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jackryan

Thanks for the reply's. My boat must have been retrofitted with an additional shore power inlet. I have two shore power inlets, one just outboard of each engine box. I am thinking that an isolation switch should have been installed when the additional shore power inlet was installed.

jackryan

I recently had my starboard shore power outlet replaced. The guy that replaced it said that most boats have shore power selector switch to choose which side you want to plug the shore power into--that way the power does not present a shocking hazard on the opposite side shore power outlet. MY 31 doe...

jackryan

Great report! Good luck getting those late season tuna!

jackryan

Tony, Sorry, I've been on vacation and just getting around to seeing this. Wow, thats the most exhaustive explanation of blisters and how to deal with them. I did not buy the boat. I did find a guy in Maryland that is an expert in this sort of thing and its all he does. He seems to think it is repai...

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Thanks for the insight and advice. I found a guy in the Chesapeake Bay area that specializes in bottom peels and thats all he does. He said he would peel the bottom back to dry laminate, then re laminate, followed by several barrier coats. He said the job would take around 65 gallons of resin. It wo...

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Got a couple of estimates and waiting on a couple. The first one was $57,000 to sand and repair the 100 largest blisters. The price included leaving the boat on the hard for months to allow it to dry out. Got another one for a peel and barrier coat for $15,000 but that didn't include the yard fee to...

jackryan

I used Alexseal and Soft Sand--turned out amazing. Getting ready to paint and apply non-skid to the front deck and the walkway along the side of the cabin as well as the topsides of the gunnels.

jackryan

I looked at a 32' Grand Banks trawler today and she was in great shape, but when that boat was hauled out for the bottom inspection, there were tons of blisters--maybe 800 to 1000 blisters total. Most were the size of a quarter with some the size of a silver dollar and a few that were tennis ball si...

jackryan

Thanks for the reply Marshall, better late that never!!

JR

jackryan

Tony,

The tackle locker under the helm bench on your boat sounds like a great idea. What kind of material is the locker made out of? Would it be possible to repaint the locker to bring it back to life so you don't have to replace it?

JR

jackryan

If you go to the fourth picture in this brochure from Craig Mac's earlier post (link below) and enlarge it, the 31 sportfish model in the bottom right corner appears to have a storage box or ice chest with 3 seats on top of it. The 3 seats seem to possibly have reversible seat backs, so that each pa...

jackryan

Thanks for that description Marshall. I have cockpit panels, so the aluminum channel would not work for my boat. I may have to mount them to a small wooden dowel in the space between the lip of the gunnel and the cockpit panel.

JR

jackryan

Marshall, I have some LED strip lights to install under the gunnel. They have an adhesive backing, but I'm thinking in a marine environment, the adhesive will most likely fail. How did you attach the strip lights under the gunnel? Did you use some sort of additional adhesive or glue to attach the li...

jackryan

Another Joy is still a head turner! I hope she goes to a good home.

JR

jackryan

Jeremy, I was passing by Schuberts Marine this past Weekend and saw your 31 moored to their bulkhead. She's a beauty! I tried (unsuccessfully) to send you a private message. Drop me a line if you're in New Orleans and you want to grab a beer and talk boats. My 31 is slipped at Municipal Harbor next ...

jackryan

As usual great stuff! I'm intrigued by the Lagun table that Yannis uses. Carl, the rod holder table is great because its not taking up any cockpit space. I'll have to take a look at those, but not sure theres enough table space for me there, so I'm leaning toward the table mounted on the fighting ch...

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Faithful, I've been thinking about possible fabricating a cockpit table to sit on my fighting chair pedestal out of some of the mahogany stringers that I took out during my deck renovation. I want a table to use in the cockpit for family outings and picnic cruises--Uncle Vic called this Howdy Boatin...

