{"id":3637,"date":"2026-05-27T17:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/chris-craft-and-the-company-that-outlasted-everyone-who-owned-it\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:36:24","slug":"icono-de-la-nautica-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/es\/icono-de-la-nautica-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris\u2011Craft y la Empresa que Sobrevivi\u00f3 a Todos sus Due\u00f1os"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3637\" class=\"elementor elementor-3637 elementor-3623\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63325e32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63325e32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23138f21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23138f21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4965ccd1 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-4965ccd1-3763f7a \" data-id=\"4965ccd1\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"4965ccd1\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-id=\"4965ccd1\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616af007 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"616af007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n\/* \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\n   CHRIS-CRAFT \u00b7 USA ONBOARD \u00b7 M\u00f3dulo Cr\u00f3nica \u00b7 Template 4\n   Widget 1 (ES) \u2014 Nace un \u00edcono\n   Embebible en Elementor \u2014 sin chrome de sitio, sin sidebar\n   Tipograf\u00edas: Cormorant Garamond + Jost\n   \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 *\/\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700&family=Jost:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap');\n\n.chronicle-es-article {\n  --serif: \"Cormorant Garamond\", Georgia, serif !important;\n  --sans:  \"Jost\", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif !important;\n  --paper:       #f4f0e8 !important;\n  --paper-deep:  #ebe4d4 !important;\n  --paper-warm:  #efe8d8 !important;\n  --ink:         #141210 !important;\n  --ink-mid:     #3a342c !important;\n  --ink-soft:    #7a7064 !important;\n  --sepia:       #8b6f47 !important;\n  --sepia-deep:  #5c4628 !important;\n  --sepia-lt:    #a98b5e !important;\n  --ice:         #a8bcc8 !important;\n  --ice-soft:    #c4d2da !important;\n  --ice-deep:    #6b8290 !important;\n  --rule:        #c9beae !important;\n  --rule-soft:   #ddd3c0 !important;\n  font-family: var(--sans) !important;\n  color: var(--ink) !important;\n  background: var(--paper) !important;\n  line-height: 1.6 !important;\n  overflow: hidden !important;\n}\n.chronicle-es-article *, .chronicle-es-article *::before, .chronicle-es-article *::after { box-sizing: border-box !important; 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}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<article class=\"chronicle-es-article is-chriscraft\">\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 HERO \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-hero\">\n    <div class=\"chr-hero-bg\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"chr-hero-grad\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"chr-hero-marker\">Cr\u00f3nicas \u00b7 1874 \u2014 Hoy<\/div>\n    <div class=\"chr-scroll-ind\">\n      <span>Empezar lectura<\/span>\n      <span class=\"chr-scroll-ln\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 EDITORIAL PLATE \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-editorial-plate\">\n    <div class=\"chr-plate-volanta reveal\">\n      <span class=\"chr-plate-volanta-line\"><\/span>\n      <span class=\"chr-plate-volanta-text\">Cr\u00f3nicas \u00b7 Chris&#8209;Craft \u00b7 N\u00e1utica estadounidense<\/span>\n      <span class=\"chr-plate-volanta-line\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"chr-plate-title reveal delay-1\"><strong>Chris&#8209;Craft<\/strong><br>y la empresa que sobrevivi\u00f3<br>a todos sus due\u00f1os<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"chr-plate-bajada reveal delay-2\">En 1874, un chico de trece a\u00f1os de un pueblo a orillas de un r\u00edo de Michigan construy\u00f3 un peque\u00f1o bote de madera. La empresa que creci\u00f3 a partir de ah\u00ed lleg\u00f3 a ser el mayor fabricante de powerboats de mahogany del mundo, entreg\u00f3 doce mil embarcaciones al ej\u00e9rcito estadounidense, sobrevivi\u00f3 a la Depresi\u00f3n y a la p\u00e9rdida de su familia fundadora, pas\u00f3 por seis due\u00f1os y una quiebra, y hoy sigue construyendo botes. Esta es la historia de un nombre que continu\u00f3 mucho despu\u00e9s de que se fueran los hombres que lo crearon.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"chr-plate-meta reveal delay-3\">\n      <span>Chris&#8209;Craft \u00b7 de Algonac a Sarasota<\/span>\n      <span class=\"chr-meta-sep\"><\/span>\n      <span>Cr\u00f3nica<\/span>\n      <span class=\"chr-meta-sep\"><\/span>\n      <span>14 min de lectura<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 LEDE + INTRO \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-lede reveal\">La tentaci\u00f3n con Chris&#8209;Craft es contarla como un romance: el mahogany, el cromo, el lago a la hora dorada, los nombres de quienes compraron los botes. Todo eso es real, y casi todo es secundario. El dato m\u00e1s perdurable sobre Chris&#8209;Craft es administrativo antes que est\u00e9tico. Es una empresa que ha construido botes de forma continua bajo el mismo nombre, con apenas breves interrupciones, desde antes de que existiera el autom\u00f3vil, y lo hizo cambiando de manos una y otra vez, quebrando al menos una vez, y sobreviviendo a la familia que la fund\u00f3 por m\u00e1s de medio siglo.