Re: Boat Differences
SC, this is a copy of a post from my build thread that concerns mostly the Holiday and Sunchief.
In 66 the only difference was size. Both models came with the hatch. The only difference I can see was measurements like length, transom height, etc. A funny note-I don't know how they did it but the 22 foot Sunchief w/110HP came in at the same weight as the 18 foot Holiday.
Also in 66 the cheiftain and sunchief were on the same hull. The holiday and the starchief were on the same hull.
They also made a 20 footer in fiberglass that looks a lot like the sunchief called the suncruiser and and 18 foot model in fiberglass called the imperial. The fiberglass models were semi V, not Concave V like the aluminum boats.
They also made an outboard blank of the Sunchief.
They made all these models in 64, 65, and 66. In 67 the islander was offered in 22 foot aluminum and the holiday was offered as before and as a Deluxe model, both at 18 feet. The deluxe came with a mahogony ladder to access the bow, a glove compartment, a wood grain strip down the center of the bow like Kev's stripe and some sort of a wood grain instrument panel. We haven't seen one of those yet either! (edit- the 21 footer on ebay right now is the first deluxe holiday I've seen. It also came with some extra vinyl padding stuff on the inside of the gunwales)
No Sunchiefs were available this year. 66 was the third and final year for the Sunchief and the first year for the Islander was 67 (I guess the Islander took the spot of the Sunchief).
I don't know what was available in 68 cause I don't have the brochure.
In 69 they quit putting specs in the brochures and came out with an couple of 18 foot bowriders called the offshore and supersport along with the 18 foot holiday. The supersport only came in an outboard model and the offshore looked just like it but came in both the i/o and ob model.
I guess, from what I've seen here, that sometime in the 70's (after 71) they started making 22 foot holidays. Is that right?
As far as the other models are concerned, I could go on all day regarding the sometimes subtle differences from one to the other.
All of the aluminum models were basically the same hull with the differences being the semi V or concave V. Somewhere around maybe 67 or so they started calling the boats the holiday V or the this or that V. This really meant nothing. As far as I can tell it was just a marketing ploy making a play on the V hull design. It was not a Roman numeral designation.
There, that should be just enough to confuse everyone
