spinnerbaits
Cadet
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2012
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I have enjoyed this forum for 2 years now. It is a great tool for anyone that has a boat or is planning to start boating. Recently I found the boat I have searched for over the past 2 year, it is a Starcraft Supersport 22FT V5. I found it on craigslist the week before this past Easter. I spoke to the oringinal owner and had to see it. I drove from Michigan to Rochester NY after several conversations seeing additional photos from the owner. On Good Friday I took it for a spin on Lake Ontario, well it was 4 foot wave so the 235hp Johnson certainly was not at full throttle. I was able to open it up in a bay with 1ft chop and it hit 55 mph with two of us in the boat. The boat also came with a 15hp Tahatus kicker motor that runs super smooth and controlled the boat well.
The owner told me that the boat was always trailer and not let in the water over night. From reading this forum I have learned to be concerned about floor and transom rot, along with water getting into the baot through lose seams and rivets. So before we lowered the boat I had the seller remove a small panel covering the bilge compartment to see how much water and to look for signs of water staining. I was amazed to see how clean and dry the transom and bilge area was. There was about one cup of water in the bildge, after 1 1/2 hours of testing the boat, we put the boat on the trailer and while on and incline at the launch there was still only 1 cup of water in the bilge. For being 34 years old it is in really great shape. The transom holds a huge 235hp Johnson Seahorse along with the 15 hp kick and there are no indention or deformities to the transoms surface. The center plywood panel that covers the full tank has carpet lifting about a 1/2" along the edge where the panels meet. I expect this is normal and could be easy to fix with new carpet and epoxy sealing the edges of the plywood.
The trailer is a Holsclaw single axle with hydraulic surge brakes that work off the pressure against the hitch ball I was surprised how well this kind of systems works. The only concern is a washboard wear patterned on the inside of one of the tires. I have read that is might be caused by lose bearing or an axle that need to be aligned. Before my 9 hour drive back to Michigan, I added bearing buddies and a new tire was put on.
Does anyone know if a dual axle would be better that a single axle? The boat pulled well behind my Avalanche, but on a few occasions it got into a rhythmic swaying motion but with a firm grip on the wheel it smooths back out.
The owner told me that the boat was always trailer and not let in the water over night. From reading this forum I have learned to be concerned about floor and transom rot, along with water getting into the baot through lose seams and rivets. So before we lowered the boat I had the seller remove a small panel covering the bilge compartment to see how much water and to look for signs of water staining. I was amazed to see how clean and dry the transom and bilge area was. There was about one cup of water in the bildge, after 1 1/2 hours of testing the boat, we put the boat on the trailer and while on and incline at the launch there was still only 1 cup of water in the bilge. For being 34 years old it is in really great shape. The transom holds a huge 235hp Johnson Seahorse along with the 15 hp kick and there are no indention or deformities to the transoms surface. The center plywood panel that covers the full tank has carpet lifting about a 1/2" along the edge where the panels meet. I expect this is normal and could be easy to fix with new carpet and epoxy sealing the edges of the plywood.
The trailer is a Holsclaw single axle with hydraulic surge brakes that work off the pressure against the hitch ball I was surprised how well this kind of systems works. The only concern is a washboard wear patterned on the inside of one of the tires. I have read that is might be caused by lose bearing or an axle that need to be aligned. Before my 9 hour drive back to Michigan, I added bearing buddies and a new tire was put on.
Does anyone know if a dual axle would be better that a single axle? The boat pulled well behind my Avalanche, but on a few occasions it got into a rhythmic swaying motion but with a firm grip on the wheel it smooths back out.
all summer.
