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14' Crestliner Viking refresh
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<blockquote data-quote="Silverad04" data-source="post: 360597" data-attributes="member: 9131"><p>Thanks guys, Patin, I'm looking forward to seeing your build. Seems to me as though there just arnt very many crestliners out there. The difference in the quality of the construction of this boat compaired to others of the same era is night and day if you ask me. Little things like the quality of the seems, amount of ribbing/rivits, and attention to detail compaired to the richline I had make the crestliner a more solid platform to start from. The 1958 viking was made to hold up to a 60hp motor. I feel pretty lucky to find this one in such good shape. That 57' will make you a solid boat for years to come for sure. As for the deck support, I always overbuild. I was even being modest in my building of the framing. I'm not sure of the actual weight, but It took myself and my neighbor to lift the richline from the ground to its trailer, and we picked up and flipped the viking, and the viking felt like it was lighter than the richline, even after all the aluminum was added. Sorry for the run on sentence, my english teacher would be pissed... [-X</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverad04, post: 360597, member: 9131"] Thanks guys, Patin, I'm looking forward to seeing your build. Seems to me as though there just arnt very many crestliners out there. The difference in the quality of the construction of this boat compaired to others of the same era is night and day if you ask me. Little things like the quality of the seems, amount of ribbing/rivits, and attention to detail compaired to the richline I had make the crestliner a more solid platform to start from. The 1958 viking was made to hold up to a 60hp motor. I feel pretty lucky to find this one in such good shape. That 57' will make you a solid boat for years to come for sure. As for the deck support, I always overbuild. I was even being modest in my building of the framing. I'm not sure of the actual weight, but It took myself and my neighbor to lift the richline from the ground to its trailer, and we picked up and flipped the viking, and the viking felt like it was lighter than the richline, even after all the aluminum was added. Sorry for the run on sentence, my english teacher would be pissed... [-X [/QUOTE]
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