Length: 20' 0" | Stock #: CONT20
Location: The Boat House of Madison - Wisconsin 53597
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
1955 Chris Craft Continental
Length: 20' 0" | Stock #: CONT20
Location: The Boat House of Madison - Wisconsin 53597
1950 Chris Craft Riviara
Length: 18' 0" | Stock #: riv1950
Location: The Boat House of Madison - Wisconsin 53597
1955 Chris Craft 17' utility
Length: 17' 0" | Stock #: 17B
Location: The Boat House of Madison - Wisconsin 53597
1941 Peterborough Zephyr 14
Length: 14' 0" | Stock #: PETEZY
Location: The Boat House of Madison - Wisconsin 53597
1948 Sudlow Hydroplane
Location: The Boat House of Madison - Wisconsin 53597
Price: $16,500
1970’s Snipe Sailboat
Beam: 5’2”
Engine: None
Notes: Beautifully restored, and origi-nally built by a well known ‘Snipe builder’ this boat is ready to go. Wood spars and lightly used sails.
Price: $3,995.00 w/o trailer
1991 Hacker Inspired Gentleman's Racer
Beam: 6’5”
Engine: None
Notes: Built by Glen Lockman of Waloon Lake, MI this is beautiful example of epoxy composite construction. The boat is ready for the power plant specified by the new owner.
Price: $69,900.00 w/trailer
1937 Chris Craft 17’ Deluxe Runabout
Beam: 5’10”
Engine: 95 hp Model K
Notes: A good running boat in need of a face lift. Bottom has been worked on and is tight.
Price: $19,900.00 w/trailer
1947 Chris Craft 22’ Sportsman ‘Miss Gabby’
Beam: 6’2”
Engine: 135 hp. Model M
Notes: New 5200 bottom with a strong running motor. A very nice boat in need of some minor cosmetics.
Price: $22,900.00 w/trailer
1957 Century Raven ‘Presto’
Beam: 7’5”
Engine: V-8 Fireball with down draft carburetor.
Notes: Solid mahogany lapstrake with steam bent oak frames. A new bottom in 2002 and regularly serviced. She had a very particular owner who custom-ized her with a teak and holly cabin sole, and a hand-built engine box.
Price: $22,900.00 w/ new trailer
1990 Neils Hansen Motor Sailor ‘Sinclair Bay’
Beam: 9’6”
Engine: 4 cylinder 50 hp. Perkins diesel.
Displ. 18000 lbs.
Draft: 4’6”
Notes: Carvel planked, 1 3/8” pine planking on oak, with teak super structure. Built in Denmark, beautifully crafted. This is a work-in-progress and will be ready to go by spring of 2012.
Price: Contact Dealer
1978 Nimphius Custom Sailboat
Beam: 6’8”
Engine: None/Oars
Notes: A beautiful day sailor built by a Wisconsin builder. Cedar strip con-struction, sheathed in epoxy. Aluminum spars and lightly used sails.
Price: $19,900 w/trailer
1957 Chris Craft Sea Skiff
Beam: 7.5'
Engine: 95 hp. Model K
Notes: A great running, usable family boat. It is the original ‘picnic launch’.
Price: $14,900.00 with new trailer
Saturday, February 18, 2012
It's always summer
stare into the deep glossy finish of a wood boat.
You can't help but want to touch it.
I can't tell you how many times someone had walked into the varnish room and the first thing they do is reach out there hand to touch the boat. "Wet Varnish" you yell, to snap them out of the trance that the glossy liquid surface has placed them in. But that is just one of the facets that make wood boats so intriguing.
I wonder sometimes if back in the day when all there were was wooden boats, if they were held in the same regard or were they just considered boats. The shame of it is, today the materials to build these beauties are becoming scarce. Mahogany and teak in the quality needed to build these boats is hard to find and is quickly disappearing from the lumber market. Enjoy these boats while they are around, go to the wooden boat shows around the area this summer take in the art and beauty of wooden boats - cherish it while they are here.
A lot has changed at Brightwork Boat Works in the past year. We were bought by The Boat House of Madison, which has expanded the capabilities of Brightwork Boat Works to have a large brokerage of beautiful wooden boats, along with expanded mechanical services and the ability to work on sail boats also.
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