday.

Register your classic boat for the September 1-3, 2023 Classic Boat Festival in Victoria's Inner Harbour: https://mmbc.bc.ca/news-and-events/classic-boat-festival/boater-registration/

📷 Courtesy of Jim Paynton

08/17/2022

We received this nice note and photo during our South Sound cruise last week - We were out for a short day trip Sunday, August 14th 2022. When your boat first came into view, we were coming out of Zittels Marina. And I took several pictures. One of which is attached to this email. I thought you might like to have one. I imagine you have many. But I could not resist sharing. Your boat is so nice! It is such a pleasure to see such a well kept boat in its natural environment. Thanks for being in the South Sound at just the right time on such a beautiful day……