On my way home today I spotted an Starcraft SS for sale on a back street, at first glance I thought it to be an 16' Super Sport but after stopping and looking it over I see it measures 17' 1" long. Its a lapstrake aluminum hull, but the bottom is smooth metal, and the lapstrake doesn't go all the way up. The color sort of a blue/green. Its got two back to back seats, which match the boat and bow cushions, and a much shorter splash well than say my old 1974 SS16.
The title the guy has says its a 1984 model. There are no model logos on the boat at all and I didn't see a Coast Guard plate anywhere.
The boat was in fair condition, the transom and floors seemed solid but the seats and paint were weathered. The motor was an early Yamaha 40hp, which no doubt is way too small for the boat. I'm thinking it would need more like a 115hp or so. The owner was an old guy in his late 80's, he said he bought it new but rarely used it. The town there passed a 'No Boats' ordinance so he's a motivated seller.
I looked at the brochures listed above and don't see anything that matches but its closest to the mid 80's SS 16' models only a foot longer.
I didn't realize they built a 17' bow rider hull in aluminum back then?
Does anyone have any info on the mid 80's boats? Did the construction change much from the older models?
The reason I ask is because I had a 1992 model Super Fisherman 19' and that used poured foam throughout the hull, which in turn ended up harboring corrosion which rotted through the hull all over the place. That boat had no lapstrake aluminum at all and pedestal seats, it also had very noticeable reverse chines where as the hull I looked at today was shaped pretty much like my older SS16.
Did the mid 80's boats use pour in foam or did they still use the drop in foam strips like on the early models?
I know I don't have any pics but what would you figure the value on a basically turn key 17' aluminum boat on a roller trailer with a running 40hp motor?
The title the guy has says its a 1984 model. There are no model logos on the boat at all and I didn't see a Coast Guard plate anywhere.
The boat was in fair condition, the transom and floors seemed solid but the seats and paint were weathered. The motor was an early Yamaha 40hp, which no doubt is way too small for the boat. I'm thinking it would need more like a 115hp or so. The owner was an old guy in his late 80's, he said he bought it new but rarely used it. The town there passed a 'No Boats' ordinance so he's a motivated seller.
I looked at the brochures listed above and don't see anything that matches but its closest to the mid 80's SS 16' models only a foot longer.
I didn't realize they built a 17' bow rider hull in aluminum back then?
Does anyone have any info on the mid 80's boats? Did the construction change much from the older models?
The reason I ask is because I had a 1992 model Super Fisherman 19' and that used poured foam throughout the hull, which in turn ended up harboring corrosion which rotted through the hull all over the place. That boat had no lapstrake aluminum at all and pedestal seats, it also had very noticeable reverse chines where as the hull I looked at today was shaped pretty much like my older SS16.
Did the mid 80's boats use pour in foam or did they still use the drop in foam strips like on the early models?
I know I don't have any pics but what would you figure the value on a basically turn key 17' aluminum boat on a roller trailer with a running 40hp motor?
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