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Los botes son la raz\u00f3n por la que alguien recuerda el nombre. La continuidad es la raz\u00f3n por la que todav\u00eda hay un nombre para recordar. Las dos mitades de esa frase importan, y la segunda es la m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de construir.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Christopher Columbus Smith naci\u00f3 en Algonac, Michigan, en <strong>1861<\/strong>, en una comunidad repartida por el delta del r\u00edo St. Clair: una tierra llana y surcada de agua donde los botes eran menos un pasatiempo que una condici\u00f3n de la vida diaria. Construy\u00f3 el primero en <strong>1874<\/strong>, a los trece a\u00f1os. Las embarcaciones tempranas eran modestas: punts y skiffs, los peque\u00f1os botes de fondo plano que necesitaba un cazador o un pescador del delta. Eran lo bastante buenos como para que los vecinos empezaran a ped\u00edrselos, y hacia 1881 Smith y su hermano mayor Henry, a quien siempre llamaron Hank, ya constru\u00edan botes a tiempo completo. Ninguno de los dos, en ese punto, hac\u00eda nada que sugiriera un futuro industrial. Eran dos hermanos que hac\u00edan bien botes de caza.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Lo que cambi\u00f3 la trayectoria fue el motor. Smith fue de los primeros constructores de la regi\u00f3n en colocar un motor de combusti\u00f3n interna dentro de un hull peque\u00f1o, y una vez que un bote pod\u00eda moverse por su propia fuerza, la pregunta dej\u00f3 de ser c\u00f3mo construir un buen bote y pas\u00f3 a ser c\u00f3mo construir uno r\u00e1pido. Esa pregunta ocupar\u00eda los siguientes cuarenta a\u00f1os de su vida de trabajo, y lo arrastrar\u00eda a la \u00f3rbita de los hombres que estaban convirtiendo las regatas de powerboats en un espect\u00e1culo nacional.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PHOTO PLATE \u2014 due\u00f1os de \u00e9poca a bordo \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <figure class=\"chr-photo-plate is-landscape reveal\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2400-X-1350-Imagen-de-4-hombres-todos-de-saco-y-corbata-uno-con-gorra-de-capitan-sentados-en-una-Chris-craft-clasica.-Foto-de-epoca-Black-And-White.jpg\" alt=\"Cuatro hombres de saco y corbata, uno con gorra de capit\u00e1n, sentados a bordo de una Chris-Craft cl\u00e1sica, foto de \u00e9poca\">\n    <figcaption class=\"chr-photo-cap\">\n      <span>\n        Due\u00f1os e invitados a bordo de una Chris&#8209;Craft cl\u00e1sica, vestidos para el agua como exig\u00eda la \u00e9poca\n        <span class=\"chr-photo-cap-credit\">Archivo Chris&#8209;Craft<\/span>\n      <\/span>\n    <\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SECTION HEAD \u2014 Primera parte \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-section-head reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-section-kicker\">Primera parte \u00b7 Algonac<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"chr-section-h\">Las regatas le ense\u00f1aron a los botes a ser r\u00e1pidos<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">En 1910 los hermanos se asociaron con socios externos para formar la <em>Smith Ryan Boat and Engine Company<\/em>, un intento de pasar de los encargos a medida hacia algo m\u00e1s cercano a la producci\u00f3n en serie: runabouts r\u00e1pidos y accesibles, construidos seg\u00fan un est\u00e1ndar repetible en lugar de a pedido de un \u00fanico cliente. La sociedad deb\u00eda parte de su nombre a John Ryan, un empresario de Cincinnati con gusto por las regatas en el r\u00edo St. Clair, y el trabajo mezclaba race boats vistosos con la ambici\u00f3n m\u00e1s sobria de construir para el p\u00fablico general del mismo modo en que Henry Ford empezaba a fabricar autos. Las finanzas de Ryan no sobrevivieron a la d\u00e9cada y la sociedad se disolvi\u00f3, pero la idea del runabout estandarizado no. Se convertir\u00eda en el cimiento de todo lo que vino despu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">La educaci\u00f3n decisiva lleg\u00f3 por las regatas. En 1915, un hull construido por Smith y llamado <em>Miss Detroit<\/em> gan\u00f3 la Gold Cup, el trofeo m\u00e1s prestigioso de la competici\u00f3n de powerboats en Estados Unidos. La victoria puso a Smith en la mira de Garfield Wood, conocido por todos como Gar Wood: un industrial hecho a s\u00ed mismo y el competidor m\u00e1s implacable que dar\u00eda el deporte. Wood compr\u00f3 el <em>Miss Detroit<\/em> y luego compr\u00f3 la empresa de Smith, y durante unos seis a\u00f1os Smith construy\u00f3 race boats bajo su direcci\u00f3n. Los botes ganaron una y otra vez: m\u00e1s Gold Cups y dos Harmsworth Trophies, el premio mayor de las regatas internacionales de motor.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">A veces los a\u00f1os de las regatas se cuentan como un desv\u00edo, el per\u00edodo anterior a la empresa de verdad. Fueron lo contrario. La competencia impuso al trabajo una disciplina que los encargos corrientes jam\u00e1s habr\u00edan exigido. Cada regata expon\u00eda una debilidad, en una forma de hull, en un herraje, en una bancada de motor, y cada debilidad hab\u00eda que resolverla antes de la pr\u00f3xima largada. Smith sali\u00f3 de su tiempo con Gar Wood como un constructor que entend\u00eda, a un nivel que pocos de sus contempor\u00e1neos alcanzaban, qu\u00e9 hac\u00eda a un bote r\u00e1pido y s\u00f3lido a la vez. Cuando volvi\u00f3 a trabajar por su cuenta, llev\u00f3 ese conocimiento a un mercado que estaba a punto de cambiar por completo.