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  1. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks! It's been kind of held up here the last few weeks. I've been trying to get some use out of the boat before the season is over (my 7 year old got up on the ski trainer), but I have plans for it to go back into the shop over the winter and have the interior work I wanted done, completed...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Hey, nice boat! I think it's the same hull as mine but the windshield is different. It's always nice to see somebody giving these old boats some love. My bimini was custom built at a boat canvas shop. They made the frame and built the canvas the way I asked them to. It can be hard to see out...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks. I don't think there will be any vibration. They really did a good job on the transom cap. It fits like a glove. The angle across the forward side is 90 degrees but across the back they bent the angle in, to match the angle of the transom, so it's folded in 10 degrees and it hugs it...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Man, I wasn't kidding when I said I didn't know when it will be splashed this year. I got the boat back from the shop, welding looks great and I'm going to take it for a test ride in the morning. They ended up making me a really nice cap out of C-channel that goes across the top of my transom...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks. I ordered the seats from Deckmate. The Canvas shop just installed them. They weren't very expensive, they use quality marine vinyl, all 316 stainless hardware, and the bases are composite (no rotting). It goes back to the canvas shop in November to have the rest of the interior done this...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    So they, did the canvas and I'm happy with that. They also replace my decking, carpeted my floor and side compartments, and they installed my new back-to-back seats. I put the rest of the interior work on hold so I can try to get some use out of it before the season is over. It will go back to...
  7. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing looks more loved than a boat with new canvas!
  8. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I finally got the call I've been waiting for the other day. The shop that has my boat is going to complete about half of the work I needed done and get it back to me. I might get two or three months of use out of it this year after all. Some of their employees had bouts with COVID in the Spring...
  9. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks, but I can't take much credit other than what's been posted. It's at an upholstery shop and I'm kind of letting them do their thing with it. Do you have an active thread going for your build?
  10. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I'm going to have the entire interior of the boat redone. - New back-to-back seats - Side panels rebuilt and updated design - New jump seats - New engine cover - New decking w/carpet, I'm putting old school, soft pile, marine grade carpet back in it - Then I'm going to have them go down the...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I was going to cut & install my new decking but the weather is dogging me. I wanted to do it this weekend but they're calling for snow, a lot of snow. So I packed it all up and took it to the canvas/upholstery shop. The gentleman spent about an hour and a half looking at the boat and going over...
  12. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    It's the same mess of wires for everybody who redoes one of these boats. It comes from years of adding this or that, and replacing electronics. There's always a huge rats nest of wires... I went a little thicker 16ga., bought good marine grade wire, designed it to minimize the number wires...
  13. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    lol, don't worry about it. I actually rewired the boat a couple of years ago and I did end up running the wires down the gunnels. I did a few things to clean it up though. - I greatly reduced the number of wires running the length of the boat by basically running battery cable in their place...
  14. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks! The corrugated drain tile is actually 3 inch, and it's for natural ventilation. On one end it connects to a cowl on the front of the boat. On the other it's tucked under the sheet plastic in the cavity I created. As you move through the water the cowl "scoops" in air, the corrugated...
  15. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I'm sure, based on the workmanship I've seen on iBoats, what I did can be improved on but here are my notes for working with the foam for anybody who's considering it: - I think a controlled atmosphere is a must, a heated shop or pull barn with consistent heat throughout. - I used Total Boat...
  16. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Remember I am a self-proclaimed amateur. With that in mind, I think the pour in foam was a success. It's not pretty but it's in and the whole plan seemed to have worked out great. I bought 6 gallons, or 3 kits of the Total Boat Floatation Foam system. I thought, if it were perfectly filled, I'd...
  17. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    The boat is in the shop getting acclimated. I head back to do the foam in the morning, the last chance for it to all blow up in my face... I've done everything I can think of. I have a controlled environment, I've kept the chemicals in my house so they didn't freeze or get super cold, although...
  18. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I got the rest of the sheet plastic in and I took a couple pictures to show what I mean about the plastic folded in so it rides up the stringers. It looks like this is going to be the weekend that I will get the buoyancy foam in. My plan is to drop the boat off inside the heated shop overnight...
  19. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks. I think it is going to do a great job of keeping the foam off of the aluminum and creating a cavity that will allow water to flow freely. It should stay pretty dry under there between that and the natural ventilation that I tucked under the sheet plastic. The sheet plastic is wedged in...
  20. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Got my framing and most of the sheet plastic in (ran out). I think it's going to work out great. If everything goes well, I'm hoping to do the foam this weekend.
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