Re: 1978 Starcraft Holiday 18 Rebirth
Thanks guys. We are happy. Here are a couple more pics... Um I need help.
1970's 15.5' starcraft with a 1991 30hp evinrude. Electric anchor winch and davit in front will carry a 60lb anchor but a 40lb will hold well in Manistee river. This is a before pic. It has a new floor, carpet and transom now and is currently full of duck and goose decoys.
1989 22' crestliner 4.3 v6 merc alpha 1. This is also an old pic.
So I love boat projects obviously. lol. I hate climbing over the side of the boat 100 times a day while working on them though. The 15'er may go for sale soon. I bought it and used it primarily for fishing steelhead in rivers. I have fished lake huron, lake Michigan, lake stclare and lake erie from it. Ad stclare river and Detroit river. It's been a good boat. Very dry. no leaks. ugly but the fish don't mind.
The crestliner I bought for the big water and rigged it with riggers etc for salmon and steel. Fish out of Manistee Muskegon and lk erie in wheatley and Erieau in Ontario. The crestliner froze the day before thanksgiving in 2005. In 2006 I drove to Alaska and stayed for 2 months. So the crestliner sat and is still in need of repair. It popped a couple freeze plugs and cracked the exhaust manifolds. I am planning to restore it with new floors, console and a rebuild. I have no idea why I bought another boat. We were not even looking. That's what I get for taking my wife with me to look at the Holiday. lol.. She said we are not leaving without that boat. lol. I am happy we bought it though.