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 FACT BOX \u2014 el runabout estandarizado \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <aside class=\"chr-fact-box reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-fact-label\">El runabout estandarizado<\/div>\n    <p class=\"chr-fact-body\">La mayor\u00eda de los primeros powerboats se constru\u00edan a mano, de a uno, lo que los volv\u00eda caros y los manten\u00eda escasos. La intuici\u00f3n de Smith, afinada durante los a\u00f1os de Smith Ryan, fue que un runabout bien dise\u00f1ado pod\u00eda construirse seg\u00fan una especificaci\u00f3n fija y producirse en serie, igual que un autom\u00f3vil. <strong>Esa sola idea, el bote como producto estandarizado y no como encargo a medida, es la que convirti\u00f3 a un constructor regional en una industria.<\/strong><\/p>\n  <\/aside>\n\n<\/article>\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n  var root = document;\n  var targets = root.querySelectorAll('.chronicle-es-article .reveal, .chronicle-es-article .chr-photo-plate');\n  if ('IntersectionObserver' in window) {\n    var io = new IntersectionObserver(function(entries){\n      entries.forEach(function(e){\n        if (e.isIntersecting) { e.target.classList.add('in-view'); io.unobserve(e.target); }\n      });\n    }, { threshold: 0.14 });\n    targets.forEach(function(el){ io.observe(el); });\n  } else {\n    targets.forEach(function(el){ el.classList.add('in-view'); });\n  }\n})();\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-621b4643 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"621b4643\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a14a81f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"3a14a81f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"obi-ads-slot-placeholder obi-ads-slot-placeholder--landscape\" data-slot=\"landscape\" data-layout-type=\"landscape\" data-width=\"728\" data-height=\"90\" style=\"--obi-slot-width: 728px; 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}\n\n\/* \u2500\u2500\u2500 RESPONSIVE \u2500\u2500\u2500 *\/\n@media (max-width: 960px) {\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-container { padding: 0 24px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-section-head { margin: 60px auto 40px !important; padding: 0 24px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-photo-cap { left: 24px !important; right: 24px !important; bottom: 22px !important; font-size: 9px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-archive-plate { padding: 48px 28px 36px !important; margin: 56px 24px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-pullquote { padding: 72px 24px !important; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 640px) {\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-photo-plate.is-landscape { aspect-ratio: 4\/3 !important; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<article class=\"chronicle-es-article is-chriscraft\">\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SECTION HEAD \u2014 Segunda parte \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-section-head reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-section-kicker\">Segunda parte \u00b7 Los a\u00f1os del mahogany<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"chr-section-h\">Un apellido, y la mayor flota de su clase<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text chr-body-first reveal\">En <strong>1922<\/strong>, con la sociedad Smith Ryan ya atr\u00e1s, Smith reorganiz\u00f3 el negocio bajo un nombre que por fin pon\u00eda a la familia en el centro: la <em>Chris Smith &amp; Sons Boat Company<\/em>. Dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, en 1924, los botes adoptaron la marca que llevan desde entonces: Chris&#8209;Craft. El orden importa. La empresa existi\u00f3 antes que la marca; la marca fue una decisi\u00f3n comercial colocada sobre un negocio que ya llevaba medio siglo construyendo botes. Result\u00f3 ser uno de los nombres de marca m\u00e1s duraderos de la manufactura estadounidense, precisamente porque estaba pegado a algo que ya funcionaba.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">El momento era favorable. Los a\u00f1os veinte produc\u00edan, por primera vez, una clase media estadounidense considerable, con ingresos disponibles y tiempo libre, y Chris&#8209;Craft sali\u00f3 al encuentro de esa clase con exactamente el producto que Smith hab\u00eda pasado una d\u00e9cada aprendiendo a construir: un runabout atractivo, r\u00e1pido y hecho en f\u00e1brica, que una familia acomodada com\u00fan pod\u00eda aspirar a tener. La planta de Algonac avanz\u00f3 hacia m\u00e9todos de l\u00ednea de montaje, bajando el costo de botes que hasta hac\u00eda poco hab\u00edan sido lujos hechos a mano. En la cima del mercado, los nombres asociados a la posesi\u00f3n de una Chris&#8209;Craft eran de los que venden botes por asociaci\u00f3n, como Henry Ford o William Randolph Hearst, pero el logro comercial m\u00e1s profundo estaba en el otro extremo: llegar a compradores que nunca antes hab\u00edan imaginado tener un powerboat.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">En <strong>1927<\/strong>, Christopher Columbus Smith dio un paso al costado y su hijo <em>Jay Smith<\/em> asumi\u00f3 como presidente y gerente general. Jay ocupar\u00eda esos cargos durante los siguientes treinta y un a\u00f1os, y fue bajo su direcci\u00f3n que Chris&#8209;Craft se convirti\u00f3 en lo que todav\u00eda se recuerda: el mayor constructor de powerboats de mahogany del mundo. Vale la pena detenerse en la frase. No el m\u00e1s conocido, no el m\u00e1s prestigioso: el mayor. La distinci\u00f3n de Chris&#8209;Craft en este per\u00edodo fue tanto industrial como est\u00e9tica. Hab\u00eda convertido al runabout de mahogany en algo que pod\u00eda producirse a escala sin perder las cualidades que hac\u00edan que la gente lo deseara.