1965 Starcraft Arrow 14

[Maymay75]

Hi, I am looking at buying a 65 Starcraft arrow with a boat and it’s gonna be our first boat ever. We go look this week and take it in the water and just from photos it looks good, but I also don’t know what I am supposed to be looking at. I lost my dad 17 years ago and he’s not here to give me advice. So I am hoping someone here can let me know if this looks like a good boat and what kind of questions I need to ask because I know nothing about this boat except for I love the way it looks and want it. lol

Thanks in advance.

I am not able to post photos for some reason but I will upload them as soon as I figure out whats going on.

 

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[Maymay75]

Thanks for letting me know, I thought it was something I was doing wrong.

 

[Maymay75]

Hi, I am looking at buying a 65 Starcraft Arrow 14 footer. It's gonna be our first boat ever. We go look this week and take it in the water and just from photos it looks good, but I also don’t know what I am supposed to be looking at. I lost my dad 17 years ago and he’s not here to give me advice. So I am hoping someone here can let me know if this looks like a good boat and what kind of questions I need to ask because I know nothing about this boat except for I love the way it looks and want it. lol They are asking 3k for it and I am not sure if that is a good price either. It comes with a Evinrude 40 hp Big Twin Engine, it's been in the same family since it was bought brand new, comes with an easy on/off trailer with new rims and tires. Upholstery is brand new marine grade vinyl, New deep cycle battery, lines and anchor. It's getting a tune up and the carburetor is getting rebuilt bc it was sputtering when they took it out last weekend. Would love feedback and advice.

Thanks in advance.

I am not able to post photos for some reason but I will upload them as soon as I figure out whats going on.

 

[Watermann]

Welcome aboard, We pretty much stick with the aluminum versions and the Arrow is a cute little glass runabout.
I use MS Onedrive to host my photos and link to others from the internet still works as well.

 

[Maymay75]

Welcome aboard, We pretty much stick with the aluminum versions and the Arrow is a cute little glass runabout.
I use MS Onedrive to host my photos and link to others from the internet still works as well.

What does that mean? Is Fiberglass a lot more work? I’m sorry for dumb question.
I am a newbie in the boat world so I don’t know anything.
Ill see if I can download MS onedrive to
Upload photos. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Watermann]

What does that mean? Is Fiberglass a lot more work? I’m sorry for dumb question.
I am a newbie in the boat world so I don’t know anything.
Ill see if I can download MS onedrive to
Upload photos. Thanks for the tip.

Not sure if it's more work, just a different kind of work dealing with glass over aluminum.

 

[Maymay75]

Not sure if it's more work, just a different kind of work dealing with glass over aluminum.

Thank you, for pointing that out. I’ll dig into that as well. Just trying to figure out as much as I can to make a decision on whether or not to move forward. We go for a test ride this week so I will know more when I see her up close and in person. It’s an hour drive from where I live so I’m trying to learn as much and be as informed as I can at the same time knowing I’m a bit naive when it comes to boats and trying not to be sucked into the novelty of her looks when I make my final decision. I appreciate your response.

 

[mattsteg]

ank you, for pointing that out. I’ll dig into that as well. Just trying to figure out as much as I can to make a decision on whether or not to move forward. We go for a test ride this week so I will know more when I see her up close and in person. It’s an hour drive from where I live so I’m trying to learn as much and be as informed as I can at the same time knowing I’m a bit naive when it comes to

This is from having zero knowledge of that boat in particular.

Fiberglass can be repairable to indistinguishable from new in some cases where aluminum is less so, but can also be susceptible to types of damage that aluminum is more robust against (e.g. abrasion). I come from the land of rocky lakes and traditionally heavily aluminum biased.

Also, historically glass boats still rely on wood for their structural integrity, often encapsulated to various degrees of success in the fiberglass. Wood rots - especially wood in compromised encapsulation that holds in moisture (while perfect encapsulation...makes wood last "forever"). And the formability of fiberglass as well as where and how it is strong means different techniques are used to mate the wood structure to the glass hull.

In short, with aluminum, if there's rotten wood, you pull it out, clean stuff up, and replace it with familiar mechanical fastening. With glass, you might need to cut stuff out, encapsulate the new stuff, and glass it back in.

Also because stuff may be enclosed, it can be easier for rot to "hide" without being visible.

Pay extra close attention to the soundness of structural elements and absence of rot, especially in the transom but really anywhere. And actually evaluating the transom condition is difficult without drilling to extract a core.

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1968 Starcraft arrow 14 ft. Restoration

Hello everyone, Here is my 1968 Starcraft arrow that I got from my father as a trade with another boat that I had. I have ripped out the original back to back seats that I will be redoing and re-upholstering this winter. Then the fiberglass floor got removed with the old wood that was a...

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