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| Starlight |
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| Owner: | Bob and Lora Diak and Charlie Engle |
| Make/Model: | Norm Philpott
Working Vessel Type - similar lines to Slocum's Spray |
| Year Built: | 1922 at Rocky River, Ohio |
| Length Over All: | 26' |
| Beam: | 8' 6'' |
| Construction: | Long Leaf Yellow Pine on Oak frames.
Original construction fastened with clenched iron nails. |
| Displaces: | 8800 Pounds |
| Rig: | Gaff Rig Sloop |
| Home Port: | Fairport Harbor (Grand River Sailing Center) |
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| Other Information: |
Major Rebuild 1996 to 2001 and 1982/1983
New floor timbers, transom, cockpit, refastened with silicon bronze, cabin trunk, decks, mast & mast step
Starlight was the First of 6 or 7 boats build by Norm Philpott
As of 2002, another sailboat built by Norm Philpott in 1932 is still in the water. It was moved to Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. It is an Alden design 32 foot sloop.
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