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PHOTO PLATE VERTICAL \u2014 Commuter 1930 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <figure class=\"chr-photo-plate is-vertical reveal\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2400-X-1350-1930-Chris-Craft-Commuter-Foto-Color.jpg\" alt=\"Una Chris-Craft Commuter de 1930, fotograf\u00eda a color del bote con hull de mahogany\">\n    <figcaption class=\"chr-photo-cap\">\n      <span>\n        Una Chris&#8209;Craft Commuter de 1930, el hull de mahogany en el punto m\u00e1s alto de su alcance comercial\n        <span class=\"chr-photo-cap-credit\">Archivo Chris&#8209;Craft<\/span>\n      <\/span>\n    <\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">El propio material se volvi\u00f3 inseparable de la identidad. El mahogany, de grano cerrado, estable y hermoso bajo el barniz, era la firma visible de una Chris&#8209;Craft, y la reputaci\u00f3n de la empresa descansaba en la constancia con que lograba terminar esa madera a un nivel que parec\u00eda hecho a medida aun cuando no lo era. D\u00e9cadas m\u00e1s tarde, cuando los botes hac\u00eda rato hab\u00edan pasado a otros materiales, era el hull de mahogany brillante lo que la gente segu\u00eda imaginando al o\u00edr el nombre. La marca hab\u00eda conseguido adherirse a una superficie.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Entonces la superficie dej\u00f3 de venderse. La Gran Depresi\u00f3n le hizo a Chris&#8209;Craft lo que les hizo a todos los fabricantes de bienes caros y prescindibles: la demanda se desplom\u00f3. La respuesta de la empresa fue reveladora, porque no fue una reinvenci\u00f3n. Fue un repliegue a lo que ya sab\u00eda hacer. A medida que las ventas ca\u00edan a lo largo de los a\u00f1os treinta, Chris&#8209;Craft volvi\u00f3 a sus or\u00edgenes y se concentr\u00f3 otra vez en runabouts m\u00e1s chicos y accesibles, los botes estandarizados que hab\u00edan construido el negocio en primer lugar. La estrategia no era glamorosa, pero mantuvo la planta en marcha y a los trabajadores empleados durante a\u00f1os que cerraron a much\u00edsimos competidores de forma permanente.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 ARCHIVE PLATE \u2014 lema de Algonac \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <aside class=\"chr-archive-plate reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-archive-label\">Del registro de la empresa<\/div>\n    <p class=\"chr-archive-body\">Hacia los a\u00f1os veinte, una sola l\u00ednea le dec\u00eda al mundo de d\u00f3nde hab\u00eda salido el powerboat moderno: <em>Where It All Began.<\/em><\/p>\n    <div class=\"chr-archive-attr-wrap\">\n      <span class=\"chr-archive-attr\"><strong>Chris&#8209;Craft<\/strong> \u00b7 Algonac, Michigan \u00b7 publicidad de \u00e9poca<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/aside>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PULL QUOTE \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-pullquote reveal\">\n    <p class=\"chr-pq-text\">Cuando la demanda desapareci\u00f3, la empresa no se reinvent\u00f3. 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gap: 32px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-item::before { left: 96px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-date { font-size: 12px !important; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 640px) {\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-photo-plate.is-landscape { aspect-ratio: 4\/3 !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-list::before { display: none !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-item { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; gap: 10px !important; padding-bottom: 44px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-item::before { display: none !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-date { text-align: left !important; padding-top: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 4px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-content { padding-left: 0 !important; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<article class=\"chronicle-es-article is-chriscraft\">\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SECTION HEAD \u2014 Tercera parte \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-section-head reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-section-kicker\">Tercera parte \u00b7 Los a\u00f1os de la guerra<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"chr-section-h\">Doce mil botes, ninguno para el placer<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text chr-body-first reveal\">Cuando Estados Unidos entr\u00f3 en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el mercado de los botes de placer en mahogany barnizado desapareci\u00f3 de un d\u00eda para el otro, y Chris&#8209;Craft hizo lo que hizo toda la econom\u00eda manufacturera estadounidense: se reconvirti\u00f3. La misma planta que hab\u00eda estado produciendo runabouts para familias acomodadas empez\u00f3 a fabricar embarcaciones militares para la Marina y el Ej\u00e9rcito de Estados Unidos: patrol boats, utility launches, lanchas de desembarco y embarcaciones de rescate. Las habilidades se transfirieron casi de forma directa. Una empresa que hab\u00eda pasado dos d\u00e9cadas aprendiendo a construir hulls s\u00f3lidos de manera r\u00e1pida y constante era, seg\u00fan se vio, exactamente la clase de empresa que un gobierno en guerra necesitaba.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Las cifras son la parte que se resiste a ser romantizada, y son la parte que conviene retener. Para <strong>1945<\/strong>, Chris&#8209;Craft hab\u00eda construido cerca de <strong>doce mil<\/strong> embarcaciones militares. Esa cifra dice algo que las fotos de runabouts relucientes no dicen: que esto era, ya en los a\u00f1os cuarenta, una empresa genuinamente industrial, capaz de una producci\u00f3n a una escala que nada ten\u00eda que ver con el ocio y todo que ver con la capacidad de manufactura. El runabout de mahogany era la cara de la empresa. La l\u00ednea de producci\u00f3n de guerra era su musculatura.