Gunslingertom
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2008
- Messages
- 25
Hi. I didn't see a "new members" area, so I'll start here, since it's the Starcraft forum.
My name is Tom, I'm 42 and I am a "new" boat owner. I am new, the boat certainly is not.
I love old boats. I fell in love with them in 1985 while living in Traverse City Michigan. My Dad had a fully restored 1959 30' Chris Craft cabin cruiser with 2 Hercules flathead 6's. I have great memories of salmon fishing from this old boat. I also remember the old restored wood ski boats in the area. Someday......
Anyway, mine is not an old wooden boat it's an old aluminum fishing boat. It's a 1968, 15' Starcraft Startrek V with a 1962 Evinrude Lark IV motor with electric shift and start. It's equipped with a new stick steer, a new trolling motor and an old, but decent tilt trailer. The boat is in great shape, and while it does have a few minor issues, the motor runs perfect.
My problem is that when I do an Internet search for this boat, all I get is Star Trek movie websites. Now I hate Star Trek, and after sifting through thousands of those sites, I hate it even more.
What I would like to find is ANY information about this boat, literature (especially a printed brochure), websites, anything. I'm not interested in what it's worth, because I don't care. I paid what I paid and that's that. As long as it gets me to where I want to fish, that's what's important.
My name is Tom, I'm 42 and I am a "new" boat owner. I am new, the boat certainly is not.
I love old boats. I fell in love with them in 1985 while living in Traverse City Michigan. My Dad had a fully restored 1959 30' Chris Craft cabin cruiser with 2 Hercules flathead 6's. I have great memories of salmon fishing from this old boat. I also remember the old restored wood ski boats in the area. Someday......
Anyway, mine is not an old wooden boat it's an old aluminum fishing boat. It's a 1968, 15' Starcraft Startrek V with a 1962 Evinrude Lark IV motor with electric shift and start. It's equipped with a new stick steer, a new trolling motor and an old, but decent tilt trailer. The boat is in great shape, and while it does have a few minor issues, the motor runs perfect.
My problem is that when I do an Internet search for this boat, all I get is Star Trek movie websites. Now I hate Star Trek, and after sifting through thousands of those sites, I hate it even more.
What I would like to find is ANY information about this boat, literature (especially a printed brochure), websites, anything. I'm not interested in what it's worth, because I don't care. I paid what I paid and that's that. As long as it gets me to where I want to fish, that's what's important.
