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BCBertie

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A day without B31.com is one thing, a week is cold turkey...

Glad you're back! Great job!

John

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Congratulations! And Welcome!

John

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Looks great - nice work!

John

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Hey, Brian! Just to sort of get this out in the clear: The ABYC states "11.16.4.1.11. No more than four conductors shall be secured to any one terminal stud. If additional connections are necessary, two or more terminal studs shall be connected together by means of jumpers or copper straps." It does...

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BC Bertie, A few more suggestions, on your battery conections no more than 4 connections on the postive posts. Pete Fallon Hey Pete, Quite right about the "no more than four" rule... I think that for the rest of your suggestions, you were aiming at Brian, not me. And it seems that he is quite happy...

BCBertie

No problem, Brian. Glad to help!

Don't forget each ACR also needs a ground... <smile>

The installation instructions and wiring diagrams are available on the Blue Sea site, if you don't have a copy.

Cheers!

John

BCBertie

From the way you are describing your setup, you will need an ACR for each engine/bank. The alternator output will go to the starting battery, and the ACR will connect to the positives on both the starting and house battery. When the starting battery gets to full charge, the ACR will send the excess ...

BCBertie

I've just come back from watching the USS Iowa pass through the Golden Gate headed out to sea for the last time...

And now I read this.

The world has changed, and we are the poorer for it.

God speed, my fren'...

John

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Vic,

I've known you were fighting, and I hoped you were winning...

The sandbox will carry on, but it won't be the same. And every time it isn't, it will be because you aren't there, and we will remember...

how greatly our lives have been enriched by your passing through them.

John

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Thanks, Peter! I'm thinking that with the kind of surface area the two pieces against the hull would have, I could just use 3M 4000 or 4200 to retain them. Then the connection would be flexible and removable with no holes into the hull... in case some future owner wanted it as original. You're a lif...

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I have a small boat (C-Dory 16) that's pretty tail-heavy, so I want to move the batteries from the stern to up under the v-berth. I need to build a shelf to give the batteries something flat to sit on, but I don't want to just glass in a piece of plywood bridging the keel valley (if that makes sense...

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Sounds like heaven...

I miss the South.

Glad you have it to enjoy, Harry.

BCBertie

I agree that although the Beach Boys piece with Moron 5 was a travesty, and nothing good comes out of Niki Minaj, I was pretty happy with the show. I still love Glen Campbell (who actually was a Beach Boy for quite a while taking Brian's place on tour, and played guitar on Pet Sounds, etc.) Bonnie R...

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Just stunning. Well deserved congratulations...

John

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Done. And definitely this people's choice.

BCBertie

The rear deck comes out pretty easy (well, it did on mine!). I've heard the the FBCII tank was anywhere from about 230 gallons on up to 265. They are held in with the typical Bertram blob of resin and occasionally tabbed to the stringers. Poly-u-mac makes all three of the B28 tanks (they are the sou...

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What a lovely tribute... I'm so sorry for your loss.

John Pond

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Good eye, JP!

IMO, there is nothing worth less than forwarded emails. Since they appeal to the forwarder's sensibilities, they are never double checked for accuracy and just get sent around as gospel. Yet their hit rate for accuracy is abysmal...

Just my $.02. YMMV.

John

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My F350 diesel dually is rated at 15k weight distributing, 22.5k gooseneck. My 28 on the aluminum trailer is 16k about, give or take how much fuel and equipment is on board. I have towed it from coast to coast with no problems... biggest thing is a quality weight distributing hitch (mine is rated at...

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I have no problem launching or retrieving either my 28 or 26... at least, not as far as prop clearance is concerned. The problem comes from when there is a cross current... since the rig is so wide (and I don't want to attract attention), I don't have those little guide-on bars. So I sometimes have ...

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Well Joe I got real curious also and could not get it out of my mind.....so I did a little digging and found what I am talking about. Take a look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRATbJs6zac&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFni742pEXI&feature=related hb Man, that is beautiful. There is...

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Since I'm always amazed at what you do, I posted the video on my Facebook page. Gotta get the word out!

Really a very special gift...

John

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Simply beautiful.

BCBertie

Harry,

That's the USS Independence (LCS-2). Built by Austal in Mobile.

Cheers!

John

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I commute every day on my bike, regardless of weather... and I appreciate the choreography. That took practice...

I wonder how often he replaces his floorboards...

BCBertie

I want to name my Yanmar-powered 28 "Past Gas"... wife says no.

BCBertie

We did that between rounds on the funny car tour last spring and summer. Sometimes 4x a day for 3 days and I'm not young and buff like those guys, well young anyways. And you actually used threaded fasteners... and deserved the word "rebuild." And I haven't been young and buff since the Nixon admin...

