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70’s Starcraft 14’ Seafarer “By Golly”
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<blockquote data-quote="Makaw" data-source="post: 487353" data-attributes="member: 25180"><p>Final throwback post! After the modifications already posted about, plus a little engine maintenance, the boat was made seaworthy and launched to test and explore new water around my home. I got out a handful of times over the summer and fall. The first time or two out was more focused on shaking down the boat, making sure everything was working, testing weight distributions of batteries, testing trim settings on the outboard and learning the trolling motor features. Then I just started wetting fishing lines. </p><p></p><p>I was pleasantly surprised at how stable the bow platform is to fish from. I think it helps that I have two 31 group deep cycles for my 24V trolling motor to keep weight low in the center of the boat. Yes, I know, it’s overkill.</p><p></p><p>The Johnson moves the boat nicely. I don’t have any other relevant aluminum boat experience to compare to, but it seems to hole shot pretty well and run smooth. I did several WOT readings via phone GPS and my highest recorded speed was 20.2 mph, shown below. Averaged around 19-19.5, which I’m thrilled with.</p><p></p><p>Plans for 2022:</p><p>- Install my new Garmin Striker Vivid 4cv and run the boat as-is for spring fishing.</p><p>- Strip the boat when weather gets nice and tackle hull sealing and new paint job. </p><p>- Replace / modify mid and rear bench seats. I have several ideas but I don’t have the exact plans locked in for what I’m going to do about these. Open to ideas!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Makaw, post: 487353, member: 25180"] Final throwback post! After the modifications already posted about, plus a little engine maintenance, the boat was made seaworthy and launched to test and explore new water around my home. I got out a handful of times over the summer and fall. The first time or two out was more focused on shaking down the boat, making sure everything was working, testing weight distributions of batteries, testing trim settings on the outboard and learning the trolling motor features. Then I just started wetting fishing lines. I was pleasantly surprised at how stable the bow platform is to fish from. I think it helps that I have two 31 group deep cycles for my 24V trolling motor to keep weight low in the center of the boat. Yes, I know, it’s overkill. The Johnson moves the boat nicely. I don’t have any other relevant aluminum boat experience to compare to, but it seems to hole shot pretty well and run smooth. I did several WOT readings via phone GPS and my highest recorded speed was 20.2 mph, shown below. Averaged around 19-19.5, which I’m thrilled with. Plans for 2022: - Install my new Garmin Striker Vivid 4cv and run the boat as-is for spring fishing. - Strip the boat when weather gets nice and tackle hull sealing and new paint job. - Replace / modify mid and rear bench seats. I have several ideas but I don’t have the exact plans locked in for what I’m going to do about these. Open to ideas! [/QUOTE]
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