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Hey Brewster, Since I'm just getting back involved on the site and obviously behind the 8 ball, I just read about your cut-off date (July 21st) Am I too late for my order? No worries if I am, I'll just wait for the next opportunity. If not I'll place my order and send payment. Thanks, Paul 781-696-5...

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I wound up cutting my tank into pieces to get it out. I lifted fore and aft with building jacks against my new deck beams and nothing. I had just re-glassed my forward bulkhead so that was staying. Out came the sawzall and in an hour it was gone. After I lifted the bottom tank panel out and removed ...

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Hi Ken,

I love what you did with your boat. I'll give you a call and we'll met at my boat which has been on land for years now. I'm right next to Chris Hood's place where yours was, behind the red barn.

Talk to you soon,

Paul

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Hope I'm not too late!!! I'll take three: 1 XL, 2 LG How much and where to mail $$$ Thanks, Paul

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Hi Bob, I'm 6 years and with this new loan to cover my ex's buyout I'm up over $175K and will stop keeping count!!! Bertram juice huh????

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Hey Gang, I've been off the map for a couple years due to divorce proceedings and not knowing if I would wind up with the boat. Well I bought my ex out with a mere $25K and have brought in a partner and I think we're on the road to recovery. His name is Bill Cotton and he's quite the mechanical engi...

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Hi Pete,

I will call you today as you suggest. Look forward to talking to you.

-Paul Haggett

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Hey gang! I'm looking for Pete Fallon to do a survey of my Bulletproof project boat. If anyone has contact ability with Pete please pass on my info. All is good for those who remember me. I've been on hold waiting to buy my wife out of the boat before I get back into the boat again. Just tell Pete t...

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Hey Gang, I've got this prop that might have a total of 40 hours on it and I think I should offer it up for sale since I'll be getting new ones. It was purchased from H & H Propeller in Salem Mass in August 2004 when I purchased my B31. On inspection we found that the boat had two different propelle...

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I'm getting ready to start filling holes from the removal of my tower and you can imagine there a quite a few. I'm sure the fomula for the gel coat color match has been discussed on many occasions but I wouldn't know where to find them Is there a source for a pre-mixed Bertram gel coat? Mine is a 19...

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Hey gang, I'm back. Spring is here, divorce is eminant and it looks like I keep the boat. I don't know if that's a good thing or not but I'm starting work again next weekend. I took someone's advice and just let it sit all winter and enjoyed many things. My first project is going to be the exhaust. ...

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Hi gang, I think the best advice is to cover it for the winter, get through the divorc and start at it again in the spring. I hope to be divorced by then anyway. My new girlfriend is in fact 20 lbs lighter and much cuter! she's my old girlfriend from 26 years ago and grew up on Marblehead Harbor. Af...

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Hey guys, if all goes well I might "get the boat" and she'll get the house. My problem is being worn down by it being a three year project rather than the one to two year thing I thought it was going to be. I'm going to wait until the dust settles and maybe come spring I'll have new inspiration to f...

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Hello All, I'm afraid it may be necessary for me to give up on my B31 restoration project. Divorce proceedings may force me to liquidate the "asset" ya right... I'm into it for around $120K and she's 80% complete. I'm asking the faithful for either some inspiration (donations accepted...) or advice ...

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Harv, I put two 8.1 Crusaders in my boat and naturally it wil be another year before I hit the water so I won't be able to give you testimony on my choice until then. I chose the 8.1s for the money to start then I found out that I was going to have to change the shafts, cutlass bearings, props, and ...

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I'm getting ready to make a new 2 piece cabin hatch to my V berth and I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to locate them. This hatch pivots at the windshield end and winds up laying on the console totally out of the way. Also, can someone remind me which website has the b...

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When I cut out my tank this past summer the interior gel coat was literally covered with blisters and that brown like sap was throughout the inner tank surface. My boat's last season in the water was the year the ethanol hit Massachusetts. I never bothered to check to see what the source of my engin...

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Yah that would be nice huh? I had a couple glasses of wine when I wrote that. Still 14 gallons per hour isn't bad for gas!

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Hang in there and wait for Bill Beardslee's reply. He put these in his Otter (B31) and would be a good person to talk to. I have to call him right now so I'll mention your post. I did the conversion with two 496 Fuel Injected Crusaders and I'm told I'm going to get 14 gallons per mile at cruise. The...

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I met Alex on my trip to Cal two years ago. He seemed like a real genuine buy with his own Bertram always being improved upon. I bought my rub rails from him. He makes trailers predominantly but runs a great shop. He gave me two tee shirts too by the way. The coolest part of my visit was to see his ...

