'77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Got a little side tracked, but I'm back on it

Transom in, cap on.

turned out pretty nice, one end cap is cracked and out of shape

 

[ricohman]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Great thread and nice pics!
And here I thought the bilge wick was my invention

 

[Brenn]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

good to see you making some progress

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Got a little more done, had to quit for the day. It must be *105 today with %99 humiditity.

The benches turned out to be mahogany so after a good cleaning and sanding I'm gonna reuse them

Cut bulkheads out of the foam to fit under the added straps and then just filled each bay with foam

Three coats of epoxy on the bottom of deck 1/2" BCX secured with pop rivets

Hopefully more to follow soon, right now it's beer thirty.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Your work looks great

Those benches would look super nice with some varnish over them, great score!

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

They say steady and slow wins the race. Most of the deck is down and sealed, want to get the console fixed up and installed so I can get this thing back on a trailer.

Just a couple of pics of the slow progress

Here is the dash I inlaid a piece of aluminum for the switch panel

Two coats epoxy and four coats polyurethane maybe five more coats and they will be ready

Filled all the holes in the console and turned it blue

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Good enough

I think I ended up with 8 coats of polyurethane to get it this smooth

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

This was the original wheel, it is missing the center cap

Gonna go with this one it has more dish and is a little larger, but, I think it looks better

The wheel only has one turn to port, one and a half to starboard, I wonder if it has the correct link on it?

The steering cable is about a foot too short, no wonder they ran it visable all the way back.

Man that 50 looks huge on there

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Just a gratuitus pic of finished dash, this was my first attempt at inlaid trim. I think I impressed myself. And from the lack of replies I was the only one I impressed.

A transom shot of initial wiring, it's finished now and will take a pic tomorrow

Pulled my sleeker much more sexy glass boat off it's trailer to put the tinny on.

Then I put the glass boat on this way cool low rider free trailer, makes it look fast sitting so low

Now everything I own is mobile, and my back is sore, it sucks getting old..............................................

 

[MassillonBuckeye]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Looks great! I'm loving the aluminum panel there. That an eject button I see there??

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

No ejector seat Just a horn button to the right, the light in the center is the bilge pump on warning light.

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

great work. I liked the inlaid panel.. i am impressed. Going to be a great fishing boat for your son.

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Thanks PMC

Here's the bilge pump and float switch, the pump base is screwed to the knee and glued with 5200. The switch is just attached to hull with 5200. All the wiring is going to that terminal strip well above the water.

Here is a shot of the outboard batt cable extender I had to use because the original cables had no insulation on most of their length.

Got the starboard end cap on and sealed. The original had no sealer and the water would just run down the gunwale and dump on the transom wood.

Back of the helm

 

[MassillonBuckeye]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Hmm, I really like the idea of the warning LED. I'm thinking about installing a float switch as well. How is that connected up with the light and all?

 

[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

Here is a diagram of how its wired. Any time the pump is running the light will illuminate



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[sqbtr]

Re: '77 Starcraft Kingfisher 16

More pics for the boat junkies

I epoxied, painted and stuck this board on with 5200 to mount the main feed circuits.

Got the port side all put together

Should have the wiring done tomorrow, the helm is feed by 8 gauge and protected by a 50 amp manual reset circuit breaker, the bilge pump is unswitched fuse protected feed from batt number 2.

 

[Blu_Cs]

Folks:

Blu_Cs here. I have been a lurker for years on iboats, but am really getting into a big project (a Kingfisher) (actually my second kingfisher- long story) and thought I'd ask for help.

A question I have is, it looks like from this picture that aluminum straps perhaps 2-3 inches wide are slung across the ribs to create a surface to rivet your decking to. I will guess that the purpose is to keep the decking flat regardless of where you put your weight:

~http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn79/wingmanx1/1977 starcraft kingfisher 16/SANY2608.jpg

So my question is: Are these straps standard?

When I removed the rotted floor on mine, there were no such straps (perhaps the floor had been replaced previously?) The plywood appeared to have been riveted to the ribs and the standing aluminum support that runs the length of the centerline of the boat.

If I can, I'll eventually post something on my project: destined to be the ultimate smallmouth boat for northern climes.

Blu_Cs

 

[GA_Boater]

Blu_Cs - Welcome aboard. It is best to start a new topic, in the Starcraft forum most likely, than asking questions in an inactive topic. sqbtr hasn't been active in almost a year, so it's doubtful he will reply.