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Thanks Doug, I noticed that my one incandescent bulb was very hot yesterday. I ended up finding two LED bulbs (for $25 each) that work in the chock. They were a bit too tall and hit the roof of the lens when I screw down the top of the chock, but they still seem to work. They are white bulbs, so the...

jackryan

Wondering if anyone found a good LED replacement bulb for the bow chock? Since my lenses have faded, I was hoping to get bulbs that emit colored light-one red and one green. I ended up ordering a green and red LED bulb from West Marine. They are BAY15D-1157 Double contact Index bayonet bulbs. They l...

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I received several private messages this week and when I attempt to respond, my response goes to my outbox instead of to the person I'm trying to send it to. I've checked my inbox and only have a few saved messages there. Any ideas why my messages are going to the out box and I am unable to send the...

jackryan

Tony,

Outstanding information, thanks!

Saburke17, Thanks for the info on Elite Marine, that would def. be the easiest way to go!

Always such good information here.

Thanks Guys,

JR

jackryan

Tony,

I was able to view the images fine on my phone. Pretty work with the step! Thanks so much for the images, that'll help with our design for sure. Do you remember the wall thickness of the structural FRP fiberglas 90 degree's that you used for your fabrication process?

JR

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Thanks for posting the pics Tony. I'm having trouble viewing them, but I suspect it's my computer. The pictures of your step pop up momentarily when I click on the imagur link, but they disappear immediately. I'll try my iPad or another computer. Peter (pschauss)- I did see the pics your step-I comm...

jackryan

Hey Peter,

I'm looking for design ideas for the step. Any way you could post of pic of your step?

Thanks,

John

jackryan

Peter--Thanks so much for the pictures--they're worth more than a thousand words. I have a hard time visualizing things from a verbal description. I've seen similar fiberglass angle material at McMaster Carr. How does your step stay on? It doesn't look like it's screwed to the L brackets. Tony--Than...

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Rawleigh, The original step sounds interesting-I like simple--Having a little trouble visualizing it--maybe next time you're out there you can snap a pic of it and text it to me or post it here on the site. Carl, Thanks for the description of your setup--I feel like your deck/engine box is different...

jackryan

Guys, As always, thanks for the great information and ideas. Yannis, I took a look at your step-simple and beautiful design--on the 31, the sea strainers are housed under the step, so that system won't work for me. Tony, your step sounds more along the lines of what I'm thinking--if/when you make it...

jackryan

I need to fabricate a new cockpit step--the one that you use to step down from the cockpit to the small deck area between the engines to enter the cabin. I'm looking for ideas on step design and materials for the fabrication. I've been using Coosa board laminated with fiberglass for lots of projects...

jackryan

I just saw an old thread that I started a few years ago about cowl vents--it made me think about the possibility of DIY re chroming. Has anyone tried this system to re chrome parts on their boat? I need to re chrome my bow chock and some cleats. Possibly the cowl vents. Any idea what the process wou...

jackryan

Outstanding information-thanks so much to all for taking the time to go over details of your rudder set up. Tony, sounds like quite a project to fabricate the shims--I'm sure you weren't happy when you broke the shim drilling through it. I'm hoping my shims stay intact when I remove the old rudders....

jackryan

Thanks Peter, That's pretty much what I thought. I'm not familiar with Bobby Soles, were his rudders similar to Capt. Patricks over size rudders?

JR

jackryan

As usual, great stuff! Thanks for all of the great information! The one question I still have is-Next time I haul the boat out for a bottom job, can I just remove the original rudders and replace with a set of Capt. Patricks rudders without any modifications, or will I have to modify the size of the...

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Faithful, I have the old steel rudder bearings and am going to be replacing them with a set of stainless/thermoplastic rudder bearings. The bearings have some rust on them and are frozen, so I will need to cut them off. My brother unearthed an old post by Captain Patrick where he suggested that, to ...

