Has Chris-Craft produced the ideal boat?

6:56 AM Thu 21 Oct 2010 GMT

'Smooth as silk, the Sun Tender runs superbly, with superb stability and all-round performance characteristics. - Chris-Craft Sun Tender' supplied by Chris-Craft

It's marketed as the Catalina 29 Sun Tender, and no less a person than the President of the Chris-Craft Corporation, Steve Heese has labelled it 'the ideal boat for Sydney Harbour.' Now I'm what might be termed an old Sydney Harbour 'knockabout', have probably spend more time on that fabulous harbour, 'where 1000 ships of the line could ride safely at anchor' than most people. I can also tell you this - Steve Heese may well be American born and bred, but he lived in Sydney for more than 10-years, was a member of the Middle Harbour Yacht Club and ...

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