Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild
I always thought it was me.
Nope, pretty sure it's just you man:becky:
Jas question for you as I presume hopefully correctly that my 1976 22 Chieftain has same hull as your islander. Could you give me some guidance on cutting my floor to install a belly tank. I don't need to replace it just cut and install tank and glass the cut piece back in. Fromthe centerline how wide of a cut should I make and guessing a little over 1/2" deep. Sorry for robbing your thread.
Hmmmmmmmm.....
Well, let's see here.
I suppose if I were in your shoes, I'd be thinking about just going after the whole deck, dropping in the tank, then building in a new one.
But, if you are bent on chopping out only enough o get the tank in there, then you are chopping out just enough to get the tank in eh? Maybe an inch bigger than the tank itself I'd guess.
Two tricks though:
#1 Be sure that your tank
(and fittings) will actually fit below deck. It's just a little hard to find a tank that can pull that off.
#2 Be sure that it'll fit between your stringers too! If not, you'll be moving them out which will in turn raise your deck height. Not terrible, just a consequence of moving the stringers out. (or you modify those stringers)
Hope that helps ya:thumb:
