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14ft '78 Starcraft Seafarer "Willet"
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankenfish" data-source="post: 479449" data-attributes="member: 25701"><p>Hello folks,</p><p>I wanted to post my work so far on our 14' 1978 Starcraft Seafarer, named Willet (all our watercraft are named after Sandpipers).</p><p>Towing home</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107961[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>She was sitting for years outside in a field, uncovered. The first step was removing the waterlogged flooring and cleaning leaves out. Probably at least 80lbs of wood was pulled out. Lucky us, some of the floorboards were screwed through the skin!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107962[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107963[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Next came light sanding of the old paint, priming bare spots, and a rattle can rustoleum job. Lastly my wonderful wife volunteered to paint the numbers since vinyl number stickers were sold out everywhere nearby. I blame the COVID watercraft and outdoor equipment rush.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107964[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107965[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107966[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Replaced rivets and filled holes as needed and took it fishing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107967[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Lost my anchor and burnt up my trolling motor first time fishing out of it and had some trouble with the 9.9 Johnson. Those things were talked about in other threads and I greatly appreciated all the wonderful help from this forum.</p><p></p><p>It was also clear it's far from waterproof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankenfish, post: 479449, member: 25701"] Hello folks, I wanted to post my work so far on our 14' 1978 Starcraft Seafarer, named Willet (all our watercraft are named after Sandpipers). Towing home [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200405_190457.jpg"]107961._xfImport[/ATTACH] She was sitting for years outside in a field, uncovered. The first step was removing the waterlogged flooring and cleaning leaves out. Probably at least 80lbs of wood was pulled out. Lucky us, some of the floorboards were screwed through the skin! [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200406_204232.jpg"]107962._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200408_174805.jpg"]107963._xfImport[/ATTACH] Next came light sanding of the old paint, priming bare spots, and a rattle can rustoleum job. Lastly my wonderful wife volunteered to paint the numbers since vinyl number stickers were sold out everywhere nearby. I blame the COVID watercraft and outdoor equipment rush. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200608_193344.jpg"]107964._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200609_101221.jpg"]107965._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200610_215423.jpg"]107966._xfImport[/ATTACH] Replaced rivets and filled holes as needed and took it fishing. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200425_133105 (1).jpg"]107967._xfImport[/ATTACH] Lost my anchor and burnt up my trolling motor first time fishing out of it and had some trouble with the 9.9 Johnson. Those things were talked about in other threads and I greatly appreciated all the wonderful help from this forum. It was also clear it's far from waterproof. [/QUOTE]
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