Recent content by Stimputello

Yeah I think I've decided to keep the pedestal bases for now, no reason to completely get rid of them! After a season or two I'll decide whether I want to keep them or not!

I bought an old 1996 Starcraft fish master and have some pedestal holes I’m trying to fill in and was wondering if anyone had some input. Thinking of maybe doing some Advantech or 3/4 Ply cut with a hole-saw and stepped out fiberglassed mat on the underside. Any thoughts? Would interior ply...

Sadly this boat will become scrap, there are too many major problems that will cost too much money/time to fix and will severely alter the project. Upon removal of the keel there was significant precipitate chloride all underneath, there is even a section that was dented and has spread to the...

It is most definitely ugly hahaha. I would say that gnarly picture is the worst of it, with much less pitting elsewhere (although there is pitting on most of the hull below the waterline). This boat has an extra wide beam (~63”) which was really enticing for me. I’m okay with having to touch...

Excuse the flex seal still coating the boat, haven’t finished stripping it. Here are some more pictures of the pitting around rivets. These are about as bad as they get.

So I bought an older 1988 SF14 that was used in saltwater and me not knowing any better might have made a purchase that needs to be scrapped in the end. Whole bottom of the boat was sealed with flex seal which should have been a red flag, but here we are. The pitting around the hull seems...

So I bought an older 1988 SF14 that was used in saltwater and me not knowing any better might have made a purchase that needs to be scrapped in the end. Whole bottom of the boat was sealed with flex seal which should have been a red flag, but here we are. The pitting around the hull seems...

Bought an air hammer and found some old steel from work that I used to make an anvil/bucking bar. I'd rather fix it all at once than have to come back and repair it again in the future! Some holes are sized all the way to 5/16's believe it or not (ouch). Have my work cut out for me as the...

So I have an old 80/s 14' Starcraft I had recently bought and have been putting quite a bit of work into it as it was previously a duck hunting boat that had seen quite some abuse. The whole bottom of the boat was covered in flex seal as a quick fix for the hunting season I'm assuming. The...