Dyin2Fish
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It has been several years since the old Starcraft project, so my buddy Dave and I were feeling long overdue for another one. We ran across a deal on this boat, motor and trailer... $200 bucks and just couldn't pass it up! As you can see she looks pretty rough right now, but this boat has a lot of potential. It's 16 feet long and 72" wide at the stern. Two feet longer and a ton wider than the 51 Starcraft we did last time. All the framing is done for us already, so decking will be a breeze. As of today, we have repaired the transom with 2 layers of marine grade plywood and have cut all the decking from exterior grade 3/4 ply. We are soaking all wood pieces in several coats of boiled Linseed oil and turpentine mix. Then we will do a couple coats of linseed oil, spar varnish and turpentine mix. This should take care of the waterproofing. Today I restored the console unit with a nice polish of mothers aluminum and mag cleaner and replaced the old wood with a new piece of mahogany. It turned out so well, we have decided not to paint the boat and just clean and polish the aluminum back to its original shine. Tomorrow we plan on starting the process of fixing a few leaking rivets along the bottom... Should be fun. These are the pics we have so far... Will be uploading more as the project progresses.