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    How Can I Tell Electrolysis From Galvanic Corrosion?

    That might be confusing, so how can I tell if my boat's electrical system is involved in the mysterious holes I get in my '05 Starcraft 16 DLX - or if it's just saltwater in the wrong places? This post is by way of follow up to my previous post about a hole that appeared in my transom over a...
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    Holes Appearing While Dry?

    OK, this is puzzling. I have an '05 Starcraft 16' Custom Deluxe that I use in water that runs from brackish to fully saltwater. I bought it used and it had a few pinholes here and there, which I filled with that white 5200 silicon everyone recommends. So the boat was last in the water in...
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    Post a pic of your starcraft!

    Re: Post a pic of your starcraft! When you were fishing among the tarpon and sharks, did you end up catching the front half of the tarpon? Been there a few times, but more with kings than tarpon. Many years ago, I spent a day off Ft. Pierce at a light SE of the inlet, in a friend's boat...
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    Time to Admit I Need Lessons

    I think it's time to stand in front of the group like it was AA and say "Hi, I'm Bob and I have a problem. I suck at the ramp". I can launch OK, it's just that I've never retrieved it without going shin deep in the water and coming home with wet shoes. The boat is a 16' Starcraft side console...
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    Newbie Electrical Question

    Playing around on my Starcraft, I found a red wire just lying in the bilge area. Stripped on the end - it didn't look like it pulled out of anything and didn't look like it was ever used. This is a 2005 16 DLX SC that I got last December and is still pretty new to me. I'm still learning her...
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    What's A Good Deck Paint?

    I don't think my '05 Starcraft has the original interior. The brochure here is hard to see, but it looks like the original was I/O carpeting with the inner hull surfaces ivory colored. My boat has a dark tan, textured paint on most of the inner hull surfaces, and a light green paint on the...
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    Removable Seats that Won't

    I think it shouldn't be this hard. I bought a used 2005 boat and it has removable seats. Three seats on seat posts that can be moved around the cockpit to fit the situation. Lots of catalogs show this sort of arrangement. The seat posts look like this: You should just be able to press that...
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    The Official 2012 Starcraft on the Water Thread

    Re: The Official 2012 Starcraft on the Water Thread Does it count if I show the first time this year I had my Starcraft on the water? It was in January, but I just found this thread now. Only the second time I had the boat out. It was a warm January here.
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    Got a Small Flats Boat? Looking for Ideas

    Hi, Gang, I'm a new member here, and looking around for ideas. I have a 16' Aluminum boat (Starcraft), bought (used) several months ago, and fish the brackish water of east central Florida. It's a side console boat with a wooden deck, fishing chairs, and a live bait well. Ideally, I'd...
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    Post a pic of your starcraft!

    Re: Post a pic of your starcraft! Hi, Gang, I'm new here, and this will be my first post. I'm the happy owner of a 2005 Starcraft. It's a 16' Classic DLX, a "sportfisherman". It's my first Starcraft, and while not my first boat or first aluminum boat, it has been 20 years since I've had...
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