1974 starcraft islander overhaul

dproctor1

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Yea It turned out pretty good hopefully get the rest of the wood out of the transom this weekend and that beam finished bolting it in order some ply wood to do the new transom
 

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Trying to figure out how I should tie my bracing in and putting my floors down do I rivet or self tapping screw or bolt my bracing to the stringers
 

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If you can, rivets are the preferred method. SS Bolts with nylon lock nut work well too. Screws have a tendency to loosen over time.

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I ordered a pneumatic rivet gun hopefully that will keep the rivets nice and tight
 

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Got the old transom wood cleaned out finally what a pain it was pretty swollen. Here's my idea for tieing the top of my transom in going to have a cap made instead of the flimsy piece that only goes on the inside of the boat
 

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That will be excellent ! If your planning on putting any down riggers on the back , might be a good time to put in some plates for reinforcement. You can definitely build off your beam, that was a good idea.
 

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Oh ya she's gonna be a trolling rig i want to put a mount that runs from one side of the boat to the other and my riggers on that but thats a ways away I got to start getting material together to make the outboard bracket and find someone to welder up
 

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Got the old transom wood cleaned out finally what a pain it was pretty swollen. Here's my idea for tieing the top of my transom in going to have a cap made instead of the flimsy piece that only goes on the inside of the boat
So you going to use some aluminum tubeing or wood braces to tie it to the transom?

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Once you get the plan and a clean slate it's all about making the boat what you need, just like I did with my SS and Chief.
 

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Not much done just started straping floor for the checker plate gota wait until there's a shop who can bend up a couple pieces for me ignore the mess I figured I'd clean it after I'm done working in it ha
 

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Once you get the plan and a clean slate it's all about making the boat what you need, just like I did with my SS and Chief.
thats why I picked this boat up to build it into what i wanted clean slate i have a new lowe but there's not much you can do to it being new and not wrecking it this is my current set up for salmon and walleye the starcraft will eventually replace it
 

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Not much done just started straping floor for the checker plate gota wait until there's a shop who can bend up a couple pieces for me ignore the mess I figured I'd clean it after I'm done working in it ha

Man look at all that room!!!! I wish I had the room for such a restoration...

You going to add some PVC runs for wiring and such while you have the floor open?

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Man look at all that room!!!! I wish I had the room for such a restoration...

You going to add some PVC runs for wiring and such while you have the floor open?

SHSU
I wish I had some more shop space weathers starting to turn crappy making it not very good outside to work. Yea thats the plan nice tube to run all the wiring in to keep it clean
 

dproctor1

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Anybody have a 74,75 islander I need a measurement of transom width i forgot to take that before I pulled boat apart
 

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Total transom width with the boat intact? Should be able to get close with what you have to measure, my 22' 79 is an 25" OB transom so can't imagine it would be the same.
 

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Total transom width with the boat intact? Should be able to get close with what you have to measure, my 22' 79 is an 25" OB transom so can't imagine it would be the same.
This is the width I'm looking for id your able to measure it at the top of transom thanks
 

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Watermann

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This is the width I'm looking for id your able to measure it at the top of transom thanks
Mine has a splashwell there still so no way I can get an accurate measurement even if they were the same. I can measure from the outside edge to edge but inside there's no way.

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This is the width I'm looking for id your able to measure it at the top of transom thanks

If you can't get the exact measurements from anyone, might try the following. Figure out the aluminum transom size and then cut off 1/2 - 3/4" at each side. Might be able to do a cardboard cutout as well.

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