The Cost of “Anchoring Out” Versus Staying at a Marina Introduction The main reason for buying an inverter is that it makes your Connie...
Hi rcrapps, No, I'm not looking for a new wife. I'm still happily married to my first wife and intend to keep it that way. Naturally, she...
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Hi All, Subject: We Can’t Anchor Out My wife and I have a 50’ Chris Craft Constellation motoryacht which we call a Connie. It has three...
The NYYC Definition of a Yacht Way back in the early 1900s the question of how big a boat had to be in order for the owner to qualify for...
Rules, Rules, Rules Hi SeaEric, I don't mind following rules. It's the unwritten rules that drive me nuts. So far as I can tell this "60...
Hi Carl, I get you’re the logic but don't necessarily agree with it. Obviously you can't edit someone else's post and I've never seen a forum...
Hi All, This is a test of the "Edit" function. This is a new post and I am getting an "Edit" button. But apparently after 60 minutes all...
Hi All, This is a test of the "Edit" function. CaptOlin
Hi John, This post was originally made on June 01, 2010 on another forum but since it applies to your window problems I'll re-post it here....
Connie Wiring Hi John, I have pictures and specs on your 1982 Uniflite 46 in my archives. She's a nice looking yacht. She used to be called...
Old Backup Anchor Hi Chesapeake46, I have an old pre-WW2 Danforth which I use as a backup anchor I painted it with red Rustoleum several years...
Hi All, While at the Miami boat show I also looked at anchors. My old 35 lb. Danforth (now 26 years old) is beginning to rust and look shabby....
Hi All, I'm in Florida and went to the Miami Boat Show yesterday. There wasn't much new and the show seems to be dwindling with the years....
Hi Eric, Yeah, I figured out who you were by reading some of your old posts. And it didn't take long for you to figure out who I was. Small...
Hi SeaEric, Yes I know about the location of “Resolute” the first Connie 501 built. It’s on the hard in a boat yard just north of my slip at...
The History of the Chris Craft Constellation 460, 500, & 501 Their Predecessors and Successors Egg Harbor In 1946, Russell Post, Phil Boyd,...
Hi Capt J, Yes the fuel system on the Connies is messy. But on the other hand it is reliable and quite sophisticated. The fuel system has...
Constellation 500 Fuel Burn Rates The Constellation 500s and 501s have Detroit Diesel 6V92s (both TIs and TAs). At 2000 rpm they burn about 38...
