Recent content by Seafarer

There's always 'deals' on FB and CL but no takers. If I bought everyone of them I'd have 100 boats and motors. A neighbor has been trying to sell his old boat for years now, a '93 14ft Starcraft with an older 9.9hp Evinrude and a welded galvanized trailer. He moved here with it from PA about 8...

Its been sort of dead here, a few boats are on the water but not nearly what I'd expect. They also made it hard to renew boat registrations here if you didn't register in 2020 during the pandemic. If you skip a year you have to go to a main or regional motor vehicle office to renew your...

Looks like a CDI module. Those wires don't need insulating, they need to be replaced. I'd cut back the harness until I got to clean wire and then solder and heat shrink on new leads and terminals. Use only tinned or marine grade wire, most likely 16 ga. If you can't get back to good wire, then...

I figured I'd add an update here. By the time I got back last week, the 16' boat was no longer for sale, I'm thinking the owner decided not to sell it because when I went by there he had a super clean 33hp Evinrude on the back with a four blade prop, and the boat was full of crabbing gear...

I called the seller to see if I could secure the boat before I get there and he told me so far only one person other than me had looked at it but they didn't have cash and wanted to trade instead. Either way, I'll be back there next Monday night, hopefully its still there. I'll be looking around...

I bought my 14' Seafarer last July off Craigslist, it came with a minty clean trailer, mint clean 9.8hp Mercury, and the hull looks brand new, even though its a 1973. The guy had it listed for almost a year, I emailed, got no reply several times then I finally emailed the guy my phone number and...

I most likely will if its still there when I get back from vacation next week. My basic plan would be to strip the boat down and paint it the same green color my 14' is painted, add some lights and swap over my motor and trailer and see how it does on the water here. I was sort of hoping...

This is the next best deal I've seen and its rough at best, the foot of dirt and two trees growing out it don't do it any favors and I'd expect it to need all new wood and who knows what else is hidden under all the dirt. The next best deal is over $2k.

Are new boats cheaper down your way? The best price I've gotten here on a brand new deep 16' hull has been $2,300 plus tax, or about $2,500 out the door for the bare hull only. Add another $1,200 for a galvanized bunk trailer with 12' wheels. The way I see it, $750 versus $2,500 sounds pretty...

Maybe something like a knife switch with a tether added? Maybe add a spring and release pin to unlatch the switch as well? These are common on RVs and such.

I suppose I could get him to come down a bit on the price but what drew me to the ad was the price. I thought the price was pretty cheap. About a year ago I priced new hulls and a new, bare, 16' hull was over $2,500, with some being more than $3,500. Finding anything with a short transom like...

I looked at a 16' aluminum Starcraft today in hopes of maybe upgrading from a 14' to a 16' hull for some more space. https://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/4644275071.html To my surprise, the 16' hull is way lighter although much deeper than my 14' hull. I'd guess the 16' hull to be under 225...

First off, the lakes here are mostly restricted to 9.9hp. I'm running a 1973 Mercury 9.8hp two stroke. I've been running a 14' Starcraft Seafarer 14' for over a year now and really like the boat but with two people aboard I'm probably pushing the weight limits a bit. I looked at a 16' version...

I'm just hoping its still available when I can afford it again. I think the combination of cold weather and poor economy are the only reason the seller still has that thing. I've been boating all my life and never saw one here before, but always wished I had something built like that thing is...

Its not just layoffs this time, the boss said he just can't keep up with all the costs added by the new health care laws, he said he can't run with less then 50 people, and can't afford to pay for health care for everyone and stay profitable so he figured it was a good time to just hang it up...