nerdtastic
Active member
So I have been a long time lurker and I finally have the time to start my first full build project. I have a little 12' 1960 vintage starcraft that I got from a friend for a song and a handshake. I have used it for several years with my son for fishing for Kokanee in the lakes here in western OR and night fishing and crabbing the bay in Newport. Right now it is rigged with a 1986 5 HP mariner that runs like a top and a 30 lbs Minn Kota for trolling in fresh water and a few no motor lakes. I run clamp on downriggers for Kokanee. So as you can see this is a bit of a do all split personality rig and with the salt water the trailer has seen better days to put it nicely. so the plan is right now as follows:
pull the bench seats out and replace with new wood
pull the old transom and replace with new wood
inspect and replace flotation foam if needed
built a mount for the battery under the front seat and install wiring for nav lights fish finder and trolling motor
strip bad camo paint job and repaint the bottom with wetlander if budget permits if not rattle can Rustoleum self-etching primer and topcoat white
strip trailer repaint with paint over rust Rustoleum top coat with basic white Rustoleum
replace bearings and races
rewire with all waterproof connections
So now for the newbie questions
for the wood, I have access to some white oak off a friends property. We are looking at cutting it into 2-3 inch quarter sawn strips and edge gluing them together to get the 12" width that I need for the bench seats. so the question is will that work we, of course, will be using Titebond 3 that is supposed to be waterproof any thoughts?
I was planning on running just 1 battery (it is a small boat) but I have heard that it is bad to run the trolling moter and fish finder together like that and it is better to have a separate battery for the fish finder has anyone is it possible to just cheat and use a DC noise filter, something like this https://powerwerx.com/dc-line-noise-filter-oemt
that's it for now until I get home and get some pictures tonight. thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice you guys might have!
pull the bench seats out and replace with new wood
pull the old transom and replace with new wood
inspect and replace flotation foam if needed
built a mount for the battery under the front seat and install wiring for nav lights fish finder and trolling motor
strip bad camo paint job and repaint the bottom with wetlander if budget permits if not rattle can Rustoleum self-etching primer and topcoat white
strip trailer repaint with paint over rust Rustoleum top coat with basic white Rustoleum
replace bearings and races
rewire with all waterproof connections
So now for the newbie questions
for the wood, I have access to some white oak off a friends property. We are looking at cutting it into 2-3 inch quarter sawn strips and edge gluing them together to get the 12" width that I need for the bench seats. so the question is will that work we, of course, will be using Titebond 3 that is supposed to be waterproof any thoughts?
I was planning on running just 1 battery (it is a small boat) but I have heard that it is bad to run the trolling moter and fish finder together like that and it is better to have a separate battery for the fish finder has anyone is it possible to just cheat and use a DC noise filter, something like this https://powerwerx.com/dc-line-noise-filter-oemt
that's it for now until I get home and get some pictures tonight. thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice you guys might have!