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    Chris-Craft 47 Commander

    Aug 10, 2021 3 minutes
    By John Wooldridge

    LOA: 47’0”

    Beam: 15’0”

    Draft: 4’0”

    DIspl. 35,480 lbs.

    Fuel: 350 gals.

    Water: 80 gals.

    Power: (2) 300-hp inboards

    Boat ownership is a state that some are born to, some achieve and some have thrust upon them. Bob Crouch, who bought his 1970 Chris-Craft Commander in 2006 and keeps it on Lake Lewisville just north of Dallas, is surely all three.

    The son of a home-builder who was an avid outdoorsman and boat owner, Bob Crouch remembers taking to the water at

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