1991 18' Starcraft Boat Restoration Project Thread - Topic

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Aug 11 2013 07:19am

Oops

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Aug 11 2013 11:04am

Quote (Subban @ Aug 11 2013 08:19am)

Oops

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lol. At least it's a cheap fix.

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Aug 11 2013 12:48pm

Quote (gusdidit @ Aug 11 2013 01:04pm)

lol. At least it's a cheap fix.

Ya lol but was kinda scary when I hit those rocks.
Couldn't go faster than like 5mph with wind in the face and those fucking wave overflowing the boat haha was happy my pump was working well
Took me like 45 min to reach dock

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Aug 11 2013 12:52pm

Yeah, was scary enough for me when we grounded a john boat with a little evinrude on the saline river. The sound is terrible, but at the end of the day it's not so bad.

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Aug 11 2013 07:45pm

Better the prop than the lower unit.

Welcome to boat ownership.

Driving her up on some rocks is pretty much a right of passage for mariners

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Aug 11 2013 08:15pm

Quote (Subban @ Aug 11 2013 08:19am)

Oops

http://i39.tinypic.com/2iav6eh.jpg

You are lucky. I helped a friend fix up a 1991 18' sylvan barritz V188 he traded a busted ford ranger for. The third or fourth time they took it out he hit a sandbar trying to beach it at the campground. It didn't break the prop or lower unit. It sheared the splines on the engine coupler. It's only a $140 part but the engine has to come out to replace it.