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  1. Old Ironmaker

    Recommendation for carpet replacement to solid surface.

    I have a 94' StarCraft Superfisherman 190. It is carpeted on plywood from the top of the gunnels (aluminum underneath), down the interior walls and across the floor and on the rear casting platform. Other than in the bow area the carpet isn't really bad for a 25 year old boat, not bad for a 10...
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    Maximum width of vehicle/trailer on NA roads?

    I can't recall and my Google skills forsake me today. What is the legal maximum width of a vehicle and or trailer for a North American roadway? Without taking further precautions like signage or escort. I don't think Mexico has one based on my travels there. Thanks ahead of time.
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    Specs for my StarCraft Superfisherman 190

    I have never been able to find any real specs for my 1995 StarCraft Superfisherman 190. A Google search brings me here to iboats. There are general specs like weight, beam and length but not much more. I see roscoe led a Lund owner to a fairly good PFD from Lund for his 72'. If anything I would...
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    Looking for wiring diagram/help please

    We are working on Little Buddy's 1985 Grew 237 Cuddy. Of course the wiring looks like a bowl of coloured spaghetti after all these years. Googled boat and model and have gotten reams of diagrams but can't read them and the diagrams are all jumbled up with other non related schematics, even a...
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    Water logged foam.

    This morning we started to pull the floor from a pals new to him 86' StarCraft. It is bad, you can actually pull chunks out by hand and some plywood from a previous butchered patch job actually came up with the carpet. Here is the kicker all. The factory foam between the rotted stringers is as...
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    What is real estate going for where you are?

    There is a thread on the Boat Topics and Questions about the lack of boat restorations going on. Below is my take as to why the less and less you see it. Here in Southern Ontario, actually anywhere within a 2 hour drive from Toronto real estate prices have gone so far out of reality we are...
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    Am I insane and say yes or am I insane and say no to this trip?

    I will try to Readers Digest this as much as possible. I got a call from a very close friend last week. To give you an idea how close we met the very 1st day of High School in the fall or 68'. We played ball together from that day in 68', worked together on weekends in the Steel Plants in HS...
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    TV show "COPS" can be funny

    Up late can't sleep so I am on the net and watching COPS on TV. The cop asks a woman if she has anything illegal on her or in the car. Of course not. He asks her to sit on a wall next to the sidewalk. When she turns a glass pipe falls out her hoodie and smashes on the pavement. :I'm going to ask...
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    Do you think PFD's should be manditory under certain scenarios?

    For example when under full power, during a storm, navigating in the fog, for those that can't swim 5 miles. I don't want my Government to tell me how to be safe but sometimes it's the logical and smart thing to do. I always have my inflatable on as well as my wife 100% of the time, now I feel...
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    It's a sad time, winterizing time. A tip I was told today and soliciting for more.

    The saddest day of the year without going to a funeral for most of us. I have been told I have winterizing OCD. It was part of my job at the plant. I have a 19' StarCraft Superfisherman 190 with 3 livewells. It was suggested to me that rather than fill the drain lines with plumbers anti freeze...
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    Had to pass on this chuckle to you all.

    This time of the year there are loads of big old glass boats for sale around our parts, north shore Lake Erie. We had to laugh the other day. A guy had a big sign propped against his 80's or 90's era 26 footer. BUY TRAILER, FREE BOAT To scrap a big glass boat here you need to cut it up...
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    A formula to estimate boat weight.

    Because I don't do what I am supposed to do during the day I find I have time on my hands because it's too windy to fish. The most common question I get and read here is " How much does my boat weigh?" I have been trying to come up with a formula for weight based on length, beam and draught...
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    A tip for detaling hard to get to spots on the boat hull.

    A tip for getting to those detail areas a knuckle busting scrub brush won't. I searched high and low for a small stiff bristle brush I could put on my cordless drill and couldn't find anything anywhere where I live. So I commandeered a 3" round stiff bristle brush from under the sink that has a...
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    A good formula to clean hull after season.

    Since most of us lucky folks are taking the boats out or will soon I after many years and $$$ have found the best solution to clean the grimy hull. It is simply 1 part Lysol Toilet Bowl cleaner and 1 part Hydrogen Peroxide. Wet the area and spray on with a chemical sprayer. Let sit for a minute...
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    Can you contact The US Coast Guard via Cell Phone?

    We occasionally will fish shared border lakes and rivers here in Ontario. Here we can simply dial *16 (star 16) on a cell phone to contact the Canadian Coast Guard. Can we contact the USCG via cell phone as well?
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    How you determine what it costs to run your boat?

    I have crunched the numbers. From average yearly maintenances, insurance, storage and average fuel et all to operate my StarCraft Superfisherman 190, 115 HP Mariner. I keep track of everything including bearing grease for my trailer to electrical ties. I have it down to 20 bucks an operating...
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    Not a question but a great way to mount transducers to transom.

    http://www.smithmountainstriperclub....mounting-plate Mods I'm not sure iboats sells something similar, if so please delete. I don't sell these boards. If it is deemed to be solicitation then please delete. I know this question comes up once in a while and I thought I would pass it on from a...
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    Proper use of a compass on the water.

    I am trying to learn to use a compass properly on the water and no one yet has been able to explain it in layman's terms, either that or all the guys I know with compasses haven't a clue what they are looking at . AllDodge recently said on a post talking about repairing a compass that " I am on...
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    I just completed my "Small engine repair" course at a local Community College.

    I just completed my "Small engine repair" course at a local Community College. I was inspired by many and including those from this forum to learn some marine engine repair. I at the age of 62 decided to take the Small Engine Repair course at the Community College near us, near is 45 minutes...
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    Not a question, just a prop comment.

    A pal just bought a brand spanking new 90HP Honda 4 stroke and had it rigged by the Marina he bought it from. This is a 75 year old fanatic that fishes any open water all winter at least 2 days a week in winter and 5 days a week minimum in the other 3 seasons, some weekends. It took them 5 weeks...
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