Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

[SPLMAXSAM]

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Day 9 - wow i removed alot of screws

 

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Day 10 - i lay out all the pieces and measure them. I also indicate if they are covered by carpet or vinyl.
I also find more foam

 

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Day 10 - new problem - some sort of rubber coating on the aluminum. Have much difficulty cleaning it off

 

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Day 11 - try to manually remove rubber coating. I also have located an outboard and am going to go do an inspection

 

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Day 11 - outboard visit. I came accross 1 owner low hour Mercury 2 stroke. The store , illness and racoon damage discouraged the owner from boating. The motor has been sitting for 15 years under cover

 

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Day 12 - rubber removal still an issue. Tried wire brush, scraper and acetone. So far only industial stripper has an effect

 

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Day 12 - more measurements. I strip off sunbaked carpet from the console. I will use as a template for new carpet

 

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Day 13 - i ate

 

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Day 13 - started really tginking about new trasom

 

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Day 14 - took a break from hand tools and decided to try a power washer on the interior.

 

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Day 14. I flooded the interior to check for loose and leaky rivots

 

[TruckDrivingFool]

Making good progress. That stringer damage makes another good case against pour in foam in my mind.

Is the rubberized coating the factory seam sealer? If so maybe it's better just cleaned up and left if not leaking.

Questions,
1. What's wrong with the Evinrude in the before pics?
2. I see the two ribs down the keel, do the ones seen in the bow run the full length also?

 

[Teamster]

Looks to me like someone came off some waves mighty hard at some time in the past,...

I'd say the foam added to the structural soundness that kept the boat from bending on impact,...

 

[TruckDrivingFool]

Looked to me like water logged foam froze and blew them out, but you make another case.

 

[BWR1953]

Day 12 - rubber removal still an issue. Tried wire brush, scraper and acetone. So far only industial stripper has an effect

I think I read in one of the resto threads that Xylene worked to remove that rubbery stuff.

 

[64osby]

Glad to see you eat once in a while.

Nice progress.

 

[SPLMAXSAM]

Sorry for mis spellings - doing post from my cell phone

 

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Day 15 - start of bew stringers. As a wonderful surprise, my good fishing buddy dropped off some metal for me. Unbelivable!!!
I am going to cut out the bad metal and overlay the weak metal.

 

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Day 15 - working on new stringers

 

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Day 16 more stringer work. Cut out replace rivot