Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

[braindead0]

There's gotta be more Seastar owners out there... <br /><br />The biggest question I've got at this point is.. what's under the floor? I haven't had the carpet off yet, but I suspect that between the floor and hull is filled with foam, I'm not even sure how the floor attaches (if it wasn't molded in perhaps)? I'm going to be tearing into this boat during the winter, removing all the hardware and essentially gutting the interior. Thought perhaps somebody has done this before, and may have some pointers..<br /><br />Also, how can you tell how much room there is between the floor and hull? Seems it could be very close at some points, and the odd shape of a tri-hull doesn't help much. I don't intend to by screwing a bunch of stuff to the floor.. but it would certainly provide some peice of mind if I new I had X inches as some point.

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

It will look a little like this, especially if the V is deep. If it is a shallow V, you may have less stringers. On mine I filled all voids with foam except the center bilge. This is a 16.5 foot Silverline tri-hull, but you get the idea...<br /><br />

 

[braindead0]

Re: Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

Is that from a seastar? How big and what year? My floor is fiberglass, and as yet I haven't tore into it.. so I'm not even sure how it comes out.<br /><br />Nice job replacing the stringers ;-)

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

It is a 1970 Silverline Comoro 16.5 foot trihull with 125 horse Merc. This is what it was...<br /><br />

<br /><br />This is now what it is...<br /><br />

 

[braindead0]

Re: Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

Nice job on the center console! I'd consider doing that, but my 'split console' is molded in and probably provides additional support for the boat ;-)<br /><br />So far it looks like I'll not be able to get to whatever is under the floor without cutting out the floor itself. I have a feeling this may be entirely fiberglass construction underneath. I do know that the top and hull are essentially one peice now, glassed together at the factory. I think the floor is completely glassed in as well.<br /><br />I'd imagine if there were wood stringers/supports underneath.. that there would be some softer spots in the boat floor. But there aren't, it's very solid. Perhaps I'll just not worry about it (unless I discover something crazy when I rip out the carpet and interior).

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

My consoles were molded in. I cut 'em out, and enclosed the open ends of the bow seating with ply and glassed it all together. There is no hint whatsoever of any flex, and I have had this thing catch some decent air off of big wakes a few times.<br /><br />I looked at the pics of your tarp cover assembly, and was able to see the hull. It looks like it has a bit of V to it, not as much as mine, but you can take measurements of the inside and outside to get a rough idea what kind of room you have underneath. I have seen too many times where people have drilled right through the hull on tri-hulls, especially where the highest points of the upward curves that lead out to the oute sponsons are. In fact, I had a few holes I had to repair on my rig from someone drilling through and then just dabbing some silicone in to "patch" the holes. Just be glad you don't need to replace any structure, its all just fun stuff for you....

 

[braindead0]

Re: Seastar Owners unite! (aka: guestions on 15' seastar trihull)

Well, I don't think I have to replace any structure ;-)..<br /><br />The transom is solid as a rock, I figure that's a good sign. Particularly considering there are several holes through it, looks like it had a kicker mounted on the starboard side at one point. I'll be removing all that crud and filling with epoxy/filler. There's also a ton of little hooks pop-rivited to the gunwals above the water line. Presumably for an old cover of some sort.. I'll be doing a lot of pop-rivet drilling ;-)