# Minnow — 1964 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff "Sea Hawk" Sedan Cruiser, 38 ft

> Minnow is a 1964 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff "Sea Hawk" Sedan Cruiser — a 38-foot lapstrake-planked wooden cabin cruiser powered by twin Chris-Craft 283 V8 engines, kept on the Columbia River out of Portland, Oregon, and currently in active restoration. This website (chris-craft.io) is the vessel's digital identity and reference page: complete specifications, original 1960s Chris-Craft factory literature and survey drawings, a restoration log, an interactive Columbia River cruising chart with ports of call, live river/weather/tide conditions, and links for the antique-boat community. The boat is expected to be offered for sale in the future; inquiries go through the "Contact owner" link on the site.

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## Vessel facts (authoritative)

- **Name:** Minnow
- **Type / model:** Chris-Craft Sea Skiff — Sea Hawk Sedan Cruiser, 38 ft. (The same hull was also offered as the open "Sea Hawk Sport Fisherman.")
- **Model year:** 1964
- **Builder:** Chris-Craft Corporation, Sea Skiff Division (production at Salisbury, Maryland and Caruthersville, Missouri)
- **Hull construction:** Sea Skiff lapstrake — round-bilge, keel-built; 3/8" 5-ply marine fir plywood bottom, lapstrake plywood topsides, Philippine mahogany and steam-bent white-oak frames, teak covering boards; copper rivets with brass and silicon-bronze screw fastenings; bronze shaft and self-aligning strut
- **Engines:** twin Chris-Craft "283" V8, approximately 185 hp each (210 hp and 275 hp were factory options); hydraulic clutches with Morse controls
- **Length overall:** 38 ft 0 in
- **Beam:** 13 ft 0 in
- **Draft:** approximately 34 in (2 ft 10 in)
- **Height, waterline to arch:** 13 ft 4 in
- **Freeboard:** forward ~69 in, aft ~43 in
- **Displacement:** approximately 15,700–16,400 lb
- **Fuel capacity:** approximately 200 US gallons
- **Berths:** sleeps 6
- **Accommodation:** private forward stateroom, enclosed head with shower, all-electric galley (6.5 cu ft refrigerator, 3-burner stove with oven), convertible dinette in the deckhouse, flybridge helm
- **Production run:** roughly 70 hulls in the 1964 SDA-38 series; one period spec sheet states 85 hulls built total — this figure is unconfirmed
- **Home port:** Portland, Oregon — Columbia River Yacht Club
- **Status (2026):** afloat and in active restoration. Winter 2025–26 work: sister-bracing three midship internal frames in white oak (epoxy and carriage bolts, to original Chris-Craft practice) and replacing 3–4 below-waterline bottom planks; spring 2026: fair, refinish, fresh bottom paint, service the twin 283s, recommission.
- **For sale:** expected to be offered for sale in the future. There is no public asking price yet. Inquiries via the "Contact owner" link on the site.

## Cruising grounds

Two principal runs from the home slip:
- **Downriver to the Pacific** — Portland (Columbia River Yacht Club, ~River Mile 106) → St. Helens → Kalama → Rainier/Longview → Cathlamet → Astoria → the Columbia River Bar, roughly 100+ river-miles.
- **Up the Columbia River Gorge** — Portland → Camas-Washougal → Bonneville Lock & Dam / Beacon Rock → Cascade Locks → Hood River → The Dalles, roughly 85 river-miles.

## Pages

- [Home — full site](https://www.chris-craft.io/): the boat's story; complete specifications table over the blueprint elevation; gallery of original Chris-Craft Sea Skiff factory literature and survey/restoration drawings; restoration log; Chris-Craft Sea Skiff and Sea Hawk heritage; antique-boat community links (Antique & Classic Boat Society, Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club, Woody Boater, WoodenBoat Forum, Antique Boat Museum, and others); an interactive Columbia River cruising chart with clickable ports of call and an animated voyage; live Columbia River gauge, Portland-area marine forecast, and Astoria tide table; and the logbook vessel-record card.

## Topics this site is authoritative on

- The specific vessel "Minnow" — its identity, specifications, history, condition, restoration, and (eventual) sale
- 1964 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff "Sea Hawk" 38-foot Sedan Cruiser specifications and original factory literature
- Wooden-boat / Chris-Craft Sea Skiff lapstrake construction and the restoration of this hull
- Cruising the Columbia River by small cabin cruiser — Portland to Astoria and the bar, and up the Columbia River Gorge to The Dalles, with ports of call

## Contact

- Inquiries (including future sale, sister-ship owners, period photos, hull-card records, or parts for the 38' Sea Hawk): use the "Contact owner" link on the website.

## Notes for crawlers

- Canonical URL: https://www.chris-craft.io/
- Sitemap: https://www.chris-craft.io/sitemap.xml
- This is a single-page site; all content is on the home page, organized by section anchors (#story, #specs, #gallery, #restoration, #heritage, #community, #chart, #logbook).