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We left a gap on both the sides of the floor and the styrofoam pieces are resting on top of the rivets in between each channel so they are not touching the hull. We, or I should say, my dad kind of figured that water should be able to flow over the sides of the floor and under the styrofoam to...

Well, we are finally making some progress on this thing. Last weekend we got the main floor down and carpeted and started on the two side compartments. I didn't get a chance to take any pics of the almost completed side compartments before I left but will include them on my next update. My...

I talked to him again and he said it's a 1990 and it has only been used in freshwater lakes and rivers. Whether or not that is true is anyone's guess.

I was definitely planning to ask about the salt water since I live in Jacksonville. I also need to ask him about the year. It looks like it could be an 80's or 90's model but not much older than that. Sorry I can't answer those questions yet. He was telling me about it on the phone earlier...

I have my sights on a mercury 25hp electric start motor but the guy is asking about $700 for it. It comes with steering cables, controls and power tilt unit and runs good. Do ya'll think this is a good deal? It's going to go on the 14' Starcraft I am working on.

I got the inside of the boat painted last weekend. I really liked the shiny look the boat had after I got it all cleaned up so I decided to go with a metallic finish on the inside. I used about 4 cans of self etching primer and 4 cans of silver silver/aluminum metallic paint. Overall I think...

I think I spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 but I had it delivered next day so I would have it to use over Thanksgiving weekend. I'll look around for the receipt though and post exact figures if and when I find it. As an update, I went home a couple of weeks ago to patch up the rivet...

I am not totally opposed to putting them back on but, trust me, they had to come off to really get the inside of this thing cleaned. When we finally got it all off we found a wasps nest buried up near the front of the of bow and the wood framing holding the front bow cap up was all rotted out...

I removed them because they looked terrible up close and really need some work to make them look good. I tried cleaning it up while it was on the boat but since it's in multiple pieces, I decided that the easiest way to fix it back up would be to pop all the rivets holding it together, take it...

We finally put the carpet on the bunks early Saturday morning and then put the boat up on the trailer. We decided to remove the gunnel, which proved to be a major pita, and will spend some time fixing that up in the coming weeks. My dad really wants to scrap the aluminum gunnel and craft one...

Here is the link to my mods. It's a 14' Starcraft v hull. https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16530

Today we got the Steelflex put on the bottom. Our experience with the stuff was pretty much the same as everyone else has had. It took almost the full gallon and nine 4" foam rollers to do two coats on the bottom of the boat. Lowe's sells packs of 10 foam rollers for about $13. We should...

Got the rest of the boat sanded down today and the transom wood removed (that was a chore). I really hate it when folks do a half a***d job assembling things. It looked like the last person who replaced the transom wood used any old screws and bolts he had laying around and didn't really care...

I started with a palm sander but said F that after a few minutes because I was afraid the vibration might loosen the rivets or something. So I drove to Wal Mart and bought five cans of paint stripper and am using that, a plastic paint scraper and an old wire brush to get most of the old paint...

Got the bottom and one side sanded down yesterday and today but then the rain rolled in so I had to stop working before I could sand down the other side. I should have it all sanded down tomorrow. Then I'll replace the transom wood and maybe go ahead and remove some of the paint on the inside...

Howdy. I'm new to posting but have been lurking on the boards for a few months checking out all the projects and getting ideas about what I wanted for my first boat. Needless to say it's been an adventure. I started out with a 1432 Sears flat bottom then realized that a 32" bottom just...