Check some of the Holiday builds, this one has good dog house info.
https://forums.iboats.com/threads/1976-starcraft-18holiday-from-the-tin-out-re-do.642502/
Yeah I'm one of the few who was able to repair my threads and moved the pics to MS Onedrive figuring that MS wasn't going to go out of business anytime soon. :oops:
My Islander is still waiting patiently for some attention.
Yeah nothing is easy or cheap with boats but for the price of a new one, I'll take 450 to change out my manifolds once a decade any day over that each month for years. BOAT Bankruptcy On A Trailer.
The reasons I see not to is that it uses more resources, wood, glue, new longer bolts, if it has them you'll have to move the side brackets, the bottom bracket wont fit the additional width if it has one and adds more weight for no purpose really.
What little I know about glass boats I can tell you have 2 options, cut and repair after the transom replacement or pull the cap off. Most likely the stringers are rotten too, lots of work ahead I'm afraid.
Yeah I almost felt bad for a minute when I was stripping the Chris Craft donor but it was rotten to the core. Nothing is better for a late in life rotten glasser than to donate itself to resurrect a beautiful born again Starcraft tinny.
I don't know for sure, it could be it was a 1x8 to start with it is 1" thick. Personally if mine would have been rotten or missing then I would have used some regular lumber and sealed it up well as it's for the most part not even visible and SC had the wood covered with a black vinyl on the...
Well it's great to see the old Chief found someone to love her again, welcome aboard.
The bow support section was solid mahogany, here's mine prior to putting the cover and cabin on.
The cost, more weight, more negative buoyancy, way more difficult to work with and you have to add more under deck support not too mention once done you're in an aluminum skillet under the summer sun.
Oh boy, he's back in the saddle again :)
Hope all the wiring is in good shape, it sucks on the old Mercs to replace working electronics because the wires are rotten,
Not that exact style but yes I added a rear deck on my 18' SS but it has a belly tank. Elevated decks are a great way to get rid of those portable gas leakers too.
In deck cooler on starboard side and livewell on the port. The back smaller hatches are above the batteries with onboard charger.
Those piano hinged port side doors, a previous owners add-on?
Not sure where the rest of the SC gang is, must be out having fun on the water but they would know about those side hatch doors if add-ons or factory.
