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    Starmada Testing Laboratories

    Re: Starmada Testing Laboratories This is even more absurd than the assertion that it's "illegal" to overpower. Is either recommended? Nope. Actually illegal, let alone enforced in 99% of the country? Highly unlikely. you're quite right. was thinking about this last night....what they gonna...
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    Starmada Testing Laboratories

    i suspect we're one of the biggest tinhead sites on the web and as such, have an obligation to develop some data for our bretheren and sisteren in tin. given all the discussion about various plywood options for floors n transoms, i decided to run the grand water intrusion/delamination test...
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    what's under YOUR ribs?

    here's what i found under mine. mild steel, stainless, brass, and aluminum. all but the last are higher on the galvanic table than your hull and will eventually cause it to corrode. luckily there were no lost copper pennies down there....Calder has a memorable picture in his book of a hole in...
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    changing bulb on Morse docking lights

    my '65 Starcraft Holiday came with a set of the Morse in-bow docking lights installed. these use an "eyeball" like arrangement that can swivel in the mounting ring affixed to hull. i have the eyeball out (says Dr Lecter....) but can't figure out how to separate it to replace the bulb. it uses...
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    your bow cleat is your friend

    your bow cleat keeps your anchor attached to your boat. anchors which aren't attached to the boat are notoriously ineffective. this is true whether the other end of the anchor rope has a bow cleat attched to it or not, if said bow cleat ain't attached to the boat. THIS (left side of pic) is...
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    anyone put the Moeller 25 gallon tank under the splashwell of an 18'?

    i'm looking at fuel tanks. the usual replacement for the 18 gal Tempo tank that came under the splashwell of many 18' outboard SCs is Moeller #35927, which is about the same dimensions as the original: 18.25Lx36Wx7.25H Moeller also makes a 25 gallon tank, #39537, with similar dimensions...
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    Qs for Mariner 18-19 owners

    could someone help me with some measurements? 1. what's the floor footprint of the factory console? 2. how far forward of the transom is the rear edge of console? 3. what's your guesstimate of angle of instrument panel relative to vertical? gracias.......
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    sound deadener under the bow?

    a Q for those who have restored closed bow boats: on the 65 Holiday, SC used some sort of material between the oak bow-support ribs and the tin closed-bow skin, i assume for padding/support/sound deadening. it appears orig was some type of fiberboard. what have y'all used for this? i want to...
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    cleaning out the fuel tanks

    i need to clean out the tank on the starchief as it's probably got 10+ gals of nasty used-to-be-gas in it, and it's stinkin up the boat. 1. any ideas on whether i'll need to pull the tank out? it's a nicely built-in bow tank so it won't be easy. can i just hook up an electric automotive fuel...
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    the portabote goes to the Sea of Cortez

    a few pics from recent fishing trip to San Carlos, Sonora. the PB did great as always but i get pretty wet on choppy days with wind. if anyone has any Qs on the bote mods to hold rods, tackle boxes gaffs etc, shoot me a PM...
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    hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one!

    Re: hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one! no progress on the 'chief lately as i've been buried in redoing the portabote seats and otherwise prepping for where i'm headed tonight/tomorrow: yep, it's that time again. my PERFECT wife has given me the OK to go fishing...
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    hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one!

    Re: hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one! durn near EVERYTHING gives up eventually when you get out the Sawzall....that, and telling it you have a chain saw in the garage if it doesn't capitulate at that point :eek: thanks Jas. i can't claim much credit, just happened to be in right place...
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    hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one!

    Re: hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one! a few more..... the new trailer jack, next to the hole that needs to be cut or ground out to 2 3/8" so it will fit into trailer and one that's not of the Starchief at all...........but a nice pic. our sailboat in front of the Organ Mt.s...
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    hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one!

    Re: hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one! ok, TRYING WITH SOME PIX HERE the donorboat goes to its Reward lovingly and carefully removing the controls from donorboat side panel the ID plate, now uncovered. you can see how it was under the teak side rail....never would have found it if i...
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    thoughts for Veterans' Day

    one of my colleagues sent this around the office email....more eloquent than anything i could say so i thought i'd share it with my Starmada bretheren and sisteren. thanks to all of you who have served, and think about this next time you pass a homeless vet. or the next time your elected...
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    anyone have rough dimensions of Starchief cockpit?

    bozo here is ready to order some Nautolex today but, ahem, forgot to measure the space he wants to cover. i think i recall about 60" floor width so i'd need the 72" wide instead of the 54"? and maybe order 3 yards? i'd like to get this off today to keep my {limited} momentum going. gracias!
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    1987 Starcraft 18' restoration advice

    Re: 1987 Starcraft 18' restoration advice Jas-- i used birch ply for the raised gunwales of my other tinnie (before Starcraft Enlightenment...). project has been stalled since i got the starchief, and boat has been sitting uncovered for abt 18 mos. some of it i got epoxied first, some i did...
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    hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one!

    Re: hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one! the prev owner's idea of adequate fuel filler cabin heat control flotation shade screening over the sliding side windows....still needs trimming and to have the alum strip finished to hoepfully look a little less ghetto Don-- what do you...
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    hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one!

    Re: hullo to all, and hot dawg i got me one! OK, no progress on the 'chief but here are some pix first, for all the fishgeeks.....a mess of bonito, one yellowtail, and one big sierra (note inability to close fishbox due to too many fish!)
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    the 1967 Holiday 18 and Multiple Boat Syndrome

    Re: the 1967 Holiday 18 and Multiple Boat Syndrome trying again, following the instructions. YES! it seems to have worked. you can now see the wistful visage that melted my heart and made me take er home, as well as the Starchief getting used to her younger half sister. sorry Don, no...
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