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PHOTO PLATE \u2014 carpintero en el casco, 1948 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <figure class=\"chr-photo-plate is-landscape reveal\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2400-x-1350-Carpintero-trabajando-en-el-casco-de-una-crist-Craft-en-el-astillero-en-1948-Foto-Black-And-White.jpg\" alt=\"Un carpintero trabajando en el casco de una Chris-Craft en el astillero en 1948\">\n    <figcaption class=\"chr-photo-cap\">\n      <span>\n        Un constructor trabajando un hull en el astillero de Chris&#8209;Craft, 1948\n        <span class=\"chr-photo-cap-credit\">Archivo Chris&#8209;Craft<\/span>\n      <\/span>\n    <\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SECTION HEAD \u2014 Cuarta parte \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-section-head reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-section-kicker\">Cuarta parte \u00b7 La madera cede<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"chr-section-h\">Ciento treinta y nueve modelos, y un material nuevo<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Los a\u00f1os de la posguerra fueron el pico comercial de la empresa. Las eficiencias de manufactura aprendidas durante la guerra pasaron directamente a la producci\u00f3n civil, y a comienzos de los a\u00f1os cincuenta Chris&#8209;Craft ofrec\u00eda un cat\u00e1logo de <strong>ciento treinta y nueve<\/strong> modelos de powerboats, una gama tan amplia que cubr\u00eda casi cada punto de la curva entre un bote utilitario familiar accesible y un cabin cruiser de cierto porte. La prosperidad estadounidense se expand\u00eda, los botes estaban al alcance, y la marca estaba en el centro de una cultura de la n\u00e1utica de recreo que ella misma hab\u00eda hecho mucho por crear.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Era tambi\u00e9n, en silencio, el principio del fin para el material que hab\u00eda hecho famosa a la empresa. En <strong>1955<\/strong>, Chris&#8209;Craft construy\u00f3 su primer bote de fibra de vidrio: el Cobra, un runabout llamativo cuya aleta trasera elevada, tomada del lenguaje visual de la aviaci\u00f3n y los autom\u00f3viles de posguerra, estaba moldeada con el nuevo material. Dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s la empresa sum\u00f3 una divisi\u00f3n de hulls de acero, que produc\u00eda la l\u00ednea Roamer de cruisers. La madera ya no era la \u00fanica forma, ni siquiera la forma obvia, de construir una Chris&#8209;Craft. El cambio fue gradual, y durante un tiempo el material viejo y el nuevo convivieron en el mismo sal\u00f3n de ventas, pero el rumbo estaba fijado.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Termin\u00f3, formalmente, en <strong>1971<\/strong>, cuando Chris&#8209;Craft construy\u00f3 su \u00faltimo bote de mahogany: un Constellation de cincuenta y siete pies. La empresa que hab\u00eda sido el mayor constructor de powerboats de mahogany del mundo hab\u00eda dejado de construirlos en madera por completo. No hay un solo momento que cierre la era cl\u00e1sica de la n\u00e1utica estadounidense con m\u00e1s nitidez que ese hull, y es caracter\u00edstico de Chris&#8209;Craft que la empresa simplemente siguiera adelante. Los botes que hab\u00edan hecho el nombre eran ahora historia. El nombre sigui\u00f3 funcionando.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PHOTO PLATE \u2014 Cobra 1955 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <figure class=\"chr-photo-plate is-landscape reveal\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1920-X-840-Chris-Craft-Cobra-1955-Foto-Black-And-White.jpg\" alt=\"Una Chris-Craft Cobra de 1955, el primer bote de fibra de vidrio de la empresa, foto en blanco y negro\">\n    <figcaption class=\"chr-photo-cap\">\n      <span>\n        La Cobra de 1955, con su aleta moldeada: la primera Chris&#8209;Craft construida en fibra de vidrio\n        <span class=\"chr-photo-cap-credit\">Archivo Chris&#8209;Craft<\/span>\n      <\/span>\n    <\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PULL QUOTE \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-pullquote reveal\">\n    <p class=\"chr-pq-text\">Los botes que hab\u00edan hecho el nombre eran ahora historia. El nombre sigui\u00f3 funcionando.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 TIMELINE \u2014 ilustrado \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-timeline\">\n    <div class=\"chr-timeline-head reveal\">\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-kicker\">Ciento cincuenta a\u00f1os \u00b7 1874 \u2014 Hoy<\/div>\n      <h3 class=\"chr-timeline-title\">Todo el arco, en nueve puntos fijos<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"chr-timeline-list\">\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1861&#8211;74<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMAGE-1-.jpg\" alt=\"Los or\u00edgenes de Chris-Craft, los primeros a\u00f1os en Algonac, Michigan\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">Un chico y un skiff en Algonac<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">Christopher Columbus Smith, nacido en 1861, construye su primer bote en 1874, a los trece a\u00f1os. La demanda crece; \u00e9l y su hermano Hank empiezan a construir a tiempo completo.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1910<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1920-X-1537-Composse-de-4-imagenes-de-detalles-de-una-Chris-Craft-Vintage-Foto-Black-And-White_4_BW.jpg\" alt=\"Detalles de una Chris-Craft vintage, evocando los primeros runabouts estandarizados\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">La Smith Ryan Boat Company<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">Una nueva sociedad se concentra en runabouts r\u00e1pidos y de precio accesible, construidos para el mercado masivo y no a pedido individual.