Hello from the Netherlands: Crescent 501

[Tinkerbell 0]

Hi all!
My name is Bastiaan and I'm from the Netherlands. My wife and I recently bought this old Crescent 501 hardtop boat. When we saw it, we immediately fell in love with it. We decided to buy it and make it solid and pretty again so we can enjoy it for many years.
Currently, I am filling all the dents and scuffs on the keel with Epoxy filler.
My wife will redo the seats and pillows with new fabric.

I'm very curious how old this boat is. I already contacted Crescent (Cremo) but they have no info about the older boats. I found the Crescent 505 which looks like the 501 in a brochure, but no sing of the 501.

Does someone know more about the production of the 501? Any other info or pictures? Also, I am curious how many horsepower it could hold. It currently has a 1998 8HP Yamaha 4 stroke (43KG). They cut the rear to fit the bigger 4-stroke and laminate the transom with heavy plastic plates.

Thank you for reading. Sorry it's in English!

 

 

[Dany_ms 64]

1 timme sedan skrev Tinkerbell:

Also, I am curious how many horsepower it could hold.

In one of the pictures, the plaquette says "Maximum engine strength 10 hp" (Maximal motorstyrka 10 hk). 5 on the same plaq is max load in number of adults.

[Marinexpress_Lysekil 3]

Tried to find any info about this and found this description:

 

"On the right side from the back, seen from the outside, you will find a long number molded into the plastic, the last two numbers show which year model it is."

 

They started doing this in -94 so sadly anything older would be guesswork.

I looked through these old catalogues but sadly your model was not mentioned

https://cremoboats.se/aldre-kataloger/

 

 

[Tinkerbell 0]

Thank you for your effort. Great link. I will save the PDF files before they are deleted. They made such nice boats back in the days.

In the link they also mention a facebook link for Crescent enthousiasts. I will ask there to. 

 

The long number in the mold is for boats after 94? Ik think the 501 would be late 70s.