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  1. BWR1953

    Your opinion please on a first boat, cheap one or spend more?

    ^^^^^THIS^^^^^ PLUS all the stuff that others have said. I'm married to a Filipina who grew up fairly well off. Her family owned 6 boats and she loves fishing. So when we bought our 16' Starcraft Kingfisher in 2015 and refurb'd it a bit to get it on the water, I expected her and the boy to be...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    WM, I heard ya loud and clear. :nod: USE THE DAD-BLAMED STRIPPER! :pound: Unless I want to spend the entire rest of the winter sanding. :rolleyes: :lol: The weather warmed up to about 65 today so after the boy came home from school we went out and worked a couple hours. Got the stern...
  3. BWR1953

    Where are the Goldfinches?

    They usually show up here about mid-October and hang around until March. Haven't seen a one this season. Wassup with that? :noidea:
  4. BWR1953

    Winter Weather (First day of winter)

    Winter weather brings different dangers here. It was a very pleasant 61 degrees here this afternoon and my next door neighbor buddy was working around his place. As he was moving stuff around, this Eastern Diamondback stuck its head out to see what was going on. Um, "surprised" my bud for...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    With the assistance of our new recruits plus my wife and the boy, I did a little bit of work late this afternoon when the temp finally got up to 58 degrees. We picked up these new helpers-boat-and-fishing-buddies a week ago. Eight week old brother-sister pair. The gray is the girl. And I...
  6. BWR1953

    Monmouth's 1979 Starcraft Kingfisher Rebuild

    As WM said, if you go with the open front deck option as shown in the yellow boat, you should be fine. Maybe add a couple of those round vents toward the stern. If you go the closed storage route, a couple of clam shell vents, mounted on the gunnels, one facing forward and the other facing aft...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    FINALLY! It got up to 75 this afternoon and after the boy came home from school we got something done. The starboard hull bottom is as stripped as it's going to be! Temps are supposed to be in the lower 70s tomorrow so we'll try to get the port side hull bottom stripped the rest of the way...
  8. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    A little experimenting today. While waiting for other stuff, the boy and I did a little testing today with the stripper and whatnot. The boy has been off from school for over 2 weeks but the temperatures here have been truly winter-like. Too cold to do paint removal and repainting, etc...
  9. BWR1953

    I thought it was a tinny but now I'm not sure

    I can totally relate to that! Here's MY selfie! :lol:
  10. BWR1953

    I thought it was a tinny but now I'm not sure

    Yep, that boat could be gorgeous if fixed up properly. My wife really likes the look of the thing but in her mind, it should be left in an antique fashion. She really likes old iron, like tractors that have been around and worked hard through their time but are still very functional. She...
  11. BWR1953

    Winter Weather (First day of winter)

    I have friends and family up north who are "enjoying" the blizzard. :lol: We had a hard freeze here overnight. It was 31 when I went to bed last night and 26 when I got up this morning. That's the lowest that my wife and the boy have experienced in their lives. They'd really like to see...
  12. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yes, I greatly increased the Prednisone dosage after talking with the doc the day before yesterday. My medical markers were elevated, indicating a relapse in progress. So we upped the amount and I may do so again, if needed. We'll see. But at least I'm able to function more now. The GCA and...
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    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Let there be work! :lol: The outside temp got up to a whopping 70 degrees today and I'm pumped up on 'roids and painkillers, so we did a little more paint stripping! :eek: :D We spent 3 hours working but were only able to make minor progress. Yet it is progress. :rolleyes: Most of the...
  14. BWR1953

    I thought it was a tinny but now I'm not sure

    Looks to be a Crestliner Voyager Patrol Hardtop, 18 footer. Still working on the year, could be 1956 or 1957. Still researching.
  15. BWR1953

    I thought it was a tinny but now I'm not sure

    Did a little bit of research this morning and found this pic. It appears to be the exact same hull like the boat I saw yesterday, minus the cabin. But I can't read what it says at the stern! :mad-new: The link was only to a pic site with no info about the boat at all.
  16. BWR1953

    I thought it was a tinny but now I'm not sure

    Took the family late this afternoon to check out the sunset at a boat ramp we've not used before. On the way home we were cruising along when I noticed the orange glint of the sunset on an aluminum hull. We had to go another two miles to find a place to turn around so when I got back to the...
  17. BWR1953

    We're in a heap o' trouble, now!

    This happened today. LOL!! :lol:
  18. BWR1953

    I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

    Yeah, I ordered better scrubber pads and received them today. Sadly, they don't match the product description and may not be heavy-duty enough. They were the second product today that didn't match the description. :grumpy:
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    Winter Weather (First day of winter)

    Looks to be pretty nice for the rest of the week.
  20. BWR1953

    Winter Weather (First day of winter)

    Yeah, it was 44 here when I got up this morning. Hit 70 about 15 minutes ago but has dropped to 67 now. This pic is from our summer vacation this year. We were in Erie, PA at Presque Isle park on the lake. That exact same spot is now covered with 53" of snow and it's still falling! That makes...
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