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1922<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMAGE-2.jpg\" alt=\"Se forma la Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">Chris Smith &amp; Sons<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">La empresa Smith Ryan se renombra como Chris Smith &amp; Sons Boat Company. La marca Chris&#8209;Craft llega dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, en 1924.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1927<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMAGE-3.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Smith asume como presidente de Chris-Craft en 1927\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">Jay Smith toma el mando<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">Jay, hijo de Chris, asume como presidente y gerente general, cargo que ocupa durante treinta y un a\u00f1os. Chris&#8209;Craft se vuelve el mayor constructor de powerboats de mahogany del mundo.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1941<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMAGE-4-.jpg\" alt=\"Producci\u00f3n de guerra de Chris-Craft para la Marina y el Ej\u00e9rcito de Estados Unidos\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">La l\u00ednea se vuelca a la guerra<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">La producci\u00f3n pasa a patrol boats, utility launches y embarcaciones de rescate para la Marina y el Ej\u00e9rcito. Para 1945 se han construido unas doce mil naves militares.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1950&#8211;55<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMAGE-5.jpg\" alt=\"Expansi\u00f3n de posguerra de Chris-Craft a 139 modelos y primer bote de fibra de vidrio\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">Ciento treinta y nueve modelos<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">El pico de posguerra: el cat\u00e1logo crece hasta 139 modelos de powerboats, y en 1955 la primera Chris&#8209;Craft de fibra de vidrio, la Cobra, llega al agua.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">1971<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMAGE-6.jpg\" alt=\"El \u00faltimo Chris-Craft de mahogany, un Constellation de 57 pies, construido en 1971\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">El \u00faltimo hull de mahogany<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">Chris&#8209;Craft construye su \u00faltimo bote de madera, un Constellation de cincuenta y siete pies, y pasa p\u00e1gina sobre el material que hizo su nombre.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">2001<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2400-X1350-Detalle-de-la-madera-brillosa-y-herrajes-de-acero-de-una-christ-Craft-actual-del-modelo-vintage-Foto-Color.jpg\" alt=\"Detalle de la madera brillante y los herrajes de acero de una Chris-Craft actual\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">Un siglo nuevo, un due\u00f1o nuevo<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">Tras una serie de due\u00f1os corporativos y una quiebra, la firma brit\u00e1nica Stellican adquiere Chris&#8209;Craft y la relanza, reuniendo los botes y la marca.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-timeline-item reveal\">\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-date\">Hoy<\/div>\n        <div class=\"chr-timeline-content\">\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2400-X-1350-Lancha-Chris-Craft-1948-25%C2%B4-Sporstman-foto-color.jpg\" alt=\"Una Chris-Craft Sportsman restaurada, el estilo cl\u00e1sico llevado al presente\"><\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-event\">Todav\u00eda construyendo, en Sarasota<\/div>\n          <div class=\"chr-timeline-meta\">Propiedad de Winnebago Industries desde 2018 y con base en Sarasota, Florida, Chris&#8209;Craft sigue construyendo botes: la trayectoria continua m\u00e1s larga de cualquier nombre del rubro.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/article>\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n  var root = document;\n  var targets = root.querySelectorAll('.chronicle-es-article .reveal, .chronicle-es-article .chr-photo-plate, .chronicle-es-article .chr-timeline-item');\n  if ('IntersectionObserver' in window) {\n    var io = new IntersectionObserver(function(entries){\n      entries.forEach(function(e){\n        if (e.isIntersecting) { e.target.classList.add('in-view'); 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padding: 60px 24px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-coord-item { border-right: none !important; padding: 0 16px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-credits-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; gap: 32px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-discovery { padding: 80px 24px !important; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 640px) {\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-roster-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; gap: 36px !important; }\n  .chronicle-es-article .chr-photo-plate.is-landscape { aspect-ratio: 4\/3 !important; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<article class=\"chronicle-es-article is-chriscraft\">\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SECTION HEAD \u2014 Quinta parte \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-section-head reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-section-kicker\">Quinta parte \u00b7 De mano en mano<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"chr-section-h\">La familia se va, el nombre se queda<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text chr-body-first reveal\">Durante sus primeros ochenta y tantos a\u00f1os, Chris&#8209;Craft fue una empresa familiar en sentido literal: propiedad de los Smith, dirigida por ellos e identificada con ellos. Eso termin\u00f3 alrededor de <strong>1960<\/strong>, cuando el negocio pas\u00f3 a manos de <em>National Automotive Fibers, Inc.