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Interested in hearing about optimal battery placement from the guys. Under center hatch behind center of gravity/weight midpoint or outboard of engines behind weight midpoint or even further back and where? Plus/minus of each location. Mine is a Bahia Mar.

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I have a friend with a mid 60s thunderbird boat that was in his garage and the gelcoat looked amazing. I asked him when he repainted her and said it was original. He gave me 3 M compound and said to follow it up with Starbrite marine polish with PTEF ( 2 coats). Have a 2005 Jones brothers that was a...

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thanks, awesome explanation. will pay much more attention to weight now

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Bob I've seen numerous posts from you and you've spoken about weight distribution. In a flybridge I can understand that this is critically important with all that weight forward of both the cabin pilot house and flybridge. Is there anything I can read or we can read about Weight distribution on Bert...

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Just fired off an email look forward to speaking with you

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Pete, check your email, I sent you private content. I may be able to help.
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Run away really fast. " some rot in the keel". A lot of money down the toilet.

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18x20 three blade nibral said on 1 3/8 inch shaft

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I've got a 71 Bahia Mar with twin 315s. Did a bunch of work on her and probably added 1500 lbs. running 1.5 to 1 gears and she cruises at 3100-3150 / 26-27 kts, wide open 3850 / 33.5 knots. Fuel burn at cruise is 12-13 gph total. Even I can't believe it. If I keep her at 2800 where the previous owne...

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went out to the boat today with Patrick Callahan from Worton Creek Marina. Couldn't get the alarm to go off after checking coolant and oil levels ( checked pressure cap, not overfill container) and running her for a while in the ocean. He brought a laser temp gun and we checked all different areas o...

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my guys were that small once, enjoy it while it lasts. now i just drive the bus while they fight the big boys. this past weekends work before the engine alarm sounded.2nd pic is Art Holgerson the gentleman i purchased Priceless from. still going offshore and gaffing tuna like a pro.Deck looks good b...

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Thanks. That's great info. Will be checking later this week. Will get back to you with the culprit. You guys are a great resource and I appreciate it.

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tuna fishing Sunday offshore ran 10 hours both engines performed flawlessly. Offshore again today once again no problem halfway home after 10 hours of running two hours at 3150 and eight hours trolling and one of my engine alarms came on. I have no indicator lights only an alarm buzzer. Shut her dow...

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I used captains varnish on my teak flagpole, 7 coats with light sanding in between and it looks great. Its what the guys at Wortons Creek recommended and use on all my teak

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Bob,
What is the height from the cockpit to the bottom of the seat. I want to get a quad base for my Pompanette chair that came with Priceless and have it do double duty as pseudo fighting chair for kids.

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seems it was a leaking cooling hose to the turbo. after fixing held pressure for 45 minutes.sea trialed and inspected under load and they will recheck oday

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It dropped to about 10 after 5 minutes. I didn't know anything about pressure testing at the time, it was being done by a boatyard employee and I was watching but in retrospect it clearly showed we had a leak somewhere. After a quick tutorial from you tube and help from this forum and boat diesel I ...

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Sorry that was a typo. The cap was rated for 14 psi and we pumped to 14.

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Did a pressure test two weeks ago. Interesting I had a question regarding that we pumped it up to about 14 psi which with the the radiator cap was rated four and it held for a while and then slowly it went down after about five minutes with no visible leaks but not to zero. The zincs have been relig...

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Oil looks good no evidence of water in it that was the first thing we checked. turbo is cooled will check the hose to the turbo make sure it's not leaking. Thanks

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Went to pick up my boat e today for the fishing season and noticed I was losing coolant on one of my engines. There is no sign of coolant on the white pads under the engine and have lost about an inch of coolant after Sea trialing last week. The engines are 2004 Yanmar 315's. They have been meticulo...

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Seaford Machine Works. Look up in Google. The stainless steel discs were approx 6 inches round. My name is Pasquale Petrera. He should have a record. If not let me know. Pat

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Let me check and I'll get it to you.

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I have two of those on my 31 and like to remove the Pompanette chairs when we go offshore fishing. I brought the dimensions to a local machine shop in Seaford, Delaware and he made me stainless steel discs with holes drilled for the fastening bolts. Since he knew what I wanted them for he had thick ...

