77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

[FishNmemories]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

congrats on the splash, the holiday looks and rides incredibly awesome. Lots of work and prep have paid off, enjoy your ride!!

 

[sprintst]

I cracked 3 yesterday as well. Still have to make it down there to do some fishing

Fantastic job on the water Sprinter! Great to see another big tinny get itself up and powering and looking so good. Congratulations, looks like I can stay at home with my pitchfork! I'll crack a cold one to celebrate on your behalf!!

TII

That was the toughest part. Good ventilation too. The box will get cut down to the proper size on Sat. and sent off for upholstery next week.

Great Job Sprint and another danged good restore job!!! I especially like the clear notor box

I know my brotha from anotha motha. Hopefully I'll make the adjustments next trip so I can get around the dock. Tough jumping in and out of gear with a clunk. You get out there too man...time to get some sun and fish.

Gongrats on the splash. This is wicked bizzar..... We splashed on the same day, both have high idle issues and both were dodging rain clouds. Heck when I got home I almost mowed the lawn. No kidding!

Great boat and that engine sounds sweet. Enjoy!!!

Hopefully the following week will be decent. Looking at doing some day trips to make adjustments and play with the fish finder more.

Great job Sprint, looks super on the water. With this stinking weather we are having this summer it is tough to get an opening long enough to get on the water.
Glen

Thanks man. Enjoy the fishing on the island. Let me know if you ever head to Kootenay lake. I'd like to tackle those crazy rainbow trout.

congrats on the splash, the holiday looks and rides incredibly awesome. Lots of work and prep have paid
off, enjoy your ride!!

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

I've got the white synthetic fascia board to redo the bow area. Sat. it goes in as well and I may take a kick at fitting and pop riveting in the snaps for my old boat top. Some of it is beat up and needs to be replaced. Would be nice to have a good camper top so I can sleep in it if I wanted too

I'll post picks of the top after it is cleaned up...

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

More pics to come tomorrow. I got the Scotty 1050 downrigger mounted with the quick release mount. I also finally cleaned up the hull and applied my registration numbers. Gave the hull a quick cleanup and waxed the blue paint as well for good measure.

Monday early am I'm heading to Cold Lake for some huge lake trout. I've got some pics of the "Cold Lake Specials" as well as additional lures, downrigger clips, lead ball, etc.

The reports are that the guys are catching tons of lakers so I'm hoping to come back with some fish pics.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Nail those lakers, sprinter. Sounds like you're ready to troll.

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Good luck with the trout Sprint, congrats on getting the boat on the water.

Glad to hear no major issues, time to relax and get some sun.

Looking forward to some more pics when you get a chance.

I'm getting close to thinking about mounting downriggers on my SS so I'd like to see your setup.

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Thanks guys. I'll definitely get pics of the first fish caught. Looking to get out every chance I can while the sun is shining. Raining today but forecasts to be sun tomorrow.



I like the quick release to pull the downrigger off at any time. I also mounted it just back of the camper top snaps so I can stay on with the cover in place. We'll see if it was a good decision as I have to reach for a a bit.

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

More random pics of the hull polished up and the numbers on.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Such a sharplooking boat sprint!!

 

[Triton II]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Wow Sprinter, she looks sensational! Nice job mate!!

TII

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

My hands smell like the internet...if it had a smell. Can't get this fish stink off of them from the anchovy bait which I didn't really use...and the lake trout guts.

I'll see if I can post some Cold Lake videos as they are still uploading.

[video]http://s674.photobucket.com/albums/vv106/sprintst_photos/1977%20Starcraft%20Holiday%2018%20redo/?action=view&current=IMG_0555.mp4[/video]

I found a much better spot to fish than I originally was fishing. The fish alarms were going crazy. Next time I will slay them. Just ate about two pounds of fish by myself.

[video]http://s674.photobucket.com/albums/vv106/sprintst_photos/1977%20Starcraft%20Holiday%2018%20redo/?action=view&current=IMG_0554.mp4[/video]

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Catching fish already, awesome!

Beautiful!!!

I had to check where Cold Lake was on the map. Man up towards the North and East you have lakes forever! And ever! Most of that must be fly in stuff I'm sure.

 

[Davem3]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

very very sweet. and the payoff is awesome.
still trying to catch some keepers here myself

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

One more trip to Cold Lake. I took two of my boys to on the trip. The oldest landed one and the youngest had one that almost snapped his fishing rod and broke off.

Here are some before and after pics.

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

And more. The boat ran great btw. It's still being broken in after the rebuild and seems much smoother. The winch strap smapped retrieving but that's another story.

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

You've got it man. There are thousands of lakes a little farther north or east. Tons are trophy lakes as well with tough access.

Catching fish already, awesome!

Beautiful!!!

I had to check where Cold Lake was on the map. Man up towards the North and East you have lakes forever! And ever! Most of that must be fly in stuff I'm sure.

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

I'm digging the payoff as well. Cold Lake has some big lake Trout so I thought I check out one of Triton's old haunts as he flew down here in the day as part of military exercises on the air force base.

very very sweet. and the payoff is awesome.
still trying to catch some keepers here myself

 

[Triton II]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

I'm digging the payoff as well. Cold Lake has some big lake Trout so I thought I check out one of Triton's old haunts as he flew down here in the day as part of military exercises on the air force base.

Sure did, great flying in those days... 600+ kts at 100 ft being chased by CF-18s... yeehah! Even got to go out in a mini-tinny on the lake, and yes, it lives up to its name! Brrrrrrr.

TII

 

[sprintst]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

You'd need to open a window with this heat going on over here. I could have used a nice 600+ knot wind to cool things off a bit.

Sure did, great flying in those days... 600+ kts at 100 ft being chased by CF-18s... yeehah! Even got to go out in a mini-tinny on the lake, and yes, it lives up to its name! Brrrrrrr.

TII

 

[Triton II]

Re: 77 Starcraft Holiday 18 i/o - rebuild with pics galore

Here's a pic taken by my backseater of water skiing a Tornado down a picturesque Canadian river. We never flew below 100ft... well not all the time anyway!

TII