'79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

[fshngho]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Sorry HA, I can't seem to mind my own business My personal experience strongly suggests a fuse/ relay panel that will control all your electrical needs. You can mount it under the splashwell or even better, under the helm. This will give you a central location to troubleshoot if need be and you don't have to run around the boat tracing where each individual inline fuse is. My favorite added benifit is you can install a master switch to kill all power to the boat when you park it. That will prevent battery draw incase a depthfinder, light or whatever is left on and you don't know it untill your ready to go fishing again. Not that I have ever done that....
Dale

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

The vinyl is not attached yet, this was all just to make sure it's the right size/shape.

I'm going to put on the final top coat of epoxy after typing this so the vinyl will wait until friday or saturday.

I'm half-heartedly aiming for possibly taking the rig out on sunday/monday, we'll see. My budget is lacking for the moment so if I need to buy stuff besides bait and gas...that will be a problem

These pieces still need more resin, especially the edges. The new transom for my 12' boat will be thrown in with this lot and sealed too.

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Some more photos...photobucket is not working very well. Taking forever to resize

 

[bananaboater]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Photobucket was doing some upgrading this morning, it was shut down.

 

[Triton II]

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That vinyl looks really cool HA. She's going to be a fish killer for sure! They'll be jumping in...

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

That vinyl looks really cool HA. She's going to be a fish killer for sure! They'll be jumping in...

Thanks Triton, yeah we'll be catching a couple here and there hopefully

I will be fishing a Walleye tourney June 5th and my buddy and I have a great plan of attack. We finished in second place last year and hope to win this time around

 

[Triton II]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

I will be fishing a Walleye tourney June 5th and my buddy and I have a great plan of attack. We finished in second place last year and hope to win this time around

Best plan to finish her then! Good luck with the boat and the tourney...

TII

 

[jasoutside]

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Those photos look great from here! Then again I am running a Mac, everything runs better on a Mac.

Holy smackers, you are within days of floating that girl! Sweet!!!!




I am within days of cleaning bilge junk. Ah, my day will come!

Great!



What eye contest are you in??

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

What eye contest are you in??

It's a tourney that my buddy's cousin hosts every year. He has a fishing club in the SW part of the state. This one is on the St Joseph river near Niles.

A 28" won best fish last year, there are some trophy walleye in that river

 

[jasoutside]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

It's a tourney that my buddy's cousin hosts every year. He has a fishing club in the SW part of the state. This one is on the St Joseph river near Niles.

A 28" won best fish last year, there are some trophy walleye in that river

Sound great, have fun man!

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

The third and final coat of epoxy resin is on the deck. This thing is going to be solid as can be and I can't wait to test it out.

I sanded down the 3M on the screws a bit as it tends to form sharp stalagmites that could do damage to the vinyl. The epoxy should be very flat so the vinyl adheres well.

Once this cures the vinyl goes down...then the pedestals and ski locker.

I scored another handheld rechargable spotlight, this one brand new $4.00

I tested out a smaller cooler and decided that I'd rather be able to have a totally clear deck and I'm going back with the pedestal bases.

 

[HopeSheFloats]

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That vinyl is gonna look sweet! I'm right with you on the wiring, my only experience with wire was baling hay{lol} that and duct tape were the only tools my Dad ever used, Grandpa too, that is, if, you believed them

Best to you on the tourney, I'm at th point I'm dying to get out, but at this point I don't want to rush anything, what with my luck & all
Btw, dry ice works great if you package them wally's right...I'll be watching for the mailman

 

[Huron Angler]

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Yeah I'm hoping to see a sight very similar to this in the near future

I've got some epoxy curing in the yard tonight as well. The sky was clear as could be earlier so I figured we might as well knock all this resin work out in one day.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Looking really awesome Mike! Yah, I bet you'll be happier with the pedestals. Great, great!

 

[Huron Angler]

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Looking really awesome Mike! Yah, I bet you'll be happier with the pedestals. Great, great!

Thanks, I will see how it goes with the pedestals and no box for a while. I am guessing that once I try to load all my gear into the rig I will realize that I am lacking storage.(it can't be that I have too much gear)

It depends on how much I will be able to get into the bow hatches and side shelves. I am leaning towards building a box under the bow cap that can hold the two huge plano tackle boxes.

There will always be one big cooler for food and one big cooler for dry storage of tools, electronics, and other items. At least I will be able to move them around. Like put both up in the bow while cruising and then bring them out to make room to fish.

Can't beat this weather we've been getting, I hope it keeps up until the rig is floating

 

[ezmobee]

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Looking good Mike. I think you may have issues trying to lay all the vinyl up in the bow all in one piece like that and I'm not sure I'd want the vinyl "bridging" the seam between the deck and the hull. You need to have everything pre-cut and able to lay FLAT up in there. Your bow strips will end up being large arcs. That's just me. I agree on the pedestals.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Sounds to me like you need a bigger boat with all of that gear.

Have you looked into the Islander series?

 

[Huron Angler]

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It's difficult to see in the picture, but we actually have two strips of vinyl in the bow that overlap at the peak. They have a slit cut out for that bracket to stick thru.

I agree that they need to be trimmed a bit on the bottom and hopefully we can get it to lay flat, might need to cut a couple smaller pieces where the a couple of the ribs make it tough to do.

That will all be hidden behind the bow benches though, mostly for noise reduction. Only lifejackets will go in those side areas so it doesn't have to be sealed up perfectly.

The epoxy seems to be curing pretty quickly with this warmer, drier weather so I'm hoping we can get the vinyl on the deck tonight

 

[sprintst]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Looking good.

So close now.

 

[Broadcast]

Re: '79 Starcraft SS 16 restoration

Look'in good Mike. Think I hear the fishies call'in your name!