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Perhaps. But with " an engine or two" she will be a killer. Surprised by the lack of responses but in the future will try a better subject line like " Full fornication of Bertram 31".

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Patrick Callahan at Worton Creek has Priceless in the shop and sent me this link with some great remodel ideas. I think all of us could give up that cockpit space wasted on fishing to get such palatial surroundings.

https://keys.craigslist.org/boa/6009351703.html

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JP, do you have some photos of the stainless steel fish boxes in your boat. Love to see them to get an idea of if I can do it on Priceless

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My father in law said that was a German Bra
" Shtoppin flom Floppin"

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My father in law said that was a German Bra
" Shtoppin flom Floppin"

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Thanks for the great input so far. Like the rod butts into the anchor locker idea,as you can probably tell by now I've never had a "fancy" boat with a real cabin, and I love the cool vanishing toilet trick. Keep those cards and letters ( and photos) coming.

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So the exterior of Priceless is redone and I'm thinking of addressing the cabin this winter. She's a 1971 31 ft Bahia Mar. The separate head with door and enclosure takes up a lot of the cabin space. I'm thinking of opening the whole thing up but still want a marine toilet in there somewhere. Also w...

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Just happened to be searching boat stuff while sitting in my deer stand and saw the Seakeeper for smaller boats. Wondered if anyone had been on a boat with one or a 31 with one. I dont the have a spare 30K right handy but I know my wife would like less roll. Thanks for the tips.

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Anyone have any experience with the Seakeeper gyro ? I see they have a new one for 30-39 footers. Also where could it be located and is it worth thinking about?

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Bertram's having a cocktail party at the Annapolis Yacht Club Saturday, October 8 th , 6-9 pm. Planning on being there and hope to meet a few of you as well.

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The cockpit teak deck is beautiful. Where did you get it done or who is it made by?

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Can't include Priceless in that. All those pictures were "Glamour Shots" taken in the Indian River Inlet at less than full planing speed for effect. Will get photos at cruising speed from an adjacent boat in the ocean some day.

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Related to gas tanks. When did they enlarge the fuel tanks. I have a 1971 Bahia Mar and we believe it has the 175 gallon tank but some of my research says they may have changed right around then. Any info would be helpful thanks.

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That's one bad boat and video. You need to turbocharge your bilge pump and plug your hawse pipes. Best fishing you tube I've seen and the 31's not bad either.

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More pictures please

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Obviously if money is no option go diesel. It's nice not to have to fill that tank every time you go out. With the 315 Yanmars we get 1.7 to 1.8 miles per gallon. Ran Priceless at 24-28 knots all last weekend. 7 hours cruising, 78 gallons fuel, almost as economical as the 23 Steiger with single two ...

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I hope this helps. We are also running 1.5:1 gears 315hp Yanmars, 1 3/8 shafts, with Michigan nibral 18x20 djx 3 bladed props in a very light Bahia mar. We have 1450 hours and have had no shaft issues. This setup was recommended to us by Al Grovers Marine in Freeport, NY. The boat turns 3850 loaded ...

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Also, those pictures were all in the local inlet at slow to up to planing speed for effect. Will try to get some at full cruise for more realistic idea of wave break.

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Steel danforth. Seems puny. Had a fortress on my 23 Steiger. Never was in love with it. Ran out last week 3150 rpm 28 knots on a flat sea. Beautiful. Art senior with son Chris piloted it back from offshore at 23 knots in a beam sea. Tons of spray but the new enclosure is quite dry and the clear-to-s...

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Twin 315 yanmars with a 15 degree shaft angle I believe. Engines put in by Grover in LI. I'm originally from Long Island and still have family there. Looking forward to seeing and hopefully getting a ride in that fabulous FBC next visit. P

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Definitely wet. That's why the change to the hardtop with clear to sea glass. I was tired of water dripping through the Bimini zipper and no sun protection. Thanks for the radar advice. I believe there is a function where it only sends out a beam in the front for that reason but haven't figured it o...

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Capt. Patrick let me in and I enjoyed showing pics of my meticulously maintained 31 Bahia Mar on Priceless has a new owner. After a season of fishing and running through 8 footers with leaky bimini some changes were in order. Some before and after pics. Work by John Patnovic and Patrick Callaghan of...

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