There's not much room between the bow and the back of my V6 Ranger when the trailer is hooked up. The other thing I've considered is getting a new trailer verses overhauling/painting the original. All in all, we would like to restore and repaint this boat to enjoy some pleasure rides and fishing with the grandchildren so I'm open to whatever leads and help I can obtain to see this project done right. I'd like to add a pedestal seat option to the bow floor and behind the main seats for fishing (Lake Michigan/Traverse City area lakes) so would appreciate comments on the best way to do this. What is the best method to remove this plywood and are there patterns available to cut the replacement ply? Do I drill out each pop rivet to remove the ply and then add new pop rivets a bit off to one side of the original mounting holes? Plan to add marine type carpet to the floor and front inside bow area so need information on what to get and where. I plan to take out all the flooring and replace with marine plywood. Took the boat to our local Johnson guru yesterday and he was quite pleased with what he saw and indicated he could bring the engine back to life. Original lights and steering wheel are undamaged although the steering wheel is 'faded'. Glass is all clear with no cracks and the aluminum trim is all there and in nice shape albeit with the usual scratches and such.

The hull is in great shape with only one small scratch/dent on the starboard bow that is easily fixed along with the normal paint chipping. Needless to say my wife and I spent two days just cleaning the leaves and such out of the boat and hand washing everything. Had been sitting for about 5 years with a worn tarp cover. 1973 Starcraft SuperSport with a 85hp Johnson 50th Anniversary OB, sitting on the original trailer, last weekend. Hello to all! I'm the new guy on the 'water' and have a couple (lots!) of questions.

1978 starcraft supersport 16