1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

[seafox22]

Hi Folks - just new to the board and after 3 years of knowing this was coming, I lifted the floor off my craigslist bought 1967 starcraft. and look what I found.



So - started trimming it back to expose the rest



also took some core samples of the transom, and that is all wet too.

so - what I thought could maybe just a quick patch and strangthen exercise is looking more like a full re-build.

I've learned a bunch already form reading here, but wil be looking for all kinds of advice as we get deeper. Wish me luck!

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

Welcome to iboats

Here's a cutaway of your stringer/deck system:

 

[seafox22]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

yeah - that looks familiar. Wondering if I might just use what is there, insert some new wooden stringers and re-glass over the whole thing - vs comeplete tear down to bare hul and re-build. thoughts?

also - trying to lift the deck so i can hget to the transom - is this glassed in? or just screwed through the rub rail? my rub rail screws are all rusted out - so drilling them out 1 by one. but note sure that is all i need to do to pop the deck off.

 

[surlyjoe]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

was there wood in the old stringers? the cutaway shows fibreglass stringers, probably over cardboard tube to get the half round shape.

#4 says "the hull and deck are bolted and seale to wood framing" how long are the screws your drilling out?

also says it has small plywwod chine stringers in #3

 

[Bizzzay]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

Im in the process of restoring a 1967 starcraft mariner. crazy to see how different they make each model. I hope your resto goes as smoothly as mine has been on me so far! Should be a sweet ride, maybe we will run into each other on the canal one day!

 

[seafox22]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

Been a few weeks, but now have the deck off and cut out the rotten Transom. Will post pics soon.

About to order some expanding foam to fill in and re-enforce the stringers before reglassing and rebuilding the floor.

On the transom. I'm having a hard time getting the last of the wood out of the bottom and sides of the transom cavity. Thinking i can just pour some resin/chop down into the bottom to seal it off, make a level base before building up the new plywood transom. Leaves a little wet wood encapsulated in the bottom, but was thinking that would not be a horrible thing.

Tougher situation is that I put my chain saw right thought the bottom trying to get those last little pieces out.

Thoughts?

 

[seafox22]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

adding some pics of where I am at.

 

[seafox22]

Re: 1967 Starcraft Bahama Rebuild - first timer

I'm thinking of opening up the inside of the transom to get al the old wood out, but that breaks down some of the structural integrity. vs digging as much as I can out, and then working the new plywood into the existing hole.

thoughts?