SeaMasterZ@aol.com
Lieutenant Commander
- Joined
- May 21, 2003
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Just one thing about those recycled plastic decking floors ... arent they heavy as hello? (censor that!)<br /><br />Also - in regards to 3/4 inch plywood ... I am close to four bills in the weight dept, and a buddy of mine goes 500 and change (suddenly, that 125 Johnson makes sense!) will putting cross stringers every 18 inches be enough, or should I go 12? I havent measured the ribs in the Starcraft, but they seem pretty close together, I was going to put 2x2 stringers across and lay plastic decking boards down, but they are flexible, so 3/4 ply might be the way to go - or that fiberglass reinforced stuff they sell for tractor trailer van bodies.<br /><br />now, I know you are going to say save wieght by leaving my buddy on the dock, but since hes the only one insane enough to want to take a relatively small boat to the places I like to fish, thats tough to do!<br /><br />(and there is no way I can get the SeaCraft going this season, ive decided to take one of the runabouts and make them work, and the Starcraft is my favorite, the underdog of the bunch!)<br /><br />the original floor was plywood riveted to the ribs and a center joist running down the center ... lining up a new floor seems impossible, so I was going to bolt down the stringers with aluminum or nylon washers against the ribs, and use a screwgun to secure the floor to the stringers<br /><br />I suppose I could make floorboards the width of the boat and two feet wide to hit those old rivet holes ... still, it seems danged tricky, and its already past memorial day!<br /><br />On the other hand, the Crestliner has a mostly solid floor, anyone know if a mid sixties Crestliner 18 foot runabout could handle a 125 Johnson? (only til the Starcraft gets a floor in, she came with the 125, so I suppose she can handle it!)
