Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild
1968 Starcraft Jet Star SC Sea Trial
Sorry the camera was so jumpy, I prolly could have mounted that better.
Since I was far too excited to say actual words during the run, here is just a bit of commentary...
@4:45 you can hear the T&T creaking, I think a little grease should solve that problem. It wasn't doing that before, maybe the way the OB was sitting?
@6:30 I noticed a little plastic ring was laying on the deck there. I couldn't figure out what it was till later. It came off the engine warning horn which didn't seem to be working anyway. I may not care about it beeping at me every time I start the OB anyway, so that's fine.
@9:20 Getting the Jet up on plane for the first time, awesome!
@11:14 Checking the tach for idle rpms, right about 900 or so.
@12:35 First hole shot and WOT, lovin it!
@13:00 Tears streaming from the eyes - Joy? Lack of windshield? Not so sure
@13:40 Checking the tach for WOT rpms, about 6400. I wonder between this number and my idle number the tach may be reading just a little high? I think I'll grab one of those photo tachs to verify.
@15:00 First nice wide station wagon turn, handling felt really nice! I wasn't about to do any quick tight turns for the first run.
@15:58 Just checking the bilge for any water/leaks. Dry so far.
@16:15 Getting the GPS app going. As another Stracraft bro put it, it felt like I was going at least 250 mph so I wanted to confirm.
@17:50 I can see she planes out and cruses comfortably at about 22 mph.
@18:50 I trimmed it just a little to get to a hair over 34 mph for top speed. For reference, that is with both batts in and the port side tank full at 6 gal. Starboard tank was empty. The weight/balance of the rig seems just about right. Maybe just a little bow heavy with the big batt and Minn Kota up there. But more weight will go to the stern when loaded with extra gear/fuel. I'll need more time in the boat to know for sure though.
@19:28 I may have trimmed it up just a hair to high maybe? You can see a bit of extra water getting airborne back there where it wasn't before. I needed one of you guys to drive so I could check it out.
@20:45 Quick video to satisfy the Angry Mob.
@23:18 The OB started kinda surging/dieing on me a little.
@24:06 Light bulb moment. I was so jazzed my truck started to launch I totally forgot to crack the vent when I hooked up the fuel line, duh!
@24:55 Switched the tach over to 5P just to see. Buried the needle, 6P is correct.
@28:00 Don't have any proper docking lines yet so I was using some climbing webbing.
@30:00 My launch/land will be much faster once I get some guide-on's installed.
@34:46 Couldn't believe I had just a great run
Like I mentioned before, this Jet felt very solid and handled really well, surprisingly well! The space on board feels just great and I do think this will make for a very nice all around fishing boat. What an all together super Sea Trial morning
