MaggieMoo
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2018
- Messages
- 6
Hello all,
I'm David, and a few weeks ago, my twenty-year-old son Jake, called me to say his search for a small fishing boat was over. He had been spinning props since he got out of school for the summer, along with a family friend he found what was described to him, as a 1963 Starcraft Nassau. The photo's show she had spent the last 10 or so years as a duck, boat but Jake and his buddy saw beauty in the 50 something old girl.
The Pro's
She's pretty much intact.
The hull has some dents and scratches, but no need for welding.
Chrome hardware is in good shape for a boat of her age.
16' is the right size for use on our local waters (The Les Cheneaux Islands, in Lake Huron).
Our buddy (who has restored several boats) thought the amount of work needed was good for a first project.
The 1980 Johnson 35hp, ran better than it looked.
She had a trailer that was road legal, but in need of work
The price was fair for a ugly but working boat ($550.00).
The Con's
Ugly Green Paint, and a lot of it.
Floor boards, in need of replacement.
Seats had been replaced by milk crates.
The dash and transom where darn ugly.
She was in need of a really good cleaning.
The trailer was in pretty rough shape.
We cannot find a hull number, but the title says she's a 1964. That being a year prior to the Dolphin and Nassau, and the fact she does not have signs of the Nassau's side storage, leads us to think she's a 1964 Jupiter.
As Watermann said "We can make her what we want" but the plan is as follows:
Strip her down to the aluminum, and paint the deck, and below the water line.
Polish the sides to air stream bright.
New foam and floorboards.
Run new wires for the lights and motor.
Install a bilge
Clean up and do what we can to restore the windshield.
Clean and polish the chrome.
New wood dash.
New Seating.
Clean, repaint and tune up the motor.
Since we are the novices here, what are we missing? We are open to ideas opinions and advice on what we to do and not do? Seating and the windshield are the big questions for us, so we will be asking questions as we progress.
In short, talk us through this.
I'm David, and a few weeks ago, my twenty-year-old son Jake, called me to say his search for a small fishing boat was over. He had been spinning props since he got out of school for the summer, along with a family friend he found what was described to him, as a 1963 Starcraft Nassau. The photo's show she had spent the last 10 or so years as a duck, boat but Jake and his buddy saw beauty in the 50 something old girl.
The Pro's
She's pretty much intact.
The hull has some dents and scratches, but no need for welding.
Chrome hardware is in good shape for a boat of her age.
16' is the right size for use on our local waters (The Les Cheneaux Islands, in Lake Huron).
Our buddy (who has restored several boats) thought the amount of work needed was good for a first project.
The 1980 Johnson 35hp, ran better than it looked.
She had a trailer that was road legal, but in need of work
The price was fair for a ugly but working boat ($550.00).
The Con's
Ugly Green Paint, and a lot of it.
Floor boards, in need of replacement.
Seats had been replaced by milk crates.
The dash and transom where darn ugly.
She was in need of a really good cleaning.
The trailer was in pretty rough shape.
We cannot find a hull number, but the title says she's a 1964. That being a year prior to the Dolphin and Nassau, and the fact she does not have signs of the Nassau's side storage, leads us to think she's a 1964 Jupiter.
As Watermann said "We can make her what we want" but the plan is as follows:
Strip her down to the aluminum, and paint the deck, and below the water line.
Polish the sides to air stream bright.
New foam and floorboards.
Run new wires for the lights and motor.
Install a bilge
Clean up and do what we can to restore the windshield.
Clean and polish the chrome.
New wood dash.
New Seating.
Clean, repaint and tune up the motor.
Since we are the novices here, what are we missing? We are open to ideas opinions and advice on what we to do and not do? Seating and the windshield are the big questions for us, so we will be asking questions as we progress.
In short, talk us through this.
