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  1. Watermann

    1987 Starcraft islander 190v?

    After the PMs and now looking at your transom set up pics, your splashwell style covers over the gunnels and the transom. The small strip (seen in the upper left of pic below) that you want to bend up can just be cut off or bent up and back down as it won't be visible once reassembled with...
  2. Watermann

    1985 StarCraft Islander 221v fixer upper.

    Wrong thread posted
  3. Watermann

    Where do I belong? Alum Goods 1687, SS16 Clone?

    You want to use a solid rivet to repair the hole rather than a blind rivet to seal a hole in the bottom, one small impact or just routine trailer loading and unloading can snap the head off a blind. For the under deck ferrous metal, replace bracing with AL and use AL fasteners, blind or solid...
  4. Watermann

    1973 Starcraft Holiday 18ft Restoration Deck Question

    Yeah SC used 1/2 5 player marine ply for the decking. Double decking is done to either take a short cut or to do a quick fix and sell. The donor boat I got was decked over rotten.
  5. Watermann

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yeah typical of what you get now, I've been having an issue with one of the Shanghai LED lights on my SS trailer, it's not leaking but it works when it wants to.
  6. Watermann

    Starcraft Members Map

    Wilkommen und viele grüße aus Amerika!
  7. Watermann

    Wood floor covering options

    The key is proper care of the boat keeping the elements away from all your hard work and investment. No matter what you do to seal wood if left to the ravages of the elements nothing will stand up for long. SC didn't seal any of the wood at the factory and most times held up for decades...
  8. Watermann

    1978 Holiday 18

    Indoor winter boat work is the best way to make the long winter months go by quicker. Wishing I had a large enough space to get my 22'r inside.
  9. Watermann

    What I/O Drive options were used in a 19' Islander

    Not all the sticky links are broken or have damaged threads after the forum overhaul, I repaired mine on rivets :) I also saved what I could of the SC brochures locally and some day this winter I plan on bringing them back.
  10. Watermann

    1987 Starcraft islander 190v?

    Corrosion, yeah the difference between pour in foam and the old EPS they used prior to. My 79 SS had zero corrosion inside the hull even after being used in the Great Salt Lake, 9 times more saline than the ocean. I see guys wanting to put that pour in foam in their old tin and just shake my...
  11. Watermann

    1973 Starcraft SuperSport 16ft. restoration questions

    It sure can be some nasty boat work weather this time of year :cautious: For the rivets, have you looked at the rivets tutorial in the stickies? I have a cheap Husky air hammer for solids and a Shanghai Freight pneumatic blind riveter that have held up well over the years.
  12. Watermann

    1973 Starcraft SuperSport 16ft. restoration questions

    My SC steering wheels have all been roached and replaced. The SeaNymph had a usable wheel, all I did after removing the oxidized layer was to soak the wheel for a few days with 303 protectant.
  13. Watermann

    1973 Starcraft SuperSport 16ft. restoration questions

    I'd call it the nav side console. Slow and steady progress gets you there, the tear down, clean up and repair takes the longest.
  14. Watermann

    1987 Starcraft islander 190v?

    I've used nothing but old road signs for patches, these hulls and the signs are 5052 Al so there's no difference in metal alloy.
  15. Watermann

    1979 Starcraft Supersport 22' V5 Restoration

    Nice, that's a rare and beautiful find (y) I'm assuming it's a Mecruiser when I say this but finding a IO donor boat is the only way to go. Start scouring CL and FB market place for either a 4.3L V6 or 5.7L V8 Alpha One depending on your needs.
  16. Watermann

    1974 Starcraft SS 18

    Tough to let go of these boats for sure. One of the iboat rules is not to try selling boats in the forum or the forums would be flooded with ads. Best bet is to use market place and post it in the Starcraft FB group.
  17. Watermann

    1985 StarCraft Islander 221v fixer upper.

    I wouldn't waste the time and huge effort it takes to paint AL properly on the inside bottom, it really serves no purpose. Drain and pump fittings for livewells should be on the transom where nothing should ever impact them to cause a hull leak. My LW in the raised deck has an overflow that is...
  18. Watermann

    Did Starcraft ever?

    Not sure what that beast is, looks like glass to me and poorly done at that, the Flintstone's come to mind. Yeah SC made IO jets, I've seen a couple islanders with jets with one nearby sitting in a field.
  19. Watermann

    19?? Starcraft Jetstar

    I center my tab anode, with power tilt and trim the prop torque pull goes away when you get up on plane and adjust the trim out.
  20. Watermann

    New Journey

    Awesome to see your boy getting hooked on hunting early on. (y) Next week is black power elk for me, really looking forward to getting out in the woods.
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