I started pulling the waterlogged foam today. The foam was poured around the Gas tank filler hose and the vent hose, no saving them . The foam was frozen so it made the job a little different . not harder really just slower. being frozen helped it stay together in blocks , lol. I got the Gas tank cleaned off some and it seems I have a 44 gallon tank. there is a red and chrome sticker on the top that tells the alloy as 5052 and 44 gallon capacity. I will take a pic tomorrow . it seems to have three partitions or baffles by the looks of the top. I got the transom removed . It has had trim tabs mounted, I still have the hydraulic hoses and fitting attached to the pump. a couple of sonar transducers and a outboard aux bracket screwed on the back so it took a few minutes to get it all loose. It came right out. I removed the back plate rivets and the rail about three feet along the edge slid the rail over bent up the gunnel at the end and walla! I was surprised at how well this transom was braced for a I/O. it had the main stringers braced with angles and the side gunnels screwed down to the Transom as well. My Crestliner sportfish was an I/O and there were no braces from the stringers to the transom. I guess they figured a welded hull was enough, lol. The outside stringers were kind of thin on the starcraft , but it seems the foam was more structural than I originally thought. I may think of a way to stiffen these since I wont be putting pour in foam back in. just poly styrene . I will get some pics tomorrow for sure.