<\/em>, una sociedad de control que adopt\u00f3 el nombre Chris&#8209;Craft Industries en 1962 y oper\u00f3 los botes como una divisi\u00f3n m\u00e1s entre varias. Fue la primera vez que el nombre y la familia dejaron de ser la misma cosa, y fij\u00f3 el patr\u00f3n de todo lo que vino despu\u00e9s. A partir de aqu\u00ed, la historia trata menos de constructores de botes que de due\u00f1os, y el hecho notable es que los botes se siguieron construyendo a lo largo de todo eso.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">La secuencia es densa, y vale la pena dejarla asentada con claridad. En <strong>1981<\/strong>, la divisi\u00f3n de construcci\u00f3n de botes se vendi\u00f3 a un grupo encabezado por el empresario George Murray, mientras la empresa industrial matriz conservaba la marca Chris&#8209;Craft y se la licenciaba de vuelta. Ese arreglo se declar\u00f3 en quiebra a fines de <strong>1988<\/strong>. Las plantas y el nombre licenciado fueron adquiridos en <strong>1989<\/strong> por la <em>Outboard Marine Corporation<\/em>, por entonces uno de los gigantes de la industria marina estadounidense, que integr\u00f3 a Chris&#8209;Craft en su grupo de botes de recreo. Cuando la propia Outboard Marine quebr\u00f3 en 2000, la operaci\u00f3n de Chris&#8209;Craft volvi\u00f3 a cambiar de manos.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Lo que ese registro de due\u00f1os oculta es lo cerca que estuvo el nombre, m\u00e1s de una vez, de simplemente detenerse. Una marca separada de sus f\u00e1bricas, licenciada, sublicenciada y pasada a trav\u00e9s de dos quiebras corporativas es la clase de activo que suele desaparecer: absorbido, retirado o dejado caducar en silencio. Chris&#8209;Craft no desapareci\u00f3, pero conviene ser honestos: su supervivencia a trav\u00e9s de estas d\u00e9cadas fue tanto una cuesti\u00f3n de circunstancia comercial como de dise\u00f1o. Los botes eran buenos. El nombre ten\u00eda valor. Ninguna de las dos garant\u00edas es autom\u00e1tica, y muchos nombres estadounidenses comparables no lo lograron.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 PHOTO PLATE \u2014 Sportsman 1948 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <figure class=\"chr-photo-plate is-landscape reveal\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usaonboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2400-X-1350-Lancha-Chris-Craft-1948-25%C2%B4-Sporstman-Foto-Black-And-White.jpg\" alt=\"Una Chris-Craft Sportsman de 1948, de 25 pies, foto en blanco y negro\">\n    <figcaption class=\"chr-photo-cap\">\n      <span>\n        Una Sportsman de 1948: la clase de objeto que mantuvo al nombre digno de poseer a trav\u00e9s de cada cambio de manos\n        <span class=\"chr-photo-cap-credit\">Archivo Chris&#8209;Craft<\/span>\n      <\/span>\n    <\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 ROSTER \u2014 La familia Smith \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-roster reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-roster-head\">\n      <div class=\"chr-roster-kicker\">Dramatis Personae \u00b7 Generaciones fundadoras<\/div>\n      <h3 class=\"chr-roster-title\">Los Smith de Algonac<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"chr-roster-sub\">Durante tres generaciones, la empresa y la familia fueron la misma cosa. Estas son las figuras en torno a las cuales gir\u00f3 el negocio temprano.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"chr-roster-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"chr-roster-block\">\n        <div class=\"chr-roster-role\">El fundador<\/div>\n        <ul class=\"chr-roster-list\">\n          <li class=\"chr-roster-name\">Christopher Columbus Smith<span>1861&#8211;1939 \u00b7 construy\u00f3 su primer bote en 1874; le dio a la empresa su nombre y su m\u00e9todo<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-roster-block\">\n        <div class=\"chr-roster-role\">El hermano<\/div>\n        <ul class=\"chr-roster-list\">\n          <li class=\"chr-roster-name\">Henry &ldquo;Hank&rdquo; Smith<span>Se sum\u00f3 a Chris en 1881 para construir botes a tiempo completo, convirtiendo un oficio en un negocio<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"chr-roster-block\">\n        <div class=\"chr-roster-role\">El hijo<\/div>\n        <ul class=\"chr-roster-list\">\n          <li class=\"chr-roster-name\">Jay Smith<span>Presidente y gerente general desde 1927 por treinta y un a\u00f1os; construy\u00f3 el imperio del mahogany<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 SECTION HEAD \u2014 Sexta parte (ice) \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-section-head reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-section-kicker is-ice\">Sexta parte \u00b7 El presente<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"chr-section-h\">Sarasota<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"chr-container\">\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text chr-body-first reveal\">En <strong>2001<\/strong>, la firma brit\u00e1nica de capital privado <em>Stellican<\/em> adquiri\u00f3 la operaci\u00f3n de construcci\u00f3n de botes de Chris&#8209;Craft, y luego hizo algo que las d\u00e9cadas previas de due\u00f1os no hab\u00edan logrado: compr\u00f3 tambi\u00e9n la marca Chris&#8209;Craft, reuniendo los botes y el nombre bajo un mismo due\u00f1o por primera vez en a\u00f1os. La empresa relanzada se propuso reintroducir la marca con modelos nuevos construidos en materiales modernos pero dise\u00f1ados para evocar los runabouts cl\u00e1sicos: el bow afilado, la madera brillante, el cromo, usados como cita deliberada antes que como nostalgia.