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After you prepare the surface its better,if possible, to put on more thin coats than 2 heavy ones. When it goes on to thick it will not dry right as others have said.It pools up in little cracks and will not dry. Just my 2 cents.

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"I go to this bar while Im on the road." Drive safe now. I voted as per instructions.

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Capt DQ is right. The only thing I could add is if you are not sure about the exact spot wait and take your time before you start to drill it out. If the holes are not perfect with the holders in them it will look funny from the dock and you will always see it every time you get on. I speak from scr...

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You can use Tupper Ware containers. Mount the bus bar to the inside top of the container then mount the top were you want then when you are done doing the wires put the bottom of the container on. I have done this on my flats boat and it worked ok. The other guys are right. The less wires the better...

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I have the 315s yanmars and they are the best thing I ever did. They turned my 31 into a new boat.

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I Had not insulated the bulk heads or some of the other spaces around the engines. I did the boxes and that was good I will start to do out the rest of the spaces. Thank you very much.

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Capt. Patrick or Bruce, I was told that 80% of engine noise from a running deisel was coming from the air cleaner / turbo area of the engine, is this true and ifso what could I do to slow up the sound?

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Yellow

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What size shaft do you use on that hat? Does it still have the small rudders?

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There is a 30 at my dock and I helped him move his boat one day and I was shocked at how poorly it ran in the small seas that day. The two, as has been said, are totaly different. He thinks its as good but we all know its not a 31. And as DQ said there is no room in the cockpit at all, and less room...

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Bruce I did not notice the black smoke but it was ruff. Im not sure that it did not get the air. I think it still got the air, just the fuel pump, because it was harder to get that air, responded by pumping more fuel; thus, the hotter temp on the pyros but I do not know about this stuff like you do.

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You can do it. DO NOT give them 5Gs. With the help from here you can. Patrick will tell you how. Ill help you do it if you want.{has to be on the weekend}

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I have the yanmar lp6s 315hp in my 31. I have pyrometers and flow scans on both engines. I saw the port engine was using more fuel and the pyrometer was a little bit hotter. I checked everything. Twice. Then I cleaned the air cleaner foam thing because it looked a little dirty.Bam!! It was the cause...

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I used a small tube hooked up to my oil pump out about 2 feet long and could stick it down the dipstick hole and vac out all the stuff in the bottom that way. I do not think removing the hoses is the way to do it or the nut on the bottom. I change the trany fluid every ten canyon trips or twenty day...

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Very Cool

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I cut mine out after some hard work so I could put in a fish hold and the tank after 40 years was like new. Clean yours out and you should be fine

Brewster Minton

"Never get out of the boat, unless your going all the way". apocalypse now

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Pledge might work I have used it before to clean screens on equipment

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My hard fuel line to one of the injectors cracked were the tube was welded to itself, this caused the same problem you spoke of.There was a very small crack that was not visible. The nut covered it when in operation and it took some time to figure out. This was on a Perkins 165hp.

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your a lucky man. Enjoy your time.

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I think that you would want to paint it for sure. The inside is also important to a point. The buyer might have to sell the idea of the boat to his wife and if its not painted she might not understand that its a Bertram 31 that just needs a little paint. I would think it has to look good to get the ...

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You made the right choice. Good luck. When your done getting it all fixed up you will have something very special that will give you and your family much pride and good times. The people on this site are the best in the world at 31s and will do anything for you that they can. This is the right place.

Brewster Minton

we all run too much stuff over already, how would we afford to fix it.

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I took the water feeds from both engines and combined them into a common feed for both sides so if one gets clogged the other will pump water and I check both for flow 3 times a season. A guy on my dock melted his because of a restriction and the boat took on a lot of water before they got her in th...

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Leave the tanks full. I run them as close to dry and fill them with fresh fuel for the winter. Everyone has their own thoughts on how to do it this is just what I do and have never had any problems.

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John,Its www.marineguard.net Thats the ticket! I would not leave my boat in the water without it working.

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My alarm system text messages my cell phone if someone steps on my deck or if I have low voltage and I can check how many times the bilge has run by calling. its a marine guard alarm system about 800 beans but if someone goes on the boat it sets of the alarm, lightes and calls me it resets itself an...

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Thats awsome!!Im glad it runs good.

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Sat looks like it might be a little windy 20-25 5-7 foot. Give me a call.

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put new snaps in to make it tight. if you can

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100 mile square is on fire. Fourty fish caught on some boats. Bite was ten to midnight then 330 to 530 hard.could have caught more but cleaning and iceing takes time and they were all over the deck. The tails had nice fish and a couple of Blue Martians and alot of bull mahi.The giant bite is over kn...

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Some of the bulbs are mucho$$$ to replace

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I dont see how the power would take off the paint I would think that it is something else humid weather or something with one of the paints.

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My marina threw a guy out for not getting his new engines through them. You might want to check first before you decide.

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To have the work done right buy the right guys to look like the Buddy Boy the #s of $ could be crazy to the point you might want to buy an existing boat thats done that way. Call Capt Patrick He Knows the deal and will tell you the truth.

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Wow! Thats unreal. You should get some kind of award or something.But you have the boat.

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the #s are 41*04.83-71*14.69 you are going to need live bluefish or porgies and 130 class rods these fish are huge. My friend lost two on sunday and 1 on sat nite all the fish ate bluefish that were free swimming 70 to 100 feet down. make sure you have your permits the nmfs is watching and following...

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no off block island

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Make sure you check the struts and where they attach to the hull for cracks. Sorry you hit the tree. Ihit a whale shark 2 years ago and almost sank

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Giant bluefin bite in the mud hole 880lbs landed here and many other larger fish caught five boats still hooked upat 530 at night sat many boats leaving tonight.Go get them!

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Hey Fred! Yea still have the big boat with the bulls on it.Its not as good as the 31B but still good.We enclosed the bridge and finishing it this month if things go right.

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It was a sail boat. very simple.but it was his and that made it special.I hope 10 generations from now my reletives can look and enjoy it.

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I cant go because of a surgery I had for 2 more weeks at least. Im freeking out on land

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Just talked to a guy fishing overnight in the square got 30 yellows and 3 big eyes. the eyes were caught on jigs with glow sticks and the rest on chunks. bite was late nite.3-5am

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I pulled a sponge back and forth with some fishing line{200 diamond} it was hard to get the line through the first times we tried.I used a lite bleach solution

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I would check the vent hoses. condensation can build up in them and then sits in there and stinks. also the coils can get mold build on them

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You want cables! I have seen 6 boats in two years get crushed or crashed because of electronic controls.The Hot Potato went crasy and backed into Gray Gost.Watch Out backed into the dock 9000 to fix it.Sealevel had someone bump the shifter and did 20 grand or more to fix that. The glass guys like th...

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I wanted the model made for my family. I have a model of a boat that my great grand father owned. My hope was that future generations of my family could enjoy it. I do not need a skiff I have a 16' flats boat 12' zodiac and another larger boat 54' symbol motoryatch. Oh and David0007 there are more r...

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I found this company who will make a model of a boat from pics. It comes in a glass case takes 3 months to be made and about 3 grand. I saw a model they made and it was perfect. I am in the process of coming up with the money to have one made for myself.The web site is Seacraftclassics.com I thought...

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Good job Walter! Front page of the Journal.Now thats getting something done right.Im sure all Bertram owners thank you for your time and effort.

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