1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

[ezmobee]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Sweet. Apparently I nailed that one! I particularly like being right in this case

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Sweet. Apparently I nailed that one! I particularly like being right in this case

Yah buddy! That Holiday Inn Express made ya one heckofa sharp fella! You should stay there the next time you paint your SS man!



(Sorry bro, my sarcasm has returned and I owed ya one)

 

[proshadetree]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Told ya little people are like rubber they just keep bouncing back. Another prayer of thanks sent from here.

 

[sprintst]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

High five on the good news man.

 

[tomynoks]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

That's great news Jason!!!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Bounce back is right on Pro, man did he bounce back!!!

Thanks for stopping by guys!

High five to CAN!

 

[dozerII]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Great new Jas, good to be home and get your lives back to normal, not having that worry down deep in the gut.
Glen

 

[fshngho]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Well?....Well?..... Ethan is great (thank God) and you have been home over 24 hrs. Where is the progress report on the boat? Don't think for a minute your'e getting out of work there buddy
The mob can trade their Bibles and handkerchiefs in for pitchforks and axes in a split second! Don't make me climb the tower and ring the Bell.

 

[fat fanny]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Good news J hopefully everything will rest back to normal for you and yours.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Thanks guys, appreciate it!

OK, fsh. You are probably right you tough old bird you. I suppose I have had enough "time off", huh.

During the boys nap today I started on bolting the transom into place. It was slow going, in and out of the boat, careful drilling, 4200 all over the place, clean up, etc. I'll tell ya what, it was sure a good feeling seeing that epoxy dust falling out rather than wood dust while I was drilling. I do think it's worth the extra steps to do the over drill, fill and re drill.

I might have gotten about 1/3 of the bolts in. I'll post up photo progress once I get er all done, maybe tomorrow.

Cheers!

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Buddy...glad all is better than normal...
Now you can focus on getting Ethans boat ready for Spring.

 

[Triton II]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Extra happy for Ethan and your whole family Jason... excellent news.

TII

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Thanks a bunch gents! Yah Kev "better than normal" is such a great way to put it buddy!

 

[fshngho]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

OK, fsh. You are probably right you tough old bird you. I suppose I have had enough "time off", huh

Just trying to bring some normalcy back to ya Bro. I know you have been through a lot too, but the boat has proven to be good therapy.
Time flies. It seems like a bad/good dream and it was only 5 days ago.
I like Kevs remark..: "get Ethans boat ready".

Dads never get a break. LOL

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

OK, fsh. You are probably right you tough old bird you. I suppose I have had enough "time off", huh

Just trying to bring some normalcy back to ya Bro. I know you have been through a lot too, but the boat has proven to be good therapy.
Time flies. It seems like a bad/good dream and it was only 5 days ago.
I like Kevs remark..: "get Ethans boat ready".

Dads never get a break. LOL

Yah, I just wanted to call ya a "tough old bird", trying to find an excuse is all.

I got a few more bolts in the transom last night, we'll see if I can have that wrapped up today.

 

[fshngho]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

You will notice..I didn't argue.
"If the shoe fits......."

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Well let's see some of those photos of the transom bolts all snug

What did you use to fill the drilled holes with? Epoxy resin with wood filler?

I think I am convinced that it is worth the effort to overdrill since we plan on keeping the boats for a while

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

Well let's see some of those photos of the transom bolts all snug

What did you use to fill the drilled holes with? Epoxy resin with wood filler?

I think I am convinced that it is worth the effort to overdrill since we plan on keeping the boats for a while

Ah, um, er not quite done with the bolts just yet. Hopefully I can sneak out to the garage for about an hour and get that pounded out. Maybe I'll just say I am taking out the trash and sorting recycling or something.

Yup, epoxy and wood flour mixed up to the consistency of peanut butter. Yah, it's kind of a pain to do the extra steps but I am guessing that I'll start to rot before this piece of wood starts to rot.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

OK, transom bolted in! Stainless steel and 4200 all around. I am seeing a series of bolts horizontally right above where the outdrive will go that some day might hold a swim platform

I'll hit all this with some of that gray paint again so it looks finished. I am also thinking that I can use a bunch of these bolts for stuff like blowers, batteries, power steering pump, wiring, hoses, and whatever else...

Man there were a lot of em, took me a while.

Eye bolts and ski tow not in yet as I think I'll spiff em up before I install them.

I was thinking I'd get an aluminum bracket built for a transducer and put it in this spot...

I opted not to put the screws back in here as I could see no good reason to, that transom isn't going anywhere with all those bolts in there. Besides, I'd be just putting holes in my all sealed up wood for no reason.

Cheers!

 

[mark1961]

Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild

That sure looks like alot of "taking out the trash" and "recycling sorting" you got up to there ......nice work.