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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Next, I installed my natural ventilation and aluminum floor framing. Natural ventilation is mandated by the coast guard. I believe this boat was built before the mandate, so it is technically grandfathered in, and doesn't have to have it, but I'm doing this, and I believe in the purpose it...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The cabin framing wood all seemed solid except the front piece, directly under the front cabin window. So, I rebuilt that with a piece of mahogany, treated it with my Old Timer's Formula (OTF) and reinstalled it. After the mahogany was installed, I cleaned up the aluminum trim piece that runs...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I decided that I want the weight of the batteries to help balance out the boat and as of now I'm planning on four batteries, two for the boat, two for downriggers & other accessories. I think having that weight up front behind the cabin will help give the boat a better ride. My plan is for the...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I've been getting some work done on the Islander and I'm about a month behind on my updates. My work has been kind of spread, so I'm going to update it with each individual component that I've worked on so it's easier to follow. The first thing I worked on was getting the fuel tank installed. I...
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    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I ended up having the Holiday painted last year. They did a pretty good job. The last thing, that I wanted to do, to finish the boat was replace the rubrail rubber insert. Doing a couple laps around iboats, I've gathered that Wefco 0101G is the correct insert for my rails. I'm a little nervous...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I took apart the windows. The side windows aren't cracked or broken or anything, the front cabin window is though, and the plan is to have it remade, and I want all of the windows to match so I'm going to have them all rebuilt. I'm leaning toward a dark tint plexiglass, something that makes it...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    That's pencil... I'm talking about zooming in and looking at the teak string the engine is sitting on.
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    You can see it on the Port Stringer if you use the zoom function.
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    What @Watermann said. It's not going to rigidly connect to the boat. RDS explained that they typically like the tank to be able to move a little bit, about .25" or so. So, it's going to be boxed in just like Watermann's picture. I'm going to put aluminum strips across the top of the stringers...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Well, two steps forward and one step back... The Islander is at a fabricator shop. I'm having a new piece of trim that goes across the top of the stern sheet made, mounts for my boat buckles added to the trailer, and new skin cut for the transom cap and gunnels. Starcrafts from this era had an...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The fill will be 2" off of the front end of the tank and it will stick up a total of 2" off of the tank. I am raising my deck 2" to accommodate, so it and the fill hose can be run under the deck. It is going to be run as directly and almost exactly how the original tank hose was run, a 90 degree...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I was advised to make a mock-up of the custom fuel tank I have been discussing with the fabricator RDS, through Tank & Barrel. They are very responsive if you call them. They can build just about any tank you want too. My tank is a basic belly tank, but the dimensions change forward to aft due...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I have daughters so it's a must for me. I totally plan to continue using a pee jug for men and asking them to please not take a $hit on my boat. This is probably a good moment for an FYI, public service announcement: Nobody wants you to take a $hit on their boat. Please avoid if you can. In my...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I got the rest of my corrugated polypropylene sheeting in. I used the HVAC tape to tape it down. I'm happy with the tape on applications like this. It adheres very well and being HVAC tape it has a huge temperature range. The plates in front of the cabin are for my batteries, two batteries...
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    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Yeah, it's getting to the point that I'm going to have to shut it down for the winter pretty soon. I'm not planning on putting anything under the grates, no pan, no floatation foam, nothing. It'll be open air to the bottom of the boat. The grates will be in-between two ribs, so should...
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