Wolfgang4570
New member
Hello All,
I just found this site and have really enjoyed it for the past few evenings. I don't even prentend that I have enough talent to create some of the outstanding looking rigs that I have seen here. I just pulled my boat out of storage in a friends barn after nearly seven years and I have some work to do before it goes back into the water.
The trailer needs new tires as the ones on it are badly weather checked and cracked and the bushings in the springs will need replaced as the old rubber ones are giving up the ghost. The bunks need replaced or at least have new carpet wrapped on them and the whole trailer needs to be stripped and repainted and rewired.
The critters have been kind of hard on everything. The boats seats have been chewed as well as some of the floatation for use as a nest. The deck is starting to come apart from age, weather and chewing. I hope to be able to get some info and pointers as I go along with this to get the boat ready to use again. My wife and I like to go out and fish but we really don't want to raise the deck or do any radical mods to the boat as we enjoy it like it is. Maybe put the battery up front and add some storage but that's about it.
The boat is a 1977 Star-Craft 16 footer with a deep transome and a twenty horse Merc long shaft 2 stroke tiller motor. Thanks to all of you for a really nice site and I look forward to visiting.
Wolfgang
I just found this site and have really enjoyed it for the past few evenings. I don't even prentend that I have enough talent to create some of the outstanding looking rigs that I have seen here. I just pulled my boat out of storage in a friends barn after nearly seven years and I have some work to do before it goes back into the water.
The trailer needs new tires as the ones on it are badly weather checked and cracked and the bushings in the springs will need replaced as the old rubber ones are giving up the ghost. The bunks need replaced or at least have new carpet wrapped on them and the whole trailer needs to be stripped and repainted and rewired.
The critters have been kind of hard on everything. The boats seats have been chewed as well as some of the floatation for use as a nest. The deck is starting to come apart from age, weather and chewing. I hope to be able to get some info and pointers as I go along with this to get the boat ready to use again. My wife and I like to go out and fish but we really don't want to raise the deck or do any radical mods to the boat as we enjoy it like it is. Maybe put the battery up front and add some storage but that's about it.
The boat is a 1977 Star-Craft 16 footer with a deep transome and a twenty horse Merc long shaft 2 stroke tiller motor. Thanks to all of you for a really nice site and I look forward to visiting.
Wolfgang