This page contains images scanned from
various Chrysler advertisements and articles on Chrysler Boats.
Thanks go to David Kain, who maintains the Chrysler Crew Website.
He managed to find a "new" brochure from the 1970's which contained ads for
the Man-O-War, Musketeer, Buccaneer, Mutineer, and an original pricing sheet.
Please visit his website @ http://www.geocities.com/thechryslercrew.
Thanks go to Sanford and Val Gentry, who sail their C-26 in Indiana.
Much of the initial information, drawings and pictures contained in this page
were borrowed from their site and modified herein. Please visit their
website @ http://www.kiva.net/~gentrysv/sail.html.
Thanks go to Al McMillan for scanning and sending images of color ads
from a 1970's era Sail magazine. Al sails on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Thanks go to Ron and Sue Hatton for the photograph of a late 1970's
advertisement found in SAIL magazine for the C-26.
The color brochures are circa 1977, and were contributed by Stephan Nolan, who sails his Buccaneer on
Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. Thanks, Stephan!
Thanks go to Dan Bowen for scanning and sending the LS-13 and LS-16 Lone
Star pamphlets.
The black & white ads were scanned and sent by Dan Kehoe, who sails in
Missouri.
Thanks go to Jim Kaza, who sails his C-26 in Michigan for sending in a copy of
an article from Trailer Boats Magazine on the Chrysler 26.
Thanks go to Kenneth Miner for scanning and sending the Value Inspection
Program (VIP) Letter he received along with his 1977 Chrysler 26.
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Chrysler Cruising Sailboats Advertisment
Chrysler C-20 Advertisment
Chrysler C-22 Advertisment
Chrysler C-22 Advertisement
Chrysler C-22 Specifications
Chrysler C-26 Advertisment
Chrysler C-26 Ad Photo
Another Chrysler C-26 Ad Photo
Chrysler Specifications for C-20, C-22, & C-26
Chrysler Value Inspection Program (VIP) Letter for a C-26
Chrysler 15 "Mutineer" Brochure Page
Chrysler 15 "Man-O-War" Brochure Page
Chrysler 16 "Musketeer" Catamaran Brochure Page
Chrysler 18 "Buccaneer" Brochure Page
Chrysler Sailboat Prices Brochure Page
Chrysler Sailboats Brochure Page
Chrysler 13 "Pirateer" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 13 "Barracuda" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler LS-13 "Lone Star" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 14 "Dagger" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 15 "Mutineer" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 15 "Man-O-War" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler LS-16 "Lone Star" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 18 "Buccaneer" Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 22 Brochure Page accompanying description
Chrysler 22 Brochure Page (continued) accompanying description
Chrysler 26 Brochure Page accompanying description
This is a b/w photo of a C-22 from a sales brochure
Another b/w photo of a C-22 from a sales brochure
Another b/w photo of a C-22 from a sales brochure
Another b/w photo of a C-22 from a sales brochure
Here's a b/w photo of a C-26 from a sales brochure
Another b/w photo of a C-26 from a sales brochure
Chrysler 26 Article from Trailer Boats Magazine
Chrysler Boat Corporation (1978) "Slip into 26 feet of solid, offshore comfort to go for a family cruise or lead the fleet around regatta buoys. Take the helm of this trailerable, new Chrysler and feel how terrifically stable, yet instantly responsive she is. Shes ready to help you make your escape with main, genoa, rigging, running gear all standard in her self-bailing cockpit and spacious cabin theres extra elbow room, storage room and 6ft. standing headroom. She sleeps 6 on full, deep-cushioned, 6ft 3in. berths; offers real live-aboard luxury with dinette table, deluxe cabin trim, enclosed head area, and color coordinated style. She has comfort, convenience options galore. Eight windows and two hatches make her bright and airy. A smooth main cabin liner makes her a breeze to maintain. She's available with easy-trailering swing keel, or fixed keel (in 1978), to suit your boating style.
Standard Equipment: Sleeping for 6 (forward v-berth, double
stern berth, two side berths). Dinette table, chart/battery locker, cupboard.
Hand layup construction with reinforcements and smooth partial cabin liner;
plush cabin trim. Space for 48-qt. ice chest below forward berth. Enclosed
toilet area. Plenty of dry storage. Wide, translucent companionway hatch
teak door boards, hasp. Translucent foredeck hatch. Six side windows and
2 cockpit windows (for light in stern berth). Self-bailing cockpit. Cockpit
seat hatch (port). Sealed fuel tank/battery hatch. Split backstay. Two
tone skid-resistant deck surfaces. Hinged mast step. Anodized aluminum
mast, boom. Mast carrier. Dacron mainsail. 110% dacron genoa, dacron halyards.
Running rigging. Adjustable stainless-steel stand rigging (double lower
shrouds). Harken blocks. Full-length combination toe rail/genoa track.
Choice of fixed keel; or swing keel with patented lock, pennant and silent
winch. Inboard tiller with adjustable up-down rudder (stainless cheeks,
rudder post). Mainsail outhaul, downhaul.
Optional Equipment: Bow pulpit, Stern rail, Lifelines and stanchions. Mainsheet traveler. Halyard winches. portable 48-qt. ice chest. built-in galley (two-burner alcohol stove w/stainless cover, stainless-steel sink, 5-gal water tank, 25-qt. ice chest). Portable marine toilet, or permanent toilet w/holding tank. Cabin window and privacy curtains. Mosquito screens. Yanmar 8-hp diesel (1cyl.) inboard with remote controls, (1978 a 6.5 hp. diesel (manufacturer not mentioned) and saildrive) fuel tank. Chrysler Sailor 6 hp. or 10-hp. outboard motor. Built in outboard mount. Bimini tip. Canvas dodger curtains for cockpit area. Stern boarding ladder. Backstay adjuster. Cabin, running light. Mainsail cover. Spinnaker with pole, fittings. Working jib. 150% and 170% genoa. Cockpit cushions. Boom vang. Cradle. Mast-raising bridle. Custom-mated trailer. Mainsail jiffy reefing. Barlow or Lewmar winches."
If you have, or know of any other Chrysler ads, please send them to me via e-mail by clicking on the "e-mail" button in the left frame.