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  1. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Starboard Cabin Window Rebuild This would be my first window rebuild ever. I think it came out pretty good. I replaced the glass, with plexiglass, so, a little bit of a downgrade, but I had to if I want the side windows to match the front cabin window that has to be rebuilt. The old butyl tape...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Those battery trays are dual trays. They each hold two batteries. I'm planning on two for fishing and two for the boat operation.
  3. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Dry Fitting Two More Sections of Decking The pictures are pretty self-explanatory. I want the batteries up front. I think the added weight up front will give the boat a better ride, four group 27 batteries @ ~70lbs each. I tried to recess them as much as possible to limit how much they stick...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Dry fitting two sections of decking. I'm using coosa for the deck. This will mean that there is nothing that can rot to this point... My framing is aluminum, there's the vinyl sheeting I used to bridge the ribs, and floatation foam. I suppose someday the floatation foam could become...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Installing the bulkhead around the step-down to the cabin. I saw an opportunity to cram some more floatation foam in, so I took it.
  6. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    After the framing was in, I used some angle, and leftover neoprene rubber strips I had, to make some top padding for the fuel tank. I buttered one leg of the angle with 5200, stuck the padding to it, and riveted the other leg to the aluminum framing. I left a little room, about 1/4", as...
  7. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Still getting caught up on the work that I've been doing... You may have seen in some of the recent pictures, I installed a highspeed water intake. I want the boat to have a washdown system. It turns out that if you want to be able to use it while the boat is in motion, you need one of these...
  8. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    After I installed the floatation foam around the port-a-potty I installed it down the port & starboard sides. I left the aft for later because I still have work back there. I'm using Total Boat's 2-Gallon kits. Each kit is supposed to float 300lbs and so far, with more to go yet, I've used 1.75...
  9. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I used Total Boat's pour-in expanding floatation foam around the port-a-potty to give it some sturdiness. Floatation foam is very strong, structural material. It helps support decking. So, with that in mind, my idea was to get it installed around the base of the port-a-potty. My idea was that...
  10. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I decided early on that this boat will accommodate those who sit while they pee. It might seem like I'm getting ahead of myself, but I think it's important to incorporate this into the design of the substructure. If I build it with this in mind, I can do a lot better job on the install. The...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Next, I installed my natural ventilation and aluminum floor framing. Natural ventilation is mandated by the coast guard. I believe this boat was built before the mandate, so it is technically grandfathered in, and doesn't have to have it, but I'm doing this, and I believe in the purpose it...
  12. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The cabin framing wood all seemed solid except the front piece, directly under the front cabin window. So, I rebuilt that with a piece of mahogany, treated it with my Old Timer's Formula (OTF) and reinstalled it. After the mahogany was installed, I cleaned up the aluminum trim piece that runs...
  13. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I decided that I want the weight of the batteries to help balance out the boat and as of now I'm planning on four batteries, two for the boat, two for downriggers & other accessories. I think having that weight up front behind the cabin will help give the boat a better ride. My plan is for the...
  14. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I've been getting some work done on the Islander and I'm about a month behind on my updates. My work has been kind of spread, so I'm going to update it with each individual component that I've worked on so it's easier to follow. The first thing I worked on was getting the fuel tank installed. I...
  15. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I ended up having the Holiday painted last year. They did a pretty good job. The last thing, that I wanted to do, to finish the boat was replace the rubrail rubber insert. Doing a couple laps around iboats, I've gathered that Wefco 0101G is the correct insert for my rails. I'm a little nervous...
  16. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I took apart the windows. The side windows aren't cracked or broken or anything, the front cabin window is though, and the plan is to have it remade, and I want all of the windows to match so I'm going to have them all rebuilt. I'm leaning toward a dark tint plexiglass, something that makes it...
  17. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    That's pencil... I'm talking about zooming in and looking at the teak string the engine is sitting on.
  18. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    You can see it on the Port Stringer if you use the zoom function.
  19. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    What @Watermann said. It's not going to rigidly connect to the boat. RDS explained that they typically like the tank to be able to move a little bit, about .25" or so. So, it's going to be boxed in just like Watermann's picture. I'm going to put aluminum strips across the top of the stringers...
  20. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Well, two steps forward and one step back... The Islander is at a fabricator shop. I'm having a new piece of trim that goes across the top of the stern sheet made, mounts for my boat buckles added to the trailer, and new skin cut for the transom cap and gunnels. Starcrafts from this era had an...
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