50' Chris Craft 501 Constellation Cruisers

Accommodations

Fwd guest cabin offers twin over/under berths to stbd with a shelf and hanging locker to port.  Just aft to stbd is a shower stall with a separate enclosed head to port.  An overhead hatch lets in air and light and provides emergency exit to fore deck.

Office is aft to stbd with a desk and chair fwd and an athwartship settee that can be used as a berth.  Ample storage here in cabinets, shelves, and drawers.  Cabin ports to stbd keep this cabin very bright.  Across the passageway to port is a second enclosed head with a separate shower stall.

VIP stateroom is further aft along the passageway, with a double island berth with easy access on either side.  Storage here is in hanging locker, cabinets, and drawers.  Cabin ports to stbd brighten this cabin.  A third enclosed head with separate shower stall is for this cabin.

Engine room is accessed aft of the VIP stateroom via a large door.  Incredibly spacious and brightly lit by overhead lights, there is plenty of space to maneuver around the engines for service work.  

Up the fwd companionway steps is the pilothouse with the lower helm station.  Console is fully equipped with electronics for navigating in inclement weather.  Doors to port and stbd allow easy access to either side deck.  Long settee along the aft bulkhead of the pilothouse provides a nice perch with a great view for the helmsman, or a place to read for the crew while at rest.

Visible through an etched glass window within the bulkhead is the galley-up. Attractively-curved counter sweeps across the width of the vessel, facing aft, allowing the cook to be social with those relaxing in the salon.  Fully equipped with a full-size refrigerator and freezer to port, four-burner stove in aft counter, large sink in fwd counter with trash compactor and dishwasher below.  There is storage in cabinets and drawers below the counters.

Main salon spans the width of the vessel with panoramic views through large windows to port and stbd and through glass doors that slide all the way open aft to the cockpit.  Protected from the weather when necessary, this salon opens brightly to the outside, letting in a terrific crossbreeze when the weather is nice.  A plush couch to stbd, recliner aft to port, chairs, and a coffee table provide a pleasant lounge for the crew.

Down a spiral staircase to port is the master stateroom.  King-size island berth is on center with a large mirror along the aft headboard.  There is a vanity with a chair aft to port and a large shelf to stbd.  Additional storage is in hanging lockers, cabinets, and drawers.  This cabin enjoys sole access to a master head with shower stall, which are behind a door in the fwd bulkhead.

• Pop-up bar in main salon
• Digital TV's and DVD players in main salon and master stateroom
• VacuFlush heads
• Reverse cycle air conditioning/heat
• Three-zone hot water base boar heating
• Marquip boarding stairs

Outside stereo system consists of:

• Upper deck -- five speakers

• Woofer under upper helm

• Aft deck -- two speakers with volume control

• Front sun pads -- two speakers

• Corian counter and sink
• GE full-size refrigerator and freezer
• Thermador four-burner stove
• Thermador convection microwave
• Kenmore dishwasher
• Thermador trash compactor

• 12V DC electrical system
• (2) 8D house batteries, new -- summer 2013
• (2) 8D engine start batteries, new -- summer 2013
• (1) 4D generator battery, new -- summer 2013
• 220V AC electrical system
• Onan 20kW generator, 1938 hours
• New starter on generator -- fall 2013
• Xantrex 3000W inverter with upper control in galley

• (2) independent radar systems and (2) independent plotters
• Nobeltec radar at both stations
• Nobeltec plotter at both stations -- new in 2013
• Nobeltec Odyssey software to be installed in 2014
• Furuno 4kw radar at lower helm
• Garmin 182/c GPS plotter -- new in 2013
• Cetrek 737 auto pilot at lower helm
• Standard Horizon Infinity VHF
• Standard Horizon LH10 hailer
• Datamarine Link 5000 depth, apparent wind, speed, log at both stations
• Bennett trim tabs
• Engine room and back-up cameras

• Twin Detroit GM 6V92 diesel engines, 550HP each with approx 2710 hours
• Air Seps on the engines 
• Algae x fuel cleaners on both engines
• Electronic gear and throttle controls at upper and lower helms
• Hynautic hydraulic steering system
• Oil change system
• 2.25" stainless shafts
• four-blade bronze props
• Dual Racor primary fuel filters for each engine
• Oil spinners/cleaner system for engines and generator - double time between oil changes
• Stabilizers
• Fuel capacity: 760 gallons
• Fresh water capacity: 240 gallons
• Holding tank capacity: 100 gallons
• Hot water tank: 20 gallons

Safe side decks lead to a large foredeck with sun pad on the cabin top for lounging outside.  

Fly bridge is accessed via an interior companionway in the pilothouse.  Captain and mate enjoy twin pedestal seats at the upper helm, while guests relax in a large U-shaped dinette  aft.  

• Solid fiberglass hull
• Swim platform
• Stainless stanchions and bow rail with teak handrail
• Maxwell 2200 electric windlass with chain and rope vertical drum
• Electric davit for hoisting dinghy
• Bimini for fly bridge
• Freshwater and saltwater wash downs in aft cockpit

• West Marine RIB -- new in 2012, with Mercury outboard
• Delta 65# anchor with 159' chain and 200' rode
• Fortress 50 storm anchor
• Adult and child PFD's
• Life ring
• Flares
• Four-person valise packed life raft
• Search light
• Life Sling
• Magma propane grill on flybridge
• Fenders & docklines
• Excluded from the sale: personal items, ditch bag, and EPIRB

I have owned the boat since 2001 and am the third owner (we have the original owner's log on the boat) . This boat originated in Lake Michigan with the first owner and was captained and maintained by the captain in a boathouse owned by the original purchaser. The boat then spent the second owner's days on lake Texoma in a covered slip and when I purchased her was located in the Neches river in Beaumont, Texas in a covered slip. So, she has been in freshwater until we brought her up to Maine in 2012, where she has been in heated storage at Hinckley Yachts in Southwest Harbor during the winter.  She has been in several hurricanes and fortunately sustained only minor damage to the hull (scrapes causing paint damage), rub rail damage, and prop damage, all of which were repaired at Pier 77 (a first-class facility in Galveston, TX).  In fact, she was in their yard, out of water, when hurricane Rita hit...she has never taken on any water or had water damage.  I wrote about how they took care of her... Go to Amazon and search for book,  "Doc's Holiday Coming Home". ...it describes our entire trip from Galveston to when she was put up at Hinckley.

     All maintenance, other than oil and filter changes, were done professionally by Albatross Marine out of Vidor, Texas, and now Hinckley.

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.