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This was a tough call- but after much deliberation last night I ultimately decided that due to deck height changes to open up floor space, it makes a lot of sense to also move my stairs all the way up to the cabin wall, thereby losing over 2' of the large trough/stairwell it would've had. This...

It really is a tough decision! After much consideration I am 100% sold on the sliding type door as well, so our Chief's will be similar in that way. I mostly planned mine out last night after 10+ mind changes lol and am building it today. Which way/side do you think you'll go with the slider...

Thing looks huge with the wall out! Great perspective shot of the layout. My cabin walls were replaced at some point and do not go all the way to the hull sides. I'm going to put a filler piece in later to correct that. My wall is 3/4" thick and connects into a channel that runs across the top...

Bathroom floor Kitchen floor This is the piece I dreaded cutting most. After some careful measurements and planning- it worked out great first try luckily! Scalloped edges done with a jig saw easy enough. Nice and splintery edge, check. Quick edge routing with 45 degree angle on bottom...

That's right, my bad, I was really tired reading this and forgot the door was missing originally. 🤦‍♂️ Seems common as my Starchief was missing its door too.. I like the sliding door idea the most. It seems any door is a bit of a pain to make it work just right especially on a boat that flexes a...

I'd just trim the bottom edge back to where it works. I mean, why not? If you ever wanted to be more original you could add a little strip back to the bottom if redeck was removed. That seems the simplest to me. It's cool that it has what looks like the OG aluminum door!

First deck boards cut today.

Liberty ship mode- turning up the speed! 🇺🇸

Plywood, 3 rolls of neoprene rubber for the fuel tank beds, scrap yard aluminum bin finds, and yet another $100 of hardware from the Depot. Thinking I'll really be able to do some damage with all this stuff. I'm going with 1/2" (15/32) plywood for the cabin floor and 5/8" (19/32) for the cockpit...

Doin the Sky Jacker 6" lift kit for helm. You can see where I have been fighting the rain. Sun pops out, put paint on, sky instantly turns grey, rain washes paint off. Slowly but surely.

Here are a few snips from old Starcraft catalogs that show deck layout and some size comparisons. You can really see the difference in cockpit to cabin proportions in the one where it compares the Islander and Chieftain of same length.

So here's what I've got from measuring the 25: --Cabin-- Width -to windows 75.5" (6' 3.5") -to hull sides 90" (7' 6") Length -cabin wall to windshield 111" (9' 3") -cabin wall to front of v-berth 159" (13 '3") Height factory setup 67" (5' 7") *Height from floor to between ceiling beams 70" (5'...

Hey you know what, that's a really great question and I am interested to know too! I have a Chief 25 that I am rebuilding so I can take any measurements needed for this comparison. I'll go out in a bit and take a measurement of the cockpit length and width as well as cabin. I bet even the...

Below you can see where the rear beams were intruding on the space and trimmed slightly so tanks could go back another couple inches. Planning to mount water tank sideways like this so it fits and just reconfigure the ports. Old drain will become vent, old vent will be supply #1, original...

Removed inner gunwale extrusions. The material from them will likely be repurposed later for something else on the boat.

So originally I was just going to notch the plywood for the tank beds but because of the increased water tank size I needed the fuel tanks to be a couple inches farther back. That corner being the one that got me has nothing to do with this I swear.

Update: Painted 2x10's, reinstalled aft floor Z-beam supports, tested deck height with a piece of plywood by helm. Thinking I will need to raise steering wheel a bit later on. Word of warning- the aluminum deck supports are extra SHARP! Be careful when rebuilding the floors so you don't get...