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    Islander/Chieftain project ponderings. Building the ultimate big water Starcraft?

    I've concluded that there's a fairly fundamental limit to how comfy/spacious boats designed with a beam under wide load permit threshold can be for "overnighting" and weekending. It sounds like you're realistic about the interior not being spacious and mostly focused on deckspace which is more...
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    Wired up the new panel and most everything else over the weekend. Other than misplacing my spare labeling shrinkwrap and running out halfway through (that could be fun down the road) it went pretty smoothly, although it's amazing how fast fuse panels fill up. Just some final tidying up to do.
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    Backlit too. Hopefully get them all wired up over the next few days. Got my 3x group31 trolling motor batteries + 4-bank charger situated belowdecks in the bow. Just need to sand the center hatch to fit and nautolex over it.
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    Got some work in rebuilding a switch panel today.
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    I'm gonna repress/gloss over the process of dislodging frozen waterlogged foam in an uninsulated garage with maybe 10 ft high rafters (plus door rails, openers, etc protruding downward), in a boat that's on a trailer with the deck 4 ft up. the rafters can barely get you, but the garage-door...
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    It was mostly in sort of OK condition overall, but clearly needed to come out. Previous refit(s) had repowered to the 5.7 and addressed low-hanging fruit, but not in a comprehensive way. The deck was replaced from doghouse forward to the consoles, but the original decking was left in place (and...
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    That's my father actually. I'm in the first pic but not really visible. Used it last summer for some nice fishing. Got the wiring stripped out and the rotten old flooring and foam (which was mostly dry, with a couple of exceptions from 1 leak and under the gas tank which was complete mulch...
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    1980 22ft SS V5 rework

    As far as I can tell, for 1980 the big V5 SS was supposedly discontinued. However, based on HIN my hull is definitely from early 1980. Purchased and run as-was a couple of years ago. Had been partially gone over previously (the "easy part" of the dack had been replaced, probably at the time the...
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