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Yep, Spud Point Marina, Bodega Bay.
I’d admire her every time I drove by going to beach /hiking. (20mins from my house)
Engines turned me off, if spending that much Cummins or Yanmar better be in there.
Otherwise she looked in decent shape.

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Hi again everyone, And Happy New Year as well. Fez the boat is a 70. Also as the great Capt Pat has said in the past the Sport Fisherman models ( in which this one is) has by design more enforcement in the bridge and areas so the open space can be spanned without racking and minimal movement. It’s q...

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Fez,
What I see really flexing a lot, is that immistakable bow stop and winch pad.
NOT! Please enjoy this boat she’s a real head turner!

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Carl, That's great there is a good outcome with my old girl. So glad to see she's finally on the water again, and apparently very popular! It's too early to tell about new conversation piece, but I haven't ever worked so hard in my life for it so far. Hoping sooner than later- life moves faster and ...

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Sheesh...come to see what happening and its all my posts. Yeah Carl, Even some of the "boatless" came out from lurking to add some words! Hope everyone here is doing well. I miss the conversation even though online and letters. Work'n hard trying to make a good conversation piece, hopefully in near...

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Ah,
Got it. That would explain low power!

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Steve, The turbo "spools up" because of back pressure so if you say it spins freely, what is leading you to believe you need a turbo rebuild? There are many more qualified diesel techs here maybe they can chime in. The fueling problem on my friends 6BTA was found with the help of Tony Athens educati...

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https://www.sbmar.com/featured-article/understanding-low-power-troubleshooting/ This has reminded me about getting back to the basics and understanding low power in simple terms in the past. I helped a buddy on a 6BTA and found fuel filter with a bunch of junk in it, then all was good rpm back after...

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Trungie hello, So even though I thoroughly enjoyed doing my rudder shelves and have a good idea on how to do it now, I'm WAY North of you to check out your setup. But, you know Tony Athens at Seaboard Marine is such a nice guy and I think he wouldn't turn down your business. He is only a little sout...

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Yeah Fez no worries,
From what I understand she was owned by a hard core fisherman, a doctor actually. Alex from 31Bertram.com sold her to me and I towed her from Los Angeles area all the way up to Northern CA. where my property is.

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Gotta pipe up on this one, pretty easy to tell if you have the wrong bi-metallic configuration. Disconnect rod and see which way rod needs to go to OPEN choke on carb end. Now starting with a COLD engine, run engine and see which way actual bi-metallic is going when heated. I betting it's an opposit...

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Hi Yawl, Thought I'd share some old pics of the old girl, some before I started all my work. Enjoy. https://i.imgur.com/QKDFuq6h.jpg https://i.imgur.com/O2eIbimh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/iR3T1lwh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/rVWHRizh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/y3m8xHuh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ft6h2BJh.jpg ht...

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Fez,
Unfortunately with photobucket not here anymore most pictures are not showing up going to previous threads but I can E-mail you a whole bunch of previous pics what she looked like before.
I'll try to get that together maybe this weekend. I can tell you you'd be amazed at the transformation!

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Fez,
Welcome to the site! You'll find an abundance of great info on here, and sounds like you now own my old girl! I think Pearson did a outstanding job on her and I'm proud to see she's getting a good home. Any questions you have, ask away.

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Thanks guys I appreciate those kind words. I know I’ll find the one meant to be some day when everthing “lines up” just right!

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Yes Yannis,
That was mine!

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Yannis you hit the nail on the head with my way of thinking for the Bertram31. I was a die hard steward for keeping her as close to original with the help of the Capt, all the way up to when I lost her financially. I was hoping someone would carry this intense special detail about this 31 as I did. ...

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Captbone, I don't know if I agree with efficiency being better in the ocean where you can't cover ground quickly due to conditions and the outboards are struggling to keep boat at slow plane. I guess you could always add weight to the mid section to shoulder through snotty conditions but I would thi...

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Yeah Tony I hear ya. I'm just glad the boat was/is in good hands and possibly a new life somewhere awaiting her. When I bounce back (hard to do in California I tell ya) I'm planning on another 31, a FBC not a SF, and will already have 6BTA's in it. That way all the big ticket things are done and the...

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Hi Tony,
So he didn’t buy from me he bought from my lender.
I had to give her up due to financial reasons in 2014.
He is a company that builds boats to sell.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9aphiirxsj1tcc/IMG_1207.JPG?dl=0 I am just glad the builder retained some of my hard work like the drainage shelves, all the smoothing/fairing inside gunnels, gunnel supports, trailer bow stop, flattering actually. I of course have my reserves about finished product (desi...

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpewnhfkhtfrr ... 9.jpg?dl=0

Now doesn't that look familiar?

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Yes John epoxied and glassed to stringers, and if you notice on last pic I glassed small "shelves" at ends of table to support and triangulate loads. Nav, that is 3 layers of blue26 1/2" each with 1708 between each. Needless to say strength was not an issue when done. All done with the Capt's instru...

