Newb to I boats goes resto 72 starcraft Jupiter

[Bkarb]

Just thought I'd drop by and say hello

 

[JB]

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Hi, Bkarb.

Welcome to iboats. :welcome:

Glad to see you. Hope to read many of your posts.

 

[kenmyfam]

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Welcome aboard. Look forward to seeing you out here.

 

[sam60]

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Hi Bkarb. Welcome and tell us about your boat!

 

[southkogs]

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Welcome aboard! They did tell you newbies have to provide snacks for the first 4 months, right?

 

[Bkarb]

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Lol ill provide the snacks via email ... Well this is my third boat now it's my first tin can but I'm already in love with it a 16 v starcraft Jupiter 50hp mercury blue all told 5 bill investment as of now I've gotten newer seats for it. And tomorrow ill be starting on a new transom the p.o. Had already done the floor but after the transom is done it ll go in the drink for the summer and this winter it ll get some much more needed tlc

 

[aspeck]

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Welcome aboard, Bkarb! You will find a bunch of knowledgeable guys and gals around here that can help you with anything and everything boating.

 

[tpenfield]

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Just thought I'd drop by and say hello

Welcome . . . if you post some snacks, can we download them :noidea:

Tell us about your boat and the waters you boat on, etc. :thumb:

 

[Bkarb]

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Well the boat came from my neighbor who used it as a fishing boat he parked it because the engine lost spark on him on a river he was fishing well this was two years ago roughly anyways I got it from him a few weeks back and have been just spending my days off working on her trying to do the necessary for making her water ready for this year then this winter ill put her in the garage for some more restoration as for lakes around me I'm in central ohio so there is quite a few choices alum creek delaware lake scioto river and that's just within 10 miles any direction I haven't had this out on the water yet but I can't wait oh did I mention the reason the engine lost spark was a loose ground at the dist I found that and instantly felt like a crook lol well good day to everyone ill be spending mine replacing my transom I'm actually pretty excited

 

[tpenfield]

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Well, if you are 'excited' about replacing the transom, you might be the first.

 

[Bkarb]

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I am excited to know this is the last thing I think anyways standing between my boat and the launch ramp lol

 

[Bkarb]

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Well time to probably get this thread moved but ill go ahead and update anyways so today I took the boat over to the in-laws and put it In the garage so I can keep things dry and neat and have no weather worries anyhow got the motor off and as I figured I was able to grab handfuls of the transom and throw away it was like saw dust what I found odd was that the upper corners of the transom was just triangle shaped pieces basically put into offer filler no real support as the rest of the transom was one solid piece anyone have any reason for this I'm going to make the new transom a solid piece seems it will be stronger that way IMO anyways thanks for reading I'm open to all opinions and thoughts thanks

 

[aspeck]

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There you go ... Moved to resto ...

 

[Bkarb]

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If I could figure out how to post pics from my iPhone I'd be happy to put some up anybody know how

 

[Bkarb]

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Thank u for moving thread by the way

 

[Bkarb]

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Well made progress yesterday new transom e is made up and just about ready to back in I have plenty of pictures but haven't figured out how to post them yet

 

[Woodonglass]

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Best way to post pics is to open a FREE Photobucket account and then use the IMG Code to paste the pics.

 

[jbcurt00]

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Welcome to iboats dry dock

Look thru some of these threads on SC resto's, lots of good stuff for rebuilding the tin:
Starcraft Rebuilds and Restorations

Looking forward to seeing the pix..

 

[mwe-maxxowner]

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Start a photo bucket account. On my Droid I got the photo bucket app, if apple doesn't have one you can do it through the browser. Photo bucket walks you through the upload process to photobucket pretty well. Then click the picture and you get a list of links. The image code is the last link I believe in the list. Copy and paste the image code to the thread.

 

[Bkarb]

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Thanks for the info ill definately get goin with the photo bucket app I've found lots of useful info on here already for re building the boat everyone here seems to be full of good knowledge hopefully I can offer something for everyone else