Photo Credit: Kent O. Smith, Jr., KAOS Imagery
“No Way”
1964 20-foot Chris-Craft Holiday
As told by Carmen DeLeo, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
“I first saw her lying on her side at a South Jersey marina in October of 1982,” says Carmen DeLeo. “She had been stored and never re- claimed. The boat was in bad shape, but all the hardware was intact. That’s when I decided it would be a project boat and acquired her for the cost of storage fees after obtaining the title.”
The Chris-Craft Archives at the Mariners Museum provided all necessary restoration information including photographs, manufacturing drawings, and the fact that only 10 of this model were built that year. “My boat is hull # 2.” CUD20-0002
For the next 18 years the boat remained untouched and stored. In 2000 she underwent a full restoration. “Often family and friends would ask about the old Chris-Craft and jest there is “no way” I would ever restore that boat to its original condition.” Since Then the boat has made multiple appearances at shows from Sunnyland to Clayton to Burlington with a few stops in between, providing hours of enjoyment for his children, grandchildren, family and friends. “Best of all,” says DeLeo, “her name is No Way.”
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