WolframM

Yes, it was tig welded.

Nearly 18 years now. Before I became a high school teacher I did aluminum casting repair for about half my business in the machine shop...

Nope. The skin of the boat is too thin to grind that down, that's another layer welded over the crack. You could grind out the crack...

Stainless wire brush, make sure your patch is at least 3/8" longer than the crack you're patching, and wipe with acetone before welding...

Finding some more information. Got the holes patched up too. Here's the hole in the bottom of the boat, before I started scraping off...

Construction appears typical of a Lone Star boat, but I've only been staring at lone star literature for three days trying to figure out...

Measurement was straight down the centerline from the point of the bow to the top of the transom, 16 feet 7 inches. Beam was measured at...

Yeah, lots of strangeness. I spent some more time today looking through the internet for Lone Star brochures, and I am still confused...

Took some photos this morning. We got the boat on the trailer, but haven't adjusted anything on the trailer yet. I got a big sheet...

Sale is still contingent on getting the title for the boat, but it's on our trailer, in our yard now. Seller said "If we can't get the...