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">El giro m\u00e1s reciente lleg\u00f3 en <strong>2018<\/strong>, cuando Chris&#8209;Craft fue adquirida por <em>Winnebago Industries<\/em>, el fabricante de Iowa m\u00e1s conocido por sus veh\u00edculos recreativos, que estaba armando un portafolio de marcas de estilo de vida al aire libre y describi\u00f3 la compra como su entrada al mercado marino. Es, a primera vista, un custodio improbable para un nombre nacido en un r\u00edo de Michigan en 1874. Pero la l\u00f3gica es la misma que ha llevado a Chris&#8209;Craft a trav\u00e9s de cada due\u00f1o desde los Smith: los botes son buenos, el nombre tiene valor, y una empresa m\u00e1s grande vio una raz\u00f3n para seguir construyendo ambos.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"chr-body-text reveal\">Hoy Chris&#8209;Craft construye sus botes en <strong>Sarasota, Florida<\/strong>, en una gama contempor\u00e1nea de bowriders y day boats con motorizaci\u00f3n fueraborda, entre ellas las l\u00edneas Launch, Calypso y Catalina. Son embarcaciones modernas, con propulsi\u00f3n y electr\u00f3nica modernas, y no pretenden ser los runabouts de mahogany de los a\u00f1os treinta. Lo que llevan adelante es algo m\u00e1s estrecho y m\u00e1s duradero que un estilo: una l\u00ednea ininterrumpida de producci\u00f3n bajo un mismo nombre, que ya se extiende m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de ciento cincuenta a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 DISCOVERY MODULE \u2014 presente \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-discovery reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-discovery-inner\">\n      <div class=\"chr-discovery-volanta\">Chris&#8209;Craft \u00b7 Sarasota, Florida<\/div>\n      <h3 class=\"chr-discovery-h\">Seis due\u00f1os. Una quiebra.<br><strong>Un nombre, todav\u00eda construyendo.<\/strong><\/h3>\n      <p class=\"chr-discovery-body\">De la familia Smith a National Automotive Fibers, a Murray, a Outboard Marine, a Stellican, a Winnebago Industries, la propiedad de Chris&#8209;Craft cambi\u00f3 de manos una y otra vez. La l\u00ednea de producci\u00f3n no se detuvo por mucho tiempo.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"chr-discovery-body\">Esa continuidad, no el mahogany, no el cromo, no los due\u00f1os c\u00e9lebres, es lo genuinamente raro. Muy pocos nombres en cualquier industria manufacturera sobreviven a un siglo y medio de esa clase de turbulencia y siguen poniendo producto en el agua.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 COORDINATES STRIP \u2014 hitos num\u00e9ricos \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <section class=\"chr-coords reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-coord-item\">\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-label\">Fundaci\u00f3n<\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-value\">1874<\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-unit\">Algonac, Michigan<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"chr-coord-item\">\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-label\">Producci\u00f3n de guerra<\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-value\">12.000<span style=\"font-size:.42em; margin-left:6px; color:var(--ice);\">hulls<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-unit\">Militares, para 1945<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"chr-coord-item\">\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-label\">Gama de posguerra<\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-value\">139<span style=\"font-size:.42em; margin-left:6px; color:var(--ice);\">modelos<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-unit\">Principios de los 50<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"chr-coord-item\">\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-label\">En actividad<\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-value\">150<span style=\"font-size:.42em; margin-left:6px; color:var(--ice);\">a\u00f1os +<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-coord-unit\">1874 \u2014 Hoy<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 CREDITS \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <aside class=\"chr-credits reveal\">\n    <div class=\"chr-credits-inner\">\n      <div class=\"chr-credit-block\">\n        <div class=\"chr-credit-label\">Fotograf\u00eda de archivo<\/div>\n        <p class=\"chr-credit-body\"><strong>Archivo Chris&#8209;Craft<\/strong><br>Fotograf\u00eda hist\u00f3rica y de modelos cortes\u00eda de Chris&#8209;Craft.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-credit-block\">\n        <div class=\"chr-credit-label\">El presente<\/div>\n        <p class=\"chr-credit-body\"><strong>Chris&#8209;Craft, Sarasota, Florida<\/strong><br>Subsidiaria de Winnebago Industries desde 2018.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"chr-credit-block\">\n        <div class=\"chr-credit-label\">Fuentes primarias<\/div>\n        <p class=\"chr-credit-body\">Detroit Historical Society \u00b7 Mariners&rsquo; Museum \u00b7 Algonac&#8209;Clay Historical Society \u00b7 registros corporativos de Chris&#8209;Craft \u00b7 presentaciones ante la Securities and Exchange Commission de Estados Unidos, Winnebago Industries.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/aside>\n\n  <!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 COLOPHON \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n  <div class=\"chr-colophon\">\n    <p class=\"chr-colophon-text\">Un chico de trece a\u00f1os construy\u00f3 un bote en 1874. Los hombres que levantaron la empresa hace mucho que no est\u00e1n, y la familia que la fue due\u00f1a se march\u00f3 hace m\u00e1s de sesenta a\u00f1os. El nombre sigue en el agua. 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