1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada! (2nd Splash complete)

[BonairII]

Dragged her home a couple hours ago. Got her for $475

Started to clean up the green slime etc. and washed windows.

Pulled up wood in bow area(under carpet). In this area, it looks like the PO just threw a couple new boards over the wet/rotted wood that was there. :facepalm: Has some white insulation in there, not sure what it's called but it looks like styrofoam balls pressed into a sheet). Foam is actually dry up there.

I hope he didn't leave wet wood under the main floor, too. Probably gonna call the PO and ask him what's in store for me if/when I start yanking up the floor.

Boat trailered very well on the way home. Could barely feel the boat behind me. One tire was low when we got home, and now it's flat.----

I'm tempted to slap a motor on her and splash her this weekend for a shakedown cruise...but I'll need to decide that I'm not going to want to start stripping her down. All depends on what it would cost for new plywood and flotation material.

Anyone got a ballpark estimate of what a new floor/foam will cost?

 

[InMotion]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Nice... very nice!!! More pics. More pics!!!! Are you planning a full rebuild???

Great price to boot!!

Ya... your in... no question there!

IM

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

She's def gonna be torn down at some point, but I'm itching to get her on the water to see how she performs with my 75horse Evinrude. Budget constraints are going to be a major factor in how much(and how soon) rebuilding gets done.

I did find 2 pedestal seats on my local craigslist. Hopefully, I can pick them up tonight.

Boats in the garage now, so I'm going to do some poking/prodding to see if I can get a sense of how good/bad the main floor is.

 

[dozerII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Real nice boat at a great price BII, make sure you check over things like steering before you go for a test spin.
Glen

 

[cj8mule]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Very nice find!

Anyone got a ballpark estimate of what a new floor/foam will cost?

You need 4 sheets for the floor and will run you about $140 for 1/2" and $160 for 3/4". The closed cell pink sheet foam will run about $50 for 4 sheets of 3/4". Also, add what you're going to waterproof it with.

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Very nice find!


You need 4 sheets for the floor and will run you about $140 for 1/2" and $160 for 3/4". The closed cell pink sheet foam will run about $50 for 4 sheets of 3/4". Also, add what you're going to waterproof it with.

Do most people use 3/4 or 1/2" plywood?

How is the plywood fastened down?

 

[1973Chieftain]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Welcome to the Starmada!!

 

[GA_Boater]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Welcome to the Tin Haven, Bonair. A lot of us are using Arauco ply. I got 4 sheets a Home DePot for less than $30 a sheet. It;s 23/32" which works out to just about 5/8". It worked fine for my floor with one stringer. The SS has two stringers I believe so it would work with no probs. It is nice and solid. And a hair lighter than 3/4". Lowes has it also but they charge more - at least in my neck of the woods.

I'd throw on the motor and hit the water before doing any floor work - unless your feet are going through. If the bow is doubled up I'm betting the whole floor is doubled. Then you can work up a fix-it list based on her she goes.

I got your first years Starmada dues covered cause you had pics from the git go. Welcome and have fun.

EDIT - Forgot to say she looks like a good find.

 

[STARCRAFT16SS]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Deck on my 1971 Starcraft 16 SS was held down by pop rivets ....if you go to 3/4 inch floor, (which I did), you will need
longer rivets than most hardware stores have in stock...you can find them at Fastenall....I hear some people use stainless steel screws when they replace the deck...don't know how well that works out...I used rivets the way the factory did
but more of them...
Do not use green treated wood for your deck or anywhere else where the green treated wood will come in contact with
your aluminum hull..
Looks like there use to be a spot light or a horn mounted to the bow...hmmm looks like someone likes the older style
bow lights

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

I'd throw on the motor and hit the water before doing any floor work - unless your feet are going through. If the bow is doubled up I'm betting the whole floor is doubled. Then you can work up a fix-it list based on her she goes.

The main floor is very solid. PO just put it down with new carpet(still hoping he removed old floor on main section). Once I talk to him tomorrow, maybe I'll get a better sense of what he REALLY saw under the floor when he re-decked the boat. He asked me to send him pics of the boat after I did work on it, so I'm hoping that means that I'm not going to find anything evil under the floor.

I really do want to slap the motor on and give her a whirl. 2 things stopping me right now...I think registration fee is like $150+ bucks for 3 yrs.(one foot shorter and fee is 50% cheaper), and I could use that money to start resto.

AND, do I want to pull the motor/battery/controls off my other perfectly running boat to run the Starcraft for what could turn out to be a single shakedown cruise(if I end up with leaks or other problems).

The kid in me really wants to start playing with my new toy, though. :facepalm:

 

[GA_Boater]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

AND, do I want to pull the motor/battery/controls off my other perfectly running boat to run the Starcraft for what could turn out to be a single shakedown cruise(if I end up with leaks or other problems).

Yep.

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

I was too curious as to how wet the floor/foam really was and went out to the barn(garage) about 90 minutes ago and this happened.... :facepalm:

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

And then this happened....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY4PUZtN01M

I guess the resto has started. I got a lot done in 90 minutes!

I feel so-o-o-o-o-o much better now.

 

[TundraRocks]

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Great purchase. I say if the floor feels solid run it the way it is until fall/winter. That is what I have done with mine. Be sure to check all the transom wood/bolts/screws and splashwell bolts and screws, most of mine were pretty loose. some to the point they were ready to fall out. Looking forward to seeing what your resto plans are.

Edit: Looks like I was too late to the party. I guess you'll be putting in a new floor

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Great purchase. I say if the floor feels solid run it the way it is until fall/winter.

You might want to reread my previous posts...just above yours. :facepalm:

 

[FishNmemories]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Congrats on the SS, these are a ton of fun...welcome to the Starmada!!

 

[CPTom21]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Welcome to the Starmada!! If you boat on the fingerlakes maybe we'll cross paths.

 

[BonairII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Got a second wind and tore out the rest of the interior.

CPTom21, I've only boated on the Oswego River(last fall) and Oneida Lake(quite a bit this season).....but ya never know.

 

[jasoutside]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

I'm laughing here as I'm scrolling along...

Nice work man! Hey, how about we go into full on rebuild mode? OK, that was easy!

Pull that transom out so long as we in it to win it

Welcome to the club o' Starcrafters!

 

[dozerII]

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Re: 1975 Super Sport 16' boat requesting admission to the Starmada!

Wow from sign the bill of sale to gutted in under 12 hours, that must almost be a Starmada record. My first SS could have made the record but I had an 8 hour drive before I got it home, so it took 20 hours.lol
glen