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Before the repair, the boat would twist and flex like crazy. It is solid now.

Well - not too different than the initial design. Most of the new stuff is all butted up and wrapped with glass. Not much opportunity for hinging And - it is all bonded to the floor But clearly not as good as continuous material.

Yep - those plywood sections were my selective replacement of the existing glass-only sections. I replaced the trashed ones, and beefed up the rest. Should have just ripped it all out and put in continuous stringers.

Some pics from the original tear down

The stringers were just hollow. And - I’m confident in the stringers, was just worried about the “beefiness” of the skin in between them…

Yes it is - even a bit concave ;) With a 1” keel running down the center.

Most of the lateral ones are new/marine plywood that I put in. Shaped to the hull. Most of the the fore-aft ones were original - Just fiberglass draped over a small 1x1 frame that had rotted away. . I laid extra glass/resin over those to beef them up before slapping the new floor in.

Hi all - I’ve got a 1967 Starcraft Bahama - glass boat. 10 years ago I did a “structural restoration“ - popped the deck, gutted it, redid stingers, Transom, floor, etc… put it all back together, just repowered with a 1995 50hp Johnson and it’s running great. With all that new, Re-enforced...

Thanks - both are priced the same.

Hi all - repowering my rebuilt 1967 StarCraft Bahama and have an option for either a 1998 2 cylinder Johnson 50hp SPL J50TSLECC or a 1995 3-cylinder 50hp J50DTLEOS both motors in decent shape - my local shop is recommending the 3 cylinder. any pros/cons to consider? Weight difference...

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer adding some pics of where I am at.

Hi Folks - just new to the board and after 3 years of knowing this was coming, I lifted the floor off my craigslist bought 1967 starcraft. and look what I found. So - started trimming it back to expose the rest also took some core samples of the transom, and that is all wet too. so -...