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Should I just let the boat sit for a month and grind out the areas then have it retested with a surveyor?

Thanks guys I was worried about it - this is a big relief. I’m going to grind out some areas on the bottom and let it sit. I’ll have the boat positioned so hopefully everything drains out the plug and stays kind of dry

I recently pulled the boat and had the bottom soda blasted. I’m doing some projects so it will be in the yard for a month or so. When the bottom got all the old paint off, there were only a few blisters but an old keel repair that came out and the bottom needs to be gone through… but looked good. On...

Thanks for all the replies. Any suggestions on where to look for how to support the flybridge if the SF wall is taken down?

Open cabin - I have been working on my 70 31' for the past couple of years. I like the upgraded larger windows, but it seems taking down the SF wall to make it an open cabin and install isinglass would be ideal. I've already removed the old bathroom and sink, its just open space on the starboard int...

the 17x17's were replaced with the 18x18's because it took 3200 rpm to go 24 mph and it just felt like the boat was sitting in the water too much, almost like it was aft heavy. The motors did turn up to 4400 with the 17's but just seemed like they were straining and always working hard. Top speed wa...

I assume Borg Warner Transmissions. If the engines shake a little you will get a rattle in the transmission when it is not engaged. We had that with a cold start up when we had the Big Blocks. Just of quirk of those transmissions. How much weight are you carrying? Planning at 2400 with the 454's se...

Thank you all for the responses. I did not expect that a number of people would feel so strongly about a plumbed in toilet. I will make sure to incorporate one. Any ideas on how to incorporate this in the cabin, without having a completely separate bathroom? If complete bathroom area was reincorpora...

Just documenting for the purpose of anyone reading this down the road...the transmission noise was due to a misfire caused by a bad injector and water in the #5 cylinder. The steaming was caused by overheating elbows due to lack of flow from clogged inlet thru hulls. The issue with getting on plane ...

Hello, I purchased my 31' FB in May of 2021. Since I have replaced all the thru hulls, rudder boxes, deck stringers, put in new struts with large coosa backing plates, pulled both motors gave them complete overhauls, reinforced the engine stringers, removed all the wood from the bottom of the deck a...

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Hello all - just finished re-doing the struts, props, shafts, deck stringers, deck, rudders, rudder shelf, and firewall bulkhead. If you all are interested I can put up the details on the job including parts lists and total costs...my question is a little more simple though. My father and I go out t...

I was reading through some posts trying to figure out how the b31 could get up on plane easier and came across some people telling stories about their b31 in heavy seas. Was really cool to read. One guy said he hit a wave so hard it broke the strike plate on the cabin door. Anyone have cool stories ...

Thank you for all the suggestions. I replaced the heat exchanger gaskets on the port side of the starboard engine (where the rust on the plugs was) and there was a little water getting in the elbow. It didn't steam as much but still struggles to get up on plane, its just like all the power is not th...

Hi all, Brand new member here; just got my 31 a couple months ago. About six months ago My fiance and I wanted a boat that was good for diving, that we could take to the Bahamas and had a nice cockpit so we went to a local yard. We found a 1970 with 454 Seamaxx's that has a closed cooling system and...