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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TexasJim" data-source="post: 500888" data-attributes="member: 24649">nlb34:  Nice work, and a really well-kept 60 year-old. My 1958 BlueStar 14 looked very similar, but not so pristine. Cadillac formed the chines like my BlueStar, by "hickeying" them in a press brake. Having rounded chines makes the boat almost  silent, sneaking thru a marsh flat. I removed my center seat, and cut the tops of the front and back seats out to remove the ancient, deteriorated foam, also. I used a dozen medical styro coolers, cut into flat pieces and completely filled the seats, plus, I put a deck over them that is 2-1/2 inches above the seats, so more foam there. I calculated that I added 375 pounds of lift. I had a structural failure of my deck joint in a huge square-wave sea in South Padre Island, and the boat swamped. It floated just about deck level, even with a 110 pound outboard. After a rescue, I added 75 more pounds of lift in the stern, to ensure that my engine won't sink below the saltwater. I have every confidence that it won't sink next time, and I hope there isn't a next time!  With a 15 HP Yamaha 4-stroke, mine runs a bit over 20 MPH, and is a great flats skiff. I wanted a Technical Poling Skiff, but couldn't afford one, so I made my "Low-Tech ****** Skiff"!  No poling tower, as my balance at my advanced age of 77  is gone, and I'd be in the water in a heartbeat. When I go to a launch ramp, I always have lots of lookers, and I'm sure you will too.  There are pics on this Forum of my skiff, TIN  STAR.     Good luck,    TexasJim, on the Texas Riviera</blockquote>

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