Chris-Craft 381 Catalina
Built 1980–1989 by Chris-Craft
About the Chris-Craft 381 Catalina
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Built
- 1980–1989
- Builder
- Chris-Craft
- Length
- 38 ft
- Beam
- 14 ft
- Draft
- 3 ft
- Displacement
- 21,600 lb
- Hull / keel
- planing
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 410 gal
- Water
- 65 gal
- Holding
- 75 gal
- Bow thruster
- none
- Stern thruster
- none
Enlarged 350 Catalina; double cabin with no flybridge (helm on the raised aft deck). Very spacious engine room. Modified-V hull gives a hard ride in a chop. King berth available from 1983.
Known problems for this model
No well-sourced problem reports found yet.
Engines & parts
Crusader 350 / 454 inboard gas V8 parts: good
Factory standard engine — you entered “Crusader gas V8 inboard”
GM-based inboard engines; Crusader (now part of Pleasurecraft Marine Engine Co.) still publishes illustrated parts manuals and sells through distributors. Go2marine stocks Crusader manifolds, risers, raw water pumps and ignition parts; Osco and Barr make aftermarket manifolds, and new GM/Crusader base engines are sold by rebuilders.
Parts sources: Crusader Engines, Go2marine (Crusader parts), 1-800-RUNS-NEW (GM & Crusader base engines)
Common problems (1)
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Clogged or failing manifolds/risers exhaust
Owners find individual risers running much hotter than the others (a sign of internal blockage) and debate replacing vs. flushing; Osco manifolds are often preferred as closest to OEM.marineengine.com · marineengine.com
Model sources (1)
Other Chris-Craft models
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