Butch Ammon
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2004
- Messages
- 249
Good afternoon. <br /><br />Maybe you have seen the photos, but, I have my dad's old 1975 Sea Star, 17' trihull I/O, with the common rugged ol' beast, 165hp Mercruiser inline 6. Back in 1999 (a few years before my dad passed away), he called me up and said along the lines, "hey mom and I don't use the boat anymore and don't get around as much, so if you want it, come get it". 
<br /><br />The old girl (I named the boat "Lady J") has seen better days, but she still runs great. The flooring in the stern is a little spongy, but otherwise okay. My wife and I cut out a piece of marine plywood and made an exact fit for the stern's floor. I just figured "what the heck" and screwed it right down over the existing carpet with galvanized deck screws. We also coated the marine plywood with Thompson's waterseal a few times before mounting it in the boat. <br /><br />The trailer is an old single axle heave steel trailer with wooden bunkboards. It was gray primer, then black, then white. The white is slowly peeling away, so the trailer looks horribly ugly and speckled. But it is still strong and rugged. The whole boat/trailer combo weighs in at 2100 pounds. <br /><br />Please see these photos and you'll see my old boat: <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/boatyard.jpg <br />(scanned photo is a bit blurry - sorry) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/SeaStarstern.jpg <br />(can't quite see it, but it has the original Mercruiser outdrive and 14.5 x 21 prop) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/SeaStar-fore.jpg <br />(I'd like to get a radio/CD player put in under the glove box) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/SeaStar-aft.jpg <br />(photo was taken with wide-angle lens - boat looks like it's 27' long. Oops....) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/165engine.jpg <br />(rugged ol' beast of an engine. Small block Chevy 250ci inline 6 - gotta love it!) <br /><br />I would like to slowly restore this old boat and recarpet it and get new seats. But, then there's the old addage: "When you have the money, you don't have the time - when you have the time, you don't have the money". <br /><br />Thank you for any advice you can offer on keeping this old girl running in top shape! <br /><br />Butch
<br /><br />The old girl (I named the boat "Lady J") has seen better days, but she still runs great. The flooring in the stern is a little spongy, but otherwise okay. My wife and I cut out a piece of marine plywood and made an exact fit for the stern's floor. I just figured "what the heck" and screwed it right down over the existing carpet with galvanized deck screws. We also coated the marine plywood with Thompson's waterseal a few times before mounting it in the boat. <br /><br />The trailer is an old single axle heave steel trailer with wooden bunkboards. It was gray primer, then black, then white. The white is slowly peeling away, so the trailer looks horribly ugly and speckled. But it is still strong and rugged. The whole boat/trailer combo weighs in at 2100 pounds. <br /><br />Please see these photos and you'll see my old boat: <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/boatyard.jpg <br />(scanned photo is a bit blurry - sorry) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/SeaStarstern.jpg <br />(can't quite see it, but it has the original Mercruiser outdrive and 14.5 x 21 prop) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/SeaStar-fore.jpg <br />(I'd like to get a radio/CD player put in under the glove box) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/SeaStar-aft.jpg <br />(photo was taken with wide-angle lens - boat looks like it's 27' long. Oops....) <br /><br /> http://members.aol.com/ammonc/165engine.jpg <br />(rugged ol' beast of an engine. Small block Chevy 250ci inline 6 - gotta love it!) <br /><br />I would like to slowly restore this old boat and recarpet it and get new seats. But, then there's the old addage: "When you have the money, you don't have the time - when you have the time, you don't have the money". <br /><br />Thank you for any advice you can offer on keeping this old girl running in top shape! <br /><br />Butch