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Yes, I could do this... But I would like to have a vehicle with actual nuts on the ends of bolts, and exhaust systems that don't drag on the ground before you start... But even more fun would be to watch them drive that to a dirt road and attempt to turn it... wonder how many different directions th...

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In Alaska, we have a saying:

"We don't drink water; fish shit in it."

Words to live by...

Cheers!

John

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I think the key to your trouble lies here: "I have had lots of issues with my "new motors" and the company I purchased them from is no longer in business and Pleasurecraft didn't want to talk to me when I had a knock in the "new" engine and an oil leak in the two piece rear main seal. We have rebuil...

BCBertie

I have a 1976 26 FBC that was originally equipped with inline Chevy sixes coupled to Gen 1 Mercruiser outdrives. It now has 3.7L 4 cylinders in it, and cruises at 25 with a top of 30 kts.

If you need any help, just let me know.

Cheers!

John

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With all due respect... There are no risks for North America. For that matter, there are virtually no real risks for Japan... Japanese reactors have nothing in kind with those at Chernobyl. Sadly, it takes very little knowledge to be a reporter, and those with the knowledge are not listened to. You ...

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Hello Chanse- OK, I visited the boat today. The bulkhead is a single piece of 3/4 ply with formica on either side (maybe 5/8...). It's pretty obvious they put it in last after the interior was built. It has little wings that stick out on each side, so they would have tilted it a little, inserted it ...

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I'll be happy to do that for you. I'll take a look and see if I happen to have anything helpful already, otherwise I'll visit the boat this weekend and take pictures. They are made exactly the same as all '70's Bertram bulkheads; the same as the one between the cabin and v-berth. Ply laminated with ...

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I have a 26 with the factory full bulkhead... I could take some pictures of how the factory did it if it would help you...

Cheers!

John

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So, Bruce...

I'm guessing timing is critical for application...

;{>

Cheers!

John

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I have 2006 F-350 dually with a 6.0. It's great with a couple caveats: 1. They really need to be run. I don't use mine enough. 2. They were designed when diesel fuel had a lot sulfur in it. The EPA then required Low-Sulfur fuel, and Ford did not fully appreciate the impact that would have. The impac...

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Chiles-

If your friend has any luck with a poly tank, please let me know. My 26 needs a new tank, and I also am not interested in metal. I'm leaning towards a Poly-u-mac glass tank, but I'd love a more reasonable option...

Cheers!

John

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I'm busy adding a lower station to my 28 (and a late style bridge as well). My 26 has a lower station, and I think it's essential. Then again, I use my boat in BC and my boat is not an optional mode of travel, it is my equivalent of an SUV; it's how we get provisions, medical help, etc. I would rath...

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32 Blackfin is a monster of a boat offshore. I can not say anything bad about that boat. A knock off? Is that like saying this http://www.cartype.com/pics/335/small/shelby_cobra_new.jpg is a knock off of this http://www.getfrank.co.nz/assets/images/Halfwidth/NewFolder-6/_resampled/ResizedImage25024...

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The 260 and early 289 Cobras are terrible - transverse leaf spring front end and worm & sector steering, dreadful bump steer. The later 289s benefitted from the effort for the 427 and got the coil-spring & rack-n-pinion front ends, and are simply lovely. While there are numerous crappy Cobra kit car...

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http://www.freep.com/article/20100210/B ... ericas-Cup

I read it in the NYT, but here's someone who agrees with me...

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I know there isn't too much respect given to rag-boats...

But does anyone think there's something odd about calling off an America's Cup race because of three-foot seas? Those are 90 foot boats! Now tomorrow will be a rest day because they didn't race today!

Three foot seas! (shakes his head)

John

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mike ohlstein wrote:The day when my people can go to Chinatown for a meal, and not have to stand in line.....

Good day for movies, too.

Merry Christmas, everybody!

BCBertie

Totally staged. And then through audio and video post - basically, it's a movie.

Cheers!

John

BCBertie

Lets face it.. when you venture out into the ocean in a small boat (and by "small" boat I mean anything smaller than maybe 100', maybe even larger) you are subjecting yourself and your crew and boat to a myraid of unforseen, invisible, and occasionally fatal dangers. I come from a long line of ship...

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Wow is all I can say!! Perhaps the anchor got dropped while underway???? Dinged the strut, ripped the rudders and transom off and then yanked the windlass and front deck down through the bow???? I just don't see how that much damage could have been done short of ramming a freighter!! I agree. The o...

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The difference between two strokes and four strokes are really very simple; at any given RPM the two stoke has fired twice as many times, burning twice as much fuel. More fuel, more power. In practice, one isn't twice as good as the other. Two strokes are by their nature less thermodynamically effic...

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Hear, Hear!

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Many happy returns!

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