Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore
My overall goal is to totally gut the interior, pull out all the decking, remove all pour in foam from the stringers and ribs, scrub the hull, wire brush and Gluvit the rivets and seams (interior), drill out and replace any loose rivets attaching the stringers, 3/4 marine plywood decking (glassed and Interdeck paint with the non slip aluminum powder added).
I'll let my skinned knuckles heal for a week or two so I can forget all the work that just went into the boat then...
I'll have the engine pulled along with anything else hanging off the back of the boat to replace the transom, replace water pump, impeller, all assorted gaskets and hoses and try to reassemble without to many pieces left over.
I'll totally strip the paint with aircraft stripper, wash and sand the hull, apply Vinyl-Lux zinc chromate primer without mutating, roll and tip the rest of the boat with Interlux paint.
I have a 15, 11 and 9 year old boys who one day may want to keep this old boat so I'm looking at redoing it to last.
The boat sits on a 77 Snow Company trailer that looks like it could transport a tank so I'll strip and repaint that with POR15 paint. The stuff is indestructable and cannot be removed by even most most body shops. It really binds to even rusted metal, seems reasonably priced, and is also used to do oil field equipment, vehicle chassis's so it good enough for me.
Here's a couple more all round pics before I get started.