Re: 1973 Starcraft
It's a Starchief? The title only says it's a Starcraft. We had no idea what actual model it was. It's been through four owners that we know of since 1999. We know this because we had to track down the first of them in order to get a title to it.
My husband told my sister's husband that he wanted an aluminum fishing boat. The brother-in-law, of course, knew exactly where one was. He had seen the boat--sad, lonely, filthy, and neglected-- in a friend's yard. He got it from his brother and had intended to fix it up. He now has cancer, though, and is just too sick to work on it. He sold it and the trailer to my husband for $500.
We have another old boat, a 1975 Thundercraft Magnum, that I grew up with. Sadly, it now has multiple cracks and leaks, and is going to have to be retired. It has a nice 70 hp Johnson motor on it that we plan to put on the Starcraft. It also has two new seats in it that we can use, and we may also be able to use the windshield as well.
I'll admit that I was not happy when Mr. Coalminer came dragging this thing home. It was a terrible mess. I call it the SS Minner. Now, though, I think I may be more obsessed with it than he is. My sister described it as "the kind of boat you cruise around Cape Cod in." Although it'll probably never see Cape Cod, that's exactly what I want it to look like when it's all done.
