31 Excalibur
 

I was just curious if I should use different props to get better performance out of my boat. currently using 23pitch mirage 3 blade these spin about 4700-4800 rpm @about 62-63 mph, I was told that I should be able to turn the motors @ 5200rpm any suggestions?

What year is the boat? diffefrent years had different bottoms (faster or slower). What engines do you have? Which transmissions?
DS

Dan,

Would you elaborate on the different bottoms? (Let's see you play this one straight ;-).

Robert Patch

1979 chris craft excalibur t-454ci 400hp motors
jacobs electronics computer ignition
as far as I know the transmission are stock

I don't believe that Chris Craft started that hull until 82 from Excalibur.

This is a e-mail that I recieved from a customer service rep at chris craft this fall. -Brad

Dear Brad,

This is a pretty rare boat. I have attached copies of what information we still have from our product catalogs. From hull record logs it appears that there were about 31 of these built in 1979. There was production scheduled for both inboard and outboard models in 1980, but I have no evidence that any were actually built.
It was at this time that Murray Industries acquired Chris Craft. It appears that the basic design re-appeared as the Scorpion/Stinger product line.
Unfortunately we do not have owner's manuals available for any vessels that are out of production or that the current ownership of Chris Craft did not build.

Hull records for boats built prior to 1980 have been transferred to the Chris Craft collection at the Mariner's Museum. They may be found at http://www.mariner.org/chriscraft/ .

You may have some success searching out Chris Craft owner's associations or enthusiast’s forums on the Internet.

Also many owners of seasoned Chris Crafts have had good success locating parts and material from LPX Services 941-795-0292

( www.chrisparts.com ), or from Marine Power (Dan Cook) at 740-446-3339.
We hope that this information will be helpful. Thank you for your interest in Chris Craft boats.

Mike Burwell - Customer Service

Chris*Craft Corporation
8161 15th Street East
Sarasota, FL 34243

Very cool info on the 31'. I just bought a 31' Excalibur last weekend from Cashbrain in Chicago. It appears identical to the Chris in the flyer. I can't help you with prop info because I haven't had the thing in the water and it has small blocks anyway. Jack said it did very low 60's with the 3 blade cleavers at 5200 RPM (TRS drives, Borg Warner trans). There are no markings on the props. How do I tell what size and pitch they are?

OK, sorry for the delay.
The bottom of a 31 is either a dead-rise V or a Pad with a notched transom.
Dead rise V is just what it sounds like. Bottom of the boat comes to a V. The V goes all the way back to the transom.
Pad bottom is looks like you dragged the boat around behind your truck without the trailer and wore a flat spot.
The flat pad on my boat I think is like 8 feet long. The bottom of the boat ends about a foot before the transom. then it goes up 6 inches or so , then back to the transom. That's the notch part. The pad makes it ride more "on top" of the water, and the notch make the boat seem shorter (as seen by the water).
The pad bottom notched transom boat ride rougher, but faster.
Here is a rear shot of my pad bottom notched transom 1984 Excalibur.

1980 Fountain (Excalibur) Executioner

The ad that you have is excaliburs not chris craft as they never advertised them as a excalibur. Zanie is right about the variations of the hull. My boat has a diferrent bottom than that it has a pad also but it also has a v added to the pad. Also nothed transom. with a high X. Mine is a 27 though.

another pic sent by same guy at Chris Craft.

you say The boat was not made by chris craft . .... Was it just marketed by them then??
just curious.

It was marketed by them I guess. I have all of the Excalibur info when Bill Farmer was building them. I never saw that ad. Thanks. I know that Chris Craft used the 31 hull for the stingers. My HIN # starts EX

I thought Excalibur HIN's were supposed to start with NAP. Mine starts with ILZ.

I would be very interested in seeing the Excalibur information you have. Info on them seems to be pretty scarce.

It is buried in some boxes and I have not been able to locate them though I know they are in my storage room in the house. To many papers and I save everything.

SorryI made a mistake on my hin # it starts with NAP and ends with E. I had to go out and look after I saw that it seemed familiar.
RW congrats on the boat I know you will like it where did you move it to?

The Chesapeake Bay. Actually, the South River off the bay. I've had a Nova 250 for the last ten years. Before that a 27' Mach I that went the way of my ex.

The boat is down in Woodbridge, Virginia for now for repairs. I expect it'll spend a couple of months there. I'm pretty psyched about the boat, but the more I look, the more work I see it needs. I guess that's inevitable when you enter on the bottom of the food chain. At least when it's finished it will be the boat I want. The Nova never was.

I believe that Chris Craft did indeed produce the Excalibur in 1980. There were two models, the 310 & 311 it looks like. I have documented three Chris Craft Excaliburs with hull numbers that begin with CCBAG indicating that the boats were built by Chris Craft at their Bradenton, FL plant. The same hull code is used from 1982 on the Chris Craft Stinger 312s - essentially, the Excalibur is a 312 before Dale Murray and Dick Genth bought Chris Craft. You can see examples of the Excaliburs on the galleries page on my website www.chriscraftstingers.com.

1980 executioner
 

Are you the owner of this 80 executioner? If so do you know how to decode the hull # ? I own one and have started a restoration on it. Looking for other owners that may be able to share info. Thanks Alex , Cigarette 20 is my other boat