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Length 30' Prior Names Argus Star, Wensue, Pawhuska
Year Built 1957 Build Number
Beam 8' 3" Hull Construction Carvel planked, single skin.
Draft 2' 6" Deck Construction Canvas covered mahogany
Engine Make BMC Navigator Superstructure Style Open aft cockpit
Engine Size 1500 cc Number of Berths 5
Engine Fuel Type Petrol Location
 
     
 
History
 
1957 Originally a hire craft in the Bates fleet based at Chertsey named 'ARGUS STAR''. Transom stern & slightly raked stem.
Mid 1970s In private ownership, named "Wensue".
1978 Purchased via Bates by Brian Hague and renamed "Pawhuska" after an Indian Chief in Oklahoma which means "White Hair".

 

No major rebuild - a few replacement timbers in stern and topsides. Original engine. Interior refurbished.
Rare example of this type, having a single skin hull. CARVEL PLANKED
1997 Under restoration at T. Green's. New teak deck replaced original canvas covered deck. Transom replaced.
Owned by Joseph Howe.
2002 Purchased by John Shirley.
 

 

 
       
   

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