PROJECT 6
This all original 17’ Newport was located in a garage in Brooklyn, NY where it sat unused since 1989. We acquired the Newport from the original owner who used the boat only a handful of times in Long Island Sound and then parked it in his garage. The 17’ Newport was introduced in 1975 and produced until 1990. The Newport was built on the same 17’ hull as the very popular center console Montauk, but was intended to be a more family friendly platform for fishing, skiing, cruising and to compete with bow riders. The standard Newport model featured a molded fiberglass side console with windscreen, wide fiberglass gunnels with interior storage, forward low profile stainless bow railing with windscreen, three piece rubrail with scarlet red insert, two forward upholstered bucket seats and reversible pilot seat with padded backrest. This particular Newport was optioned from the factory with an upholstered igloo cooler, replacing the reversible pilot seat and rear casting platform with a livewell factory cushion set, and removable towing pylon for skiing. The original 1987 Johnson outboard was frozen from years of storage and not worth repairing, so we re-powered with a new 3-cylinder 90hp Yamaha 2-stroke outboard with power trim/tilt. The 90hp Yamaha offers the best power/weight ratio of all available outboards for the 17’ hull and has a reputation as one on Yamaha’s best outboards ever produced. This Newport is absolutely perfect and in as new condition. This rare Newport is an excellent layout for family adventures on the water