john92673

I got a buddy who a while ago said he would weld it for me but im not sure how good he is at aluminum. Theres 4 or 5 small puncture...

Im thinking the best course of action is to remove the deck and see what is actually going on underneath. I should be able to do a...

That looks very bad. Wouldnt priming it make the bond to the primer instead of the aluminum though?

It doesnt look too bad or feel soft or thin from the outside. No way of knowing how it looks on the inside without pulling up the deck.

How much of a pain is pulling the deck off. Im debaiting onnpulling the deck off and brazing thr smaller holes shut.

Thank you for all the imput. That rusty metal you were seeing is foam on the inside of the hull. Feels dry in that small section not...

I already have everything I need in order to patch it. If it doesnt work Im out a weekend. My plan was to run it a few times and keep...

Yea I was planning on removing atleast part of the deck down the road. I just have a hard time convincing my self to do it because its...

Deffinitly wouldnt do anything like that right away. Figured I would start out on some small lakes and go from there.

Thats an old picture before I got most of the paint off. I also think the pictures make it look a lot worse than it is. Theres sone...

For the second picture, I was thinking about pop riviting a plate over it with 5200 sealent. Does it make sense to epoxy in the holes first?

Origninaly the plan was to just give up on the boat I have now and get a sea nymph instead. Im going to try and use marine tex to...

Hello everyone I purchased a star craft mariner 160 last year. It had quite a few nasty suprises underneath the paint. It looks like the...

Hello everyone. My first boat turned out to be more of a project than I can handle. Im trying to recoup what I can and move on. I have a...

Hello everyone! Im looking to purchase my first real tin boat. I have a starcraft mariner that I am in the process of trying to get rid...