Cruiser

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A cruiser, short for cabin cruiser, is a boat that has some sort of enclosed, or semi-enclosed cabin structure. Chris-Craft and other manufacturers have designed and built many variations of cabin cruisers over the years, including, enclosed, semi-enclosed, express, enclosed bridge, aft cabin designs. All of these cruiser variations define internal spaces differently.

A semi-enclosed cruiser, for example, may have a fixed windscreen and side windows, with a hard top rood structure overhead. The cabin may be open to the aft deck with only the helm station under the roof at the cockpit sole level. Other cruisers have large fully enclosed cabins, that extend to the transom of the boat.

Most cabin cruisers have at least some creature comforts below decks—that is to say a couple of steps down below the cockpit sole. These amenities range from a simple portable head, or a V-berth, to well-equipped living environments suitable for long-term cruising. Larger cabin cruisers may have a full galley, (kitchen), multiple staterooms (sleeping quarters), complete entertainment spaces, and fully equipped heads (bathrooms).