New Starcraft Owner Checking In!

[jneuf]

Finally cracked and bought my first boat this year...I'm the first to admit, I know aboslutely NOTHING about boats, and probably should have registered here prior to buying a boat, but here I am!

The boat is a 1980 Starcraft Queststar with an '80 Johnson 115. I'm the second owner of the boat, and I was able to talk to the mechanic that had serviced the boat for the last number of years, which made me a little more comfortable with the purchase.

I've had it for a couple weeks now, and I'm beginning to realize a few things that I wish it had (such as actual storage!), but for a first boat, I think it'll do just fine, and it really flies with the 115!

 

[bgc]

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Welcome, but "if there are no pictures it aint so"

 

[jneuf]

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Oops, totally forgot.

Here she is in all her glory.....Dock rash and all!

 

[barato2]

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welcome. nice rig. is that an alum trailer or just galvanized?

 

[Captmills]

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looks good,dock rash and all. but if you really wanted to learn about boats you should have bought one that needed the "treatment"

 

[jneuf]

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I was hoping to avoid one needing the "treatment" as much as possible! I have a pile of old motorcycles that are already receiving the treatment, last thing I need to do is add another project to the list.

That being said, I was just looking around at how I might be able to make a removable casting deck for the open bow!

Oh, and that's a galvanized trailer. The whole rig tows real well.

 

[Captmills]

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yep, no matter how good it is there's alway's one more thing LOL

 

[bgc]

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Oops, totally forgot.

Here she is in all her glory.....Dock rash and all!

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Good lookin boat! (that ain't "dock rash", that's patina)

 

[Captmills]

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Lol

 

[Bwana Don]

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Glass or Tin? How long, what model? Sweet looking boat. 115 horse!

Oh yea, Welcome to the Greatest Starcaft Show on Earth!

OK re-read your original post. It's a glasser, 1980 Queststar.

 

[jneuf]

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Glass or Tin? How long, what model? Sweet looking boat. 115 horse!

Oh yea, Welcome to the Greatest Starcaft Show on Earth!

OK re-read your original post. It's a glasser, 1980 Queststar.

Thanks! Yeah, from what I know it's an '80 Queststar. That being said, I've found absolutely ZERO information online about that year and model...anyone know where I might be able to come across anything? I haven't actually measured the boat, but the guy I bought it from told me it was a 17'...It feels smaller though, and it's a pretty narrow beam too. Definitely not a huge boat, but I've had it out in some pretty big water already, and it's handled it like a champ so far.

Oh, and it moves along pretty well with the 115. I'll test it out with an actual GPS tomorrow....I haven't run it at WOT for a spring across the lake yet, but according to the boat's speedometer, 40 mph+ doesn't seem to be much of a problem.