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There is still a bastion of amazing wooden boat building and craftsmanship in Florida: https://www.michaelrybovichandsons.com I toured several builders in Wanchese, N.C. this summer and the wooden boat building craft is alive and well up there. The prices are well out of reach to the average boater,...

jackryan

Thanks for the reply's guys! With the hurricane down here I lost track of this thread. The pics you guys posted of the Convertible Sport Cruiser is exactly what I was thinking of. Very cool boat! Sounds like only a few of them were made though. It seems like all of the builders are producing the "Du...

jackryan

Thanks for the reply's guys! With the hurricane down here I lost track of this thread. The pics you guys posted of the Convertible Sport Cruiser is exactly what I was thinking of. Very cool boat! Sounds like only a few of them were made though. It seems like all of the builders are producing the "Du...

jackryan

Houma was hammered. I had a buddy down there that had a plane in the hanger at the Houma airport. The hanger was blown away and his plane was destroyed. It was having extensive work done to it so he couldn't fly it out of harms way. I fear that there are many boats in that area that didn't make it. ...

jackryan

As far as I know there were 6 different models of the 31 Bertram. 1)The Flybridge 2) the Sportfish (Flybridge with open bulkhead) 3)The Bahia Mar 4)Sedan 5)Express Cruiser 6)One more that was a mostly open boat I can't recall the name of this open model and I can't find any pictures of this model. I...

jackryan

Thanks, that's pretty much what I thought. I figured that cork would not hold up as well as rubber.

jackryan

I have the Perko 493-8 sea strainers with 1.5" hose that currently have rubber gaskets. I want to replace the gaskets in them, but am only able to find cork gaskets locally. Do you guys have an opinion on the cork vs. rubber gaskets for a sea strainer. It seems to me that a rubber gasket might last ...

jackryan

As usual, great stuff guys! I located a seal kit down in Ft. Lauderdale. I think the repair station here can rebuild the cylinder once he has the seal kit, but if he runs into any problems I'll try the operations you guys suggested.

Many Thanks!

JR

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Faithful, A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that I had a substantial leak in my Hynautic steering cylinder that most of the steering fluid had leaked out of. I removed the cylinder and brought it to a local repair shop here in New Orleans that works with Seastar, who I guess bought Hynautic some year...

jackryan

Dam Tony, That sucks. Good luck with the surgery and recovery! Keep us posted on your progress.

JR

jackryan

Guy's as usual, outstanding stuff. The pics and description will help immensely! Snipe, obviously the best way to do this would be to do it without the engines in, like yours. The process will be slightly complicated by the fact that I will still have the engines in. I'm going to use the hot glue gu...

jackryan

Thanks for the advice on this project. I've purchased a sheet of 3/4 inch coosa for the bulkhead material. It's not going to be possible to use the old bulkhead as a template, so my brother found a good video from Boatworks Today on how to create a template for the new bulkhead: https://www.youtube....

jackryan

I am nearing the completion of my cockpit deck and cockpit support/stringer project. One of the last things I need to do is replace the bulkhead that is aft of the engines. The bulkhead currently in the boat is made of plywood and in bad shape. I was wondering if I could get some advice from any of ...

jackryan

Saburke17,

I'm interested in using the soft sand and was wondering how much it took to cover your deck? Is a quart enough, or would you go with a gallon?

JR

jackryan

Saburke17,

Can you give us some insight on the Alexseal Color you used to paint your decks? (I think all of their pain products are designated by a number) Also, any hints/insight into the correct way to mix the two parts correctly would be great. Did you use a two part primer as well?

Thanks,

JR

jackryan

Tony, What a great idea! It will be another week or two before we fasten the decks in, but we will def. employ your leveling technique. As of this morning, we have the decks back in temporarily. I made the hour run back to the south shore today. We still have some below deck work to do, but I am ext...

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Hi Yannis, Sadly, I wasn't there when the decks came off and my guy didn't take a picture of the bottom side of the decks when he removed them. He removed the balsa core on the back side of the deck and replaced it with coosa covered with fiberglass, so now theres no way to tell what was on the back...

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