1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

[Bwana Don]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

Elvis lives in Escanaba, not Kalamazoo, and he loves pasties, a lot.

 

[yooperangler]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

I realize this thread is old but so am i and so is the boat. I havent done anything with the mariner but its still here and so am I hoping to get back to work on it before the snow flies.

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

It's your thread, post away, old or not

You (as the original poster [OB])are actually the only one free to violate the 90day read banner & bring your thread back to current....

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

Welcome back, yoop. You have to bring us up to date. You have much time before the Winter sets in?

 

[yooperangler]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

As far as the mariner goes up to date is where i left off lol she has been patiently waiting for me to get back to work on her.The admiral and I bought an old sailboat last year and we have been way to busy learning to sail to work on the mariner.I have had a few people try to buy the old girl (the boat not the wife) but cant sell her. I think the admiral is almost done camping for the summer so hoping to have time to at least get the painting done so i can work on her this winter thanks for the replies guys .

 

[jasoutside]

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(the boat not the wife)

That's illegal in most states, even DA UP!

 

[yooperangler]

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That's illegal in most states, even DA UP!

Maybe but can you trade em for starcraft parts? Anyway got the camper home for the year sailboat is still in the water but hoping to get some work done on the mariner soon at least want to get paint on it before the weather gets cold again . I have to reread my own thread first to figure out where i was at first though . I think I was pretty much ready to flip and at least get the bottom painted so thats probably where i will start. more to come i hope

 

[64osby]

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I have to reread my own thread first to figure out where i was at

MBS and a senior moment.

Great to hear you are going to keep her and finish her off. (the boat)

:welcome:BACK

 

[yooperangler]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

Got the boat off the trailer and flipped in the backyard. Still debating on what color to paint the bottom . Bottom paint is in pretty good shape so think i will just spray over it . I rebucked those few rivets that still leaked. Im trying to figure out how to post pics from my phone as computer is dead so heres a pic of my old sailboat if it works more later

 

[yooperangler]

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It was a nice day out so took a break from workin on my four wheeler to spray some primer finally !!! I had picked up some new gravity feed guns way back and thanks to the recipe Woodonglass gave me back in 2011 the rusto sprayed great. I cant get photobucket to work right now but ill try posting pics later.

 

[yooperangler]

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somehow i got the action photo first lol this is my hand pretending to paint while i try to take a pic

This is the fancy spray gun set i finally used

 

[yooperangler]

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Heres one of primer on the bow there arent runs on there just a reflection

 

[yooperangler]

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Now photobucket froze again ill try some more tomorrow anyway its all gray for now stay tuned .

 

[jasoutside]

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is my hand pretending to paint

Nice fake work photo

 

[yooperangler]

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Fake work is my favorite kind Jas

 

[yooperangler]

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Made a little progress today started out this morning boat was all wet from dew so blew it of with the air compressor and wiped it down .I noticed there was some fine grit in the primer must be dust from the alley benind the the house i just hit it with a scotch bright and blew it off again most of it came off. Heres a pic of primer gray.

 

[yooperangler]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

heres an exciting masking pic.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

No snow up there yet eh? Grass looks green and your tape "job" looks good

 

[yooperangler]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'

I decide to do the bottom , bow , and transom in smoke gray rusto makes all those rivets look like a battle ship this is how it looked yesterday

 

[yooperangler]

Re: 1975 Starcraft Mariner 18'