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    DVD review: Fiberglass repairs made easy

    So I was searching Netflix looking for more movies to put in my queue and decided to search for fiberglass repairs for giggles. Actually one DVD came up so I put it in the queue and decided to see what it was about. Fiberglass repairs made easy: Fiberglass GelCoat Damage: Vol 1 -It's 55...
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    1979 22' Starcraft SuperSport V5 Restoration

    Re: 1979 22' Starcraft SuperSport V5 Restoration If you haven't seen it go to this thread for an idea in flipping the boat. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=424635 Post number 39 is where it starts, I know you boat is a little bigger but perhaps you could incorporate this idea into...
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    Will this thing actually float?

    http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/retiree-builds-33-ton-sailboat-in-backyard/19635611?test=latestnews Seems like a lot of tonnage for such a small boat?
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    What the H*#L is this?

    It looks pretty cool but I don't think I want it on my boat. It has probably had the snot ran out of it. http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/1927145562.html I HAVE A 135 CHRYSLER STACKER MOTOR UP FOR SALE. THIS MOTOR IS VERY RARE AND IS COMING OFF OF A LAKE READY BOAT AS OF 2 WEEKS AGO. THIS...
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    How much planning?

    I am curious is to how much planning you all have done going into a restoration. Do you have every detail down to gauges, interior color, hull color, lighting, etc. before you start tearing into it, or do you just work on the fly and figure out everything when you get to it? I have everything...
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    Need flooring advise

    I have hit a bit of a snag on my restore. I have drilled the rub rail and separated the transom. Going to pull the cap and the floor seems to be glued to the sub-floor. The cap and floor are all one piece of fiberglass. Here are the choices I see that I have. A. Try wedging the floor as...
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    No Smoking!!! 1969 Hydroswift Restore

    I have finally found my project! I had started off really wanting a Starcraft, but they are few and far between here. I wanted to restore a boat because it seems to be an exciting adventure to me, and I need something to do because I quit smoking. Between the wife, kids, family, and friends, I...
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    Shark Week 2010

    Anyone watching? Starts tonight! 9pm eastern
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    The one that got away......

    So I posted here a few days ago that I caught the restoration bug, well I found the perfect boat, hesitated, now its gone........sigh :( I know I said I wanted an aluminum v-hull runabout, i.e. early to mid sixties Starcraft, but this would have fit us perfectly. I waited to talk to the wife to...
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    What is an appropriate age......

    for a child to trailer a boat? We were the only ones at the dock last night leaving and I thought what the heck, I will let him try to load the boat on the trailer. He is 5yo and has shown a great interest in wanting to help get it ready to go to the lake and pack it up from being at the lake...
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    I don't recall seeing this on TV

    Not sure where to post this, but it will get a few giggles. Mods please feel free to move to a more appropriate spot. http://failblog.org/2010/07/19/epic-fail-video-boat-name-fail-2/
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    I have caught the restoration disease......

    First off, I want to say kudos and WOW to all the restoration threads on here and a big thank you for posting and updating them. They have kept me entertained for 3 weeks with the end nowhere in sight. I have read and read for weeks with very little production in my life. Never would I have...
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    To foil or not to foil that is the question.......

    I see a lot of people on here that are really down on the hydrofoil. I have one and a few friends have told me to get rid of it. I want to hear your pro/ cons on this. It is on my boat in my siggy and my gut tells me 150 hp on this boat is plenty to overcome the reasons for the hydro-foil. If I...
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    Name these parts.......

    First of all, let me start by saying I would do better working on my 88' Johnson GT 150 with a 73' Chiltons Pinto manual than the Clymer manual for this motor.. I need to know and a brief explanation of these parts and what exactly they do.. I know this is a primer solenoid, but I do not know...
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    I kinda felt like a failure......

    Yesterday, while at the lake having fun "The Man" (Game Warden) or should I say "The Woman" came over to give us a safety check. After all my studying making sure our boat was safe and we had everything that we needed to be legal, I overlooked a key piece of safety equipment, a type IV throwable...
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