starcraft 14 ft. restore COMPLETE!!!! final pictures

picked up this boat, trailer and motor for 400 bucks last week. so far i have pulled out old rotten carpet , primed, and painted. theres a groove that runs the length of the boa on the inside, you can see in the pics, i would like to put some kind of flooring from the back of the front bench to the front of the back bench. i would like to have the back with a hinged door to cover gas tank and stuff. .. i would also like to have storage from the front bench, all the way forward. for now i will use a tiller motor, but in the next year or so, i would like to convert to anewer motor and stick steering. PLEASE!!! throw your ideas at me or any web pages you have come across with any of these things being done. many minds is better than one. thanks!!!!!! by the way, i didnt pa'int the benches because i will be covering the with carpet.

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Thanks for joining! Looking forward to seeing the progress on your boat. Sorry about the picture size. I had to limit it so that we would not have to scroll left and right too much. If you need help with picture resizing, let me know.

Jim

I did a 16' Starcraft last year with many of the ideas you mentioned. The link to the share-a-project is in my signature.

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howdy

alrighty, so i have all the framing done for the front deck and floor. does anyone see where i may have problems? the battery is not going in the front. that was just laying out of the way. the front hole is where the livewell will be and storage compartment will be behind the front bench. next step, save for plywood.

Nice work! 8)

Looks good...the only suggestion I have is you might want to add some sort of support leg under the front deck framing. This would eliminate any possibility of the the ends of the frame that are touching the side of the boat from digging into the thin sides.



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Excellent progress! =D>

Nice progress.... looking forward to more pics!

yes i agree. i was trying to figure something out with that. all though im trying to stay away from wood, except the decking, i think ill use a 2x2 post in the center, but when i trial fitted, if someone was to step off center, it still went up against the boat. i rounded off the corners of the brace so it would be so sharp against it. maybe cut a rubber patch from an old tire to place between?

what do you guys think of this carpet? will it be fine for the deck?


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alright GREAT news. went to lowes for carpet and they were out of the standard marine. so i got some that was 4 times as much for the other price! started gluing it down today. will post pics from the work over the weekend soon

allenweeks said:

alright GREAT news. went to lowes for carpet and they were out of the standard marine. so i got some that was 4 times as much for the other price! started gluing it down today. will post pics from the work over the weekend soon

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Can't beat thet deal!

What if you added some cross-bracing to keep the deck from swaying/rubbing the inside of the hull. Not knowing the measurements, just threw this sketch together as an idea . Just a thought

you can see the bracing i decided on in the pics. i had already though of that.lol carpet is in now. so close to finishing up. gotta make lids and make a trip to lowes for hinges.also need a lil more carpet to cover the lids. next ill start on making a livewell in the back hole. the hole in the front will be for storage. what do yall think?

hmmmm . i guess no one likes my boat.lol. or they arent following my progress

allenweeks said:

hmmmm . i guess no one likes my boat.lol. or they arent following my progress

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haha. looks nice man. i dont have a v-hull but my grandpa does.. thats lookin nice.

I did see the post, But The day you posted it I was at place that does not allow pictures to bee seen. I never came back to it.

I think it is coming out excellent! What are you going to use for a livewell?

It's lookin' good! 8)

=D> Looking great!!! Nobody seems to be following mine since my new pictures a few days ago either. Mine has been a long progress though. Keep up the good work look forward to seeing the completed project.