Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Just got back from a successful (and totally dry) fishing trip to Maine. The fishing was really good (over 90 smallmouth bass in two days: biggest fish was 18" and 3 lbs. on a 5-wt fly rod!) and the boat was dry as a bone. It was like old times...
Re: 1973 Starcraft 15.5ft unknown model AMBITIOUS restoration
I don't know for sure how your Z section and the aluminum stringers were arranged before your demolition job but they didn't look like your drawing in my 14 footer. In my boat, the Z section runs fore-aft and is riveted through the...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Well the 1988 Starcraft is now fully operational and nice and dry. I went out for 3 1/2 hours (caught 7 trout too) and there wasn't more than a half cup of water in the stern. It may have come in around the drain plug in the transom but it was...
Re: i have 1966 starcraft help plzzzz
For what it's worth my 14 foot aluminum Starcraft Fisherman is rated for up to 35 horsepower based on the Coast Guard rating plate on the transom. I have a 28 horsepower Evinrude and the boat goes plenty fast for me. A fiberglass boat would be a lot...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Thanks. I'm really proud of how it turned out. You're right jigngrub, rivets and a good rivet gun are very valuable for people with tin boats.
The hatch isn't hinged. It's pinned on the forward edge to the aluminum frame. The pins are clips...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Well I've finished the casting deck up forward and now all that's left is to put her back in the water again. I'm "pretty" sure I haven't drilled any holes in the bottom this time. All the new work was way above the waterline so even I'm pretty...
Re: STARCRAFT OWNERS Check in
Back to the original idea here: Starcraft Projects. I've had mine going since November and it's finally coming to an end. It's a 1988 Starcraft 14' Fisherman. My project included repairing a couple leaky rivets (and one hole that was my own mistake) plus...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Thanks for the comforting words. Misery loves company and it's nice to hear that even all you experienced guys have made dumb mistakes too. I patched the hole today.
I also got inspired and decided to rebuild my casting platform. I built it...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Well it's all together and there aren't any extra parts left in my garage (other than left over rivets). The battery needed a charge so the engine test is tomorrow. Tuesday is the "sea trial", assuming the engine is OK. I'm really happy with...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Lots of extra rivets for sure. Better to have too many than not enough.
Got the floor in today and attached the bait well to the hull and ran the plumbing. Also attached the console to the hull. I filled all the void spaces around behind and...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
I've made a little more progress. I finally got the hull cleaned. It was harder than I expected but I shouldn't have been surprised that it was a lot of work. 24 years of crud build up takes a lot of cleaning. It looks good now.
I cleaned...
I've been running a thread on the boat restoration forum covering my work on the floor and hull of my 14 foot Starcraft (SF-14-L) and have gotten lots of valuable help. However I've run into a problem putting the live well back together and was hoping someone really into small Starcraft boats...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
I'm having trouble finding fittings for my live well drain. The original equipment drain is a 1 inch system that includes what looks like an angled through hull fitting with a threaded end and a angled grip end. The treaded end had two pieces...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
Made lots of progress once I got the floor materials right. Attached pictures show all four floor panels set in and fit up. Nothing tied down yet but the fit is pretty good. I will need some longer grip range rivets to attach the floor to the...
Re: Replacing The Floor On My 14 foot Starcraft
After a couple on and off months of effort the interior of my hull is stripped bare. I was able to grind all the rivets off with an angle grinder and got pretty good at it toward the end. That allowed me have the confidence to grind the round...
