- Owner
- John
Constable
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Email
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Town - Pewaukee, WI
- Boat
Builder -Century
- Boat
Model - Utility
- Boat
Lenght -
17'
- Boat
Year - 1946
- Boat
Hull - ?
- Boat
Name - Northstar
- Engine
- Gray Phantom, 125HP, Cyl.
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- Additional
Information -
Construction is 1" x 2 3/4" philippine mahogany
frames 12" on center. All planking is bronze fastened philippine
mahogany with 1/2" x 1 1/2"seam battens. Deck seams
are white butytl caulked. 125 hp Gray Phantom, two single barrel
updrafts fitted with flame arrestors and drip collectors.
"Northstar entered my life on a wet and windy day in 1996
parked beside a country road that ran close to the lake near my
home. An old wooden boat, pale and bleached by the sun seemly
forgotten and looking particularly forlorn sitting on an old rusty
trailer with one flat tire, but a hand painted sign announced
she was for sale which was all I needed to call the number and
talk to the owner. Apparently there had been some interest in
the boat but no offers so I suggested we take her for a spin right
away. "But it's raining!" said the owner. Never the
less I overcame his objection and half way across Lake Pewaukee
a deal was struck and the Janet Rose as she was named at that
time became mine! It was apparent after a very close inspection
that the only way to bring the boat back to it's former glory
was
to do a total restoration and so from 1997 through 1998 Brightwork
Boat Works located in Madison set about the task with enthusiasm
and all the right skills. Fortunately only one plank needed to
be completely replaced but the engine needed a complete rebuild
so it was sent to John Dubikis in
New York who came highly recommended and when I saw and heard
the end result I could see why. The day eventually arrived in
spring of 1999 when the
Janet Rose was reborn as the Northstar and lay gently rocking
at her moorings at the end of the pier, a sparkling tribute to
all the skilled craftsmen that made her that way."
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