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Hey Randy, What are the odds, right after reading your post I bumped onto this on Craigslist - older Starcraft 16 footer, center console, Evinrude 60hp. Thought you might appreciate seeing one like yours already done, maybe give you some ideas. Best of Luck on your project, Ed...

Wear a helmet and a life vest and out lots of weight in the bow!! :) I've got a heavier 14 footer (flooring, seats) also rated for 25 hp (1989 Grumman GSS) and it FLIES with ONE Evinrude 15hp on it. I'm glad you're doing this because I'm considering doing this on a different boat (1975...

PS- very important the trim bracket works properly for both shallow angle running and holding the lower end up out of the water. Suggest he gets someone to check them out mechanically. Good Luck. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

You probably can look up the Merc on NADA since it's newer. An '85 8hp Johnson could run $300 to $625 or so depending on condition. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Algae: 1. Basic motor checkout directions can be found online if you want to buy a compression guage and spark plug socket wrench and do it yourself.. 2. Since old motor problems are your biggest risk, since its now off season, if it were me I'd call one or two local shops and see how much...

1. If you're just one person alone in a tin 16ftr without heavy flooring with a 40 on it, prepare for a rocket ride. Fast and fun and way safer in waves than a squareface. 2. Specs re draft depth are avail online for a lot of hulls if you look hard enough. But really, unless you want to do...

I have Weather Tec liners on the floors of my SUV for 180,000 miles and they've not worn out. Also they were the only brand I could find that were precision shaped to fit my floor space contours. I would recommend them. Mine have raised rim edges that rise up creating a "pan" effect, keeping...

I've spent a lot of time in 12 foot tinnies and agree you have a weight to power issue. I've had more luck moving the battery and the gas tank into the bow, and setting the motor trim bracket in the 2nd hole from closest to transom. Otherwise the bow stays too high and the stern stays dug in and...

Nice work! I've been thinking of doing trim tabs on a 1974 Starcraft 14 1/2 ft Holiday because its a big heavy closed bow design rated for 55 hp and the reservoir I want to use it on has low hp limits of 20 hp two stroke or 25 hp four stroke. Currently there's a 1986 20 hp Evinrude short shaft...

Sorry for my Beginner's Mistake, I posted before getting to the end of the thread to see you'd already solved it. Glad it worked out for you! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

The mini-jacker looks like one single cast piece of metal, a simple bracket with no moving parts. If true I don't believe the earlier blogger saying you could adjust and "dial in" the exact height would be accurate using the mini-jacker. There are more expensive jack plates which do allow about...