Looks like a great project! I'm in the rebuilding phase of my 1984 Islander i/o to outboard bracket conversion. I really like your idea of putting the solid strapping / bracing across the stringers. That will really lock everything together and give great support to your floor. What...
Did you find a set of plans to build your bracket or are you going to design it on the fly? I'm trying to connect with another iboats member that goes by the handle Weldzilla because he has a thread about building a bracket for his Sylvan Offshore (which is a rebranded Islander). It is a...
Thanks so much for the advice. I think I'll just go with the standard marine double 3/4 ply encapsulated with epoxy. It will probably outlive me and the boat. My bracket will have an oversize backing plate which corresponds to the footprint of the bracket and is through-bolted to form a...
Great thread and very timely. I just finished chopping out frozen foam from my 1984 Islander 221V. I'm really interested to see how your bracket installation turns out. I'm also going the bracket route, but I haven't settled on a design yet. Are you putting wood back in to support the...
Hi everyone. I haven't posted many times here on iBoats, but I wanted to share this experience with the iBoats community because hopefully it will help someone else out who may have experienced problems like mine.
I bought this outboard in 2016 to re-power a duck hunting rig. I had overheat...
First off, I would like to personally thank all the great contributors here on the StarCraft owners forum whose advice, insight and pictures helped guide me while I was putting my boat back together. I learned a lot during the course of the project, and I'm continuing to seek guidance as I...
