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[dozerII]

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Wicked job TGP, your looking for the SOTY next with that one.

 

[GA_Boater]

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Next Spring will be busy for you. Although you appear to be a good 75% finished. Looking great!

 

[jbcurt00]

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Looks GREAT!

What wood did you use on the bow & for the transom plate?

 

[kfa4303]

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Wowza!!! She's a beauty. I love the wood trim and black hull.

 

[tgp***]

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Looks GREAT!
What wood did you use on the bow & for the transom plate?

Thanks guys,

The bow strips are a mahogany type wood from South America not sure exactly what it is. Got them free, 15 years ago, have lots of it, they are all, 6' long by 2 1/2" to 3" wide by 7/8" rough). The transom plate is just old plywood from the Islander. It was one few pieces in really good shape. Epoxied and spar varnished. A little bit of stain too. Took some mixing to get a color I liked.

 

[jbcurt00]

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Brazilian cherry/Jatoba by the looks of it... I used to have a nice stockpile, but helped 2 buddies use it as an inlay in their oak hardwood floors.

Is it crazy hard wood? BC is nearly twice as dense as white oak on the Janka scale

BC/Jatoba: 2350
White Oak: 1360
Red Oak: 1290

If it's BC, it'll change colors in UV, to a deeper, ruddier red......

 

[tgp***]

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Brazilian cherry/Jatoba by the looks of it... I used to have a nice stockpile, but helped 2 buddies use it as an inlay in their oak hardwood floors.Is it crazy hard wood? BC is nearly twice as dense as white oak on the Janka scale
BC/Jatoba: 2350 - White Oak: 1360 - Red Oak: 1290
If it's BC, it'll change colors in UV, to a deeper, ruddier red......

Its funny stuff. Not really that hard. Some pieces are hard and will hold a nice edge for like picture frames and stuff like that, and then some pieces won't. I'm not that knowledgeable on wood. But, it sure looks really nice though when finished, and looks awful close to mahogany. Planes up real nice too. Its lighter in color than what's on the boat, I used some stain to get the color I wanted. At one time, my brother had a pallet of the stuff 4 feet high and 4 wide. I'll try to remember and get a good photo of raw piece of the wood and post it in thread (tomorrow's to do list). Would like to find another opportunity to add another small accent of the wood to the interior. We'll see what happens.

 

[tgp***]

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jbcurt00 - here's a picture of the wood I used on the bow. (raw)


I looking for a stern light socket compression sleeve if anyone has one they didn't reuse on there rebuild.

 

[jbcurt00]

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certainly looks like the BC I remember :watermelon:

Good stuff, I liked working w/ it, and how it finished out. Even better since it was free. 15yrs, hmmm, horde much?

 

[dozerII]

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I will check TGP, I may have one of those kicking around.

 

[dozerII]

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I believe this is what you need TGP.



It's still a little frosty from coming out of storage, just shoot me a PM with your address and I will send it to you.

 

[tgp***]

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Nice! PM is in your inbox. Thanks. Be sure to let me know what you need.

 

[dozerII]

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PM back at ya, parts will be on there way Tuesday.

 

[Gibbles]

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Boat's looking nice!

Glad Glen got you taken care of, I have one of those but I can't remember if it goes to the Nova...
I have three different lights floating around my garage :lol:

 

[tgp***]

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Darn, I wish my boat was brown, look at the clearance price on this back to back lounge seat. :grumpy: wish it were white.....

If anybody can use a brown lounge seat they should jump on this.

Deluxe Pleasure Boat Back-to-Back Lounge Seat, Brown/Light Taupe - Action Products 5920-290 - iboats

 

[bear_69cuda]

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Wow!

I just found my first tin boat, my MBS has me looking for the next one due to a nice 70 hp Johnson in my garage that needs a home! I think I'm in love with the Starcraft Holiday! Your work is awesome! I love the wood on the bow, the dash reminds me of my old 69 Barracuda interior... The white topside and black hull is way killer! Again awesome!

 

[jbcurt00]

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If that back to back is the right fit for your boat, a new seat set would be awesome to carefully pull apart & use the brown as a pattern. You may be challenged to find a good vinyl match for any welting or edging you add to a white seat anyway.

Is white vinyl as hard to match as other colors? Is all white vinyl the same color?

 

[tgp***]

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If that back to back is the right fit for your boat, a new seat set would be awesome to carefully pull apart & use the brown as a pattern. You may be challenged to find a good vinyl match for any welting or edging you add to a white seat anyway.

Is white vinyl as hard to match as other colors? Is all white vinyl the same color?

There are different whites. Every manufacturer has a little different pattern too. What sweet price though, if you could use brown.

 

[barato2]

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wow. today is the first i've seen of that awesome exterior. the folks in goshen should be using yours and some of the others here as examples of what tin SCs can look like after 50 years. beautiful!

 

[tgp***]

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wow. today is the first i've seen of that awesome exterior. the folks in goshen should be using yours and some of the others here as examples of what tin SCs can look like after 50 years. beautiful!

Thanks to everyone for the compliments. From a distance you just can't see the imperfections. Its coming along nicely though.

A big thanks to Glen, he came through with a stern light mount & compression sleeve for me.

Picked up a pair of 19' throttle/shift cable on ebay for my spare Merc 650ss & just about finished with the repairs to the wire harness from the shift box to the motor. I keep thinking I should look for a bigger motor though. A red badged 1000 Merc would look really nice on the back of that sled. But its just not in the budget.