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Okay so I use to play Grand Funk, Aerosmith, and Alice Cooper during High School, but I've got a rockin guitar with no blisters on my fingers but would sure bring the axe along for the right event. Maybe my lauching this summer (God help me!)

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Hello All, I've taken the week off to work on the boat, imagine 7 days straight of working on the best boat ever built!!! I'm in heaven. Okay not quite, I'm working in the V Berth and the headliner is one of my projects. I still have the old headliners for patterns. I've even stripped off the old vi...

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I applied pre-glued teak edge banding and then sealed them with epoxy. I have my reservations about this method but as my father says, "It's your boat %#^* it up!" I'm comfortable with the fact that I've applied a healthy amount of epoxy to further assure the adhesion of the edge banding. Now I've g...

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I know that by the time my interior is completed it would have cost at least $40K but since I'm doing it myself (being a cabinet maker) I'll only have about $3K in materials and the rest will be sweat and a ton of poly. I'ts coming together though. I painted the fomica with the interlux brightside p...

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I'm looking for Pete Fallon. Pete, if you are still up in the North Shore area I'll be working on Bulletproof all weekend. Glass work, bright work, etc. I'm down at Cliff St. boatyard in M'head remember? By the way, Scott did a great job at OB! Endymion and Otter had a great time. A week would have ...

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Hey Pete it's great to hear from you. I'm vary anxious for you to see my progress but we may have to wait a couple weeks. This coming weekend I think I'm going up to Maine and the following weekend is the Oak Bluff rendevous! If the weather is lousy in Maine we won't go so I'll be at the boat. As so...

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Well gang I've discovered a new reason for taking the tank out. After pulling up the plywood under the tank I discovered three 8" long fractures along the Keel about 30" apart. At some point this boat must have hit something pretty serious, maybe bumped along something going over it. Of course since...

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Once I pumped out all the gas, filled it up with water I had it cut to pieces in about 3 hours. I spent the morning on Saturday grinding the glass off that held the plywood base in place. Now I'm cleaning the hull in preparation for receiving the new tank next spring. If your tank lifts right out li...

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Hi David, I spoke with Doug from Nautic in Fla and he prepared me for something between $2,000 and $2500 but wants wo hold off until I send him a print for my tank size. About 6 months ago he suggested $1800 but stainless has gone way up since then so he won't quote until I give him an order. He say...

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Hi Doug, I realize that technically I was (am) not in any immediate danger of this being a problem because I've got two new engines with a tank that would have eventually seen ethanol. I was just not willing to risk my new engine fate on the ethanol eventually eating into my fiberglass tank like eve...

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Well I managed to win the battle between me and the tank Sunday. It wasn't easy and I was very tired at the end of the day. Of course once I cut the "no turning back" hole in the top I learned that my tank was fully lined with gel coat!!!! Great! I suppose that the ethanol eats gel coat. I bet I cou...

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I think this one is for Capt. Patrick. How do we post pictures with our messages. I noticed that you were able to put your ruddershelf pic at the bottom of your message. I've got a couple cool pictures I'd like to share.

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I replaced my rudder shelf pretty much the way Patrick describes and made one mistake. When I slipped the rudder posts back up I somehow managed to get one side higher than the other. Now I can't get the shaft coupling on the starboard rudder post (above the bearing). I'm going to have to route down...

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Hey if you decide you need to swap them out I've got two rebuilt 1.52 velvet drives ready to to. I had them rebuilt before I decided to buy new engines. They skidded and ready to go.

Call me, 781-696-5439

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Doug L, I'm in Marblehead down at Cliff St and I'm taking mine out myself today. Stop down. I can't imagine paying Trading Company to do it. That would cost a fortune. How about Dions, they replaced Quicksilver girls windshield last year and it looks great.

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I tried lifting for an entire day, this tank isn't coming up! I've filled it up with water, siphoned off the remaining gas at the top. It's been venting all night so with the water right up to the top I'm going to cut the top off first, then I'll drain the water out and finish it off section by sect...

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I started on my tank removal yesterday, cut all six tabs along the stringers and tried to lift the forward end but it wouldn't budge. I was lifting so hard that the fiberglass ring almost broke off. Does anyone know if the forward end is tabbed to the hull just behind the bulkhead? I'm hoping the th...

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Alex

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Bulletproof vacation week: Headliner questions

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I got it out on Sunday

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I've got a pair of rebuilt 1.52 velvet drives

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