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http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo237/rocky312008/coosa%20rudder%20table/DSC03961.jpg http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo237/rocky312008/coosa%20rudder%20table/DSC03954.jpg http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo237/rocky312008/coosa%20rudder%20table/DSC03964.jpg http://i379.photobucket.com/albu...

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http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry/rocketboat/
Get there before wind kicks up say first ticket times.

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https://youtu.be/Wu7C_qDC8Tc May I make a suggestion so father AND son will love it! Capt will spin this 70footer out all while enjoying the scenery of SF bay. Also depending on specific day your here AT&T park for a baseball game would be fun. After Rocket boat strolling through pier39 to the explo...

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Capt. Pat, I am so at a loss for words. I have and will always hold the knowledge you have given me to do things I have never thought I could do. There are often times I say to myself "That's how Capt. Pat would do it"(just ask Melissa) and I would follow through with just that way, be it boats, hou...

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Better yet keep it on your property. Ain't gonna happen with a cat, but I do agree to collar your pets. I have 2 cats that are "mousers" on my property and will always have them for rodent control, other wise I don't care for them either but in my case they have a positive purpose. Having had a col...

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Feral cats suck, destructive as hell. Can't tell you how many boat interiors destroyed by those things growing up. No collar, no quarter. Same as coyotes, geese and democrats Hopefully you study your "feral" cat first, and have some sort if restraint before you take out a neighbor's cat or you SHOU...

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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/27343 ... ing#page=1

You mean like this? That's me with the shadow interview.

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http://www.boattest.com/engine-review/M ... 50-HP_2015

Boat test did a marketing advertisement, I mean test on it too. Sounds like a promising little powerplant.

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The lines of the 31 constantly amaze me, so pretty. Especially around all that other garbage people think is so great looking nowedays! Nice pics Yannis.

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Dang Harry, I thought all that was leading up to some rice burner trying to take out a american V-8. We could have a short video competition of best turbo sounds! (Excluding our faces performing the sounds to lessen the embarrassment perhaps)! I bet BobH and JimmyG would have the Cummins down pretty...

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Merry Christmas to all and have a safe and Happy Holidays!

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Whoops did not realize I might have highjacked thread, sorry Ljmauricio! Yes nice pic of the P&M31, it's more proof this design is as popular now as back then!
(Also amazing how much a bikini covered back then and how little they do now).

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http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo237/rocky312008/TheCrazyOnes1.jpg http://www.seakeeper.com/uploads/documents/in-the-news/Yachting_December_20141.pdf Another interesting read. Check out the Griffith, Dick and- Pauline?, Photo of the 31 with just our windshield with frame. Was that designed for ...

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I don't think the fish will have a chance look at that responsiveness, wow. Torque monster!

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Can't explain why either Bruce, happened too on our field tests through training, that was to disable engine starting through techstream and drive vehicle until battery depleted. Instructor's lesson was just how little distance we could get on HV battery alone, maybe 300 yards at full throttle. But ...

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Well yes in theory the low voltage conditions before ecu should shut system down but- in real life conditions (just using a Prius for example) we get people who think they can run their Prius out of fuel and keep going on main hv battery. When that depletes in less than one minute, when the ecus app...

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Your right Nav, triple floor mats! We don't believe it when we see it but they do it.

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I re-read one of the comments on THT and (page5) claims the low voltage was TO the control box. If this is true all the sensing, controlling, checking, and every job the control box has would give erroneous readings and commands of drivers out of box, is how I would understand it if it is like an ec...

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but I doubt there isn't one of them that isn't driving a car that has a fully computerized system and won't hesitate to jump on the freeway doing 80mph. Or jump on a plane with relative ease. I don't know, I'm torn between the steadfast idea on mechanical vs electronic, electronic can only get bett...

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Yeah Scott your right the folks that claimed they are victims of the vehicle being at fault should have been categorized as darwin material, of course just my opinion. Toyota was just trying to address the "problems" by A- shortening the accel pedals so when owners double mat under them they don't "...

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Amazing a system like the Mathers Micro Command would have known ecu faults and not addressed as a (in my world automotive) a tsb or better yet a recall/campaign. Toyota definitely steps up to the plate there and handles business OMO when they should, unlike the big three. Of course, they are in the...

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Having installed, programmed and operated computerized engines and controls something smells fishy about this incident. I haven't seen one system yet that did not have a master shut down within reach of controls. You kill the power, you kill engine function period. Bruce, Are most of these systems ...

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Wow, that must of been an engineering feet in itself getting it up there without damage, nice!

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Hey Rocket -
Is that the James Bond Glastron that jumped the Levee, and Benji the dog?!!

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Bottom line is you can buy any number of decent running B25s for at or below the cost of a re-power. $25k buys a lot of Bertram! The numbers are only funny if you've never done it before. This is my way of thinking now, why not take advantage of the market in your favor when a great one comes up.

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Cam Aint that the truth working stiffs! The budgeting and planning ahead very important.
There are a few things I will do differently on my next Bertram, cash purchase and good iron already in there.
Money's in the iron, who had told us that one many times!

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