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Yannis, good ear on the Canadian French, I don’t know for sure but I’m guessing that’s kind of what it is. I’m pretty sure the original Cajuns immigrated from Canada to southern Louisiana many years ago. Carl, sounds like we took the same path. Exclusive hard rocker to liking just about any music. T...

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Yannis, Zydeco sounds like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa8vyTfugcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If4fv5tYyQU&list=PLIlcre1HlPZBIb25_1whkYdFru43xW3Qe&index=7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cn_G75777I&list=PLIlcre1HlPZBIb25_1whkYdFru43xW3Qe&index=8 When I was young, I thought hard rock, ...

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Shannon, I assume John carried extra fuel when he made the long runs. I’ll ask him next time I see him. He had Yanmars and I believe his Bahia Mar was intentionally lightened up for that purpose. The Reel Cowboy went to Florida with the new owner. No longer in Freeport. Sad to hear they are taking o...

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S Ritzert, Here are a couple links to the Reel Cowboy showing the spray rails back when John had it. I never felt they detracted from the look of the boat too much. John would go 30-100 miles out on the regular and had the boat for around 20 years. He doesn’t check in here anymore as he sold the boa...

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S Ritzert I can’t give you an idea what the weight is, but a couple years ago a stripped Flybridge model followed me home. It had the galley, head, most of the rotting bulkheads and the fuel tank but nothing else, not the cockpit deck or drive systems. I have a cradle with casters that I have it on ...

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There's mold/moss and there was even a small plant or something growing in the bilge. Just “ a small plant” …as in singular?? Heck, that’s not too bad. Call me when it gets to looking like the album cover on George Carlin’s “Toledo Window Box”. Good luck it’ll be a great looking boat when you get d...

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Carl, Joel had asked about both the 26 and 28 so I think all the answers benefitted him. I have always wondered how well 170s would work in one of the smaller Bertrams. It would be interesting if Joef goes that route. The reason I came across this site (24 years ago - yikes!) was that I had bought a...

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It just dawned on me the B26 is straight inboard vs UVs sterndrive B25. A little additional engine weight might be insignificant where those engines set.

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The other thing to think about is the B26 should be considerably lighter overall than the B28. Maybe the 170s would be adequate for a B26 if there is room to swing a big enough prop that you might need for the diesels. Also I don’t know about the weight difference between the Yanmar 170 and the gas ...

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Ritzert I had a friend with an old Fish Nautique years ago. That was kind of a neat set up, it’s the only Fish Nautique I had ever seen. I didn’t do any offshore out of POC. My life was skinny water, too little wade fishing, and too much working on the danged ol’ cabin at that time. Lol. Froggies wa...

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Welcome, I was surprised to see the POC Texas reference. I can’t help you with the Port O’Conner B31 owner, as I haven’t been down there since about 2019. But I wanted to say hi to a fellow POC boater. I built/kept a cabin across the bay from there on Matagorda Island for almost ten years. Sold it i...

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Yep. I understand the reason for the old boat issue. I don’t know how many folks I’ve known over the years that had (or bought) an old boat in the marina and then wound up praying a hurricane would get it so they would get out from under it. And many did. Just hurts the folks that actually have a go...

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Guys, I figured I’d update this with a little learning I had with this prospective purchase. The TLDR version - I didn’t get it done. Inability to insure in South Florida killed the deal. I had been looking for the last few years for a 1980s B35 or a1970s B38 widebody. After I sold my fishing cabin ...

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I’m with Tony I wouldn’t think those had been moved, but just for reference I have a stripped 1976 B31 Flybridge hull in my shop and I went by and measured the rudder flange tonight and that one was about 10 to 10.5 inches from the centerline of the rudder to the edge of the transom. The rudders are...

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Todd, The only guy I got far enough along in the process to talk price with was 3C marine. And he has his prices posted on his web page, pre-purchase is “$30/foot up to 40 feet, contact for larger vessels” according to his website. I'm going to be in for right around a grand for my 38. No idea what ...

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Tony, I was just kidding around. Thought it was funny that when I started writing no one had posted and by the time I got done there was a new post. Guess you were up late.

Todd, my thoughts are with you and your dad. Hope the best for you both.

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Tony,

I guess I was composing my usual long-winded reply while you were getting right to the point. lol

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Todd, I am flying into the same area next weekend to have a 1970 Bertram 38 surveyed and I recently asked for surveyor recommendations for the same general area. Both Carl and Neil were able to give me some good solid leads on local surveyors. Here is the link to that thread. https://bertram31.com/n...

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I guess I shouldn’t whine too much, we’re going to have a low of 20F down here on the coast tomorrow night and my hometown Amarillo up in the panhandle, where my family lives, will be 3F. So it does get a little cold down here as well at times. Just doesn’t hang around much. Neil, my neighbor on the...

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Guys, Thanks for the contact info. It helps to have some local knowledge. Neil, 3C marine did the last survey in 2022. I’ll probably give him a call. Heading up the end of January to take a look. It’s a private owner 1970 wide body with 6cta 450hp Cummins so it checks the boxes I wanted. Seems to be...

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No problem, posting here is best. Might help someone else along the way. Thanks

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Thank you Neil. I’ll PM you my contact info.

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In regard to how to open the box if an electric actuator failed, Last night I saw someone mention on The Hull Truth they had installed an access port in their engine box to have the ability to pull the pin in case of actuator failure. Seemed an interesting method. At least you could get the hatch op...

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Good night / Good Morning Yannis. Sounds like you had a good evening.

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Tony, Thank you. I might try that, or Google. The seller sent me his last two surveys from two different surveyors, so I could use one of them. I was just wondering if one of the faithful happened to be local and had an opinion. Maybe shorten the search. If not, I’m fine doing the typical source res...

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Dognduck sorry to derail. Hope you got the info you needed from the guys above.

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Tony I understand that feeling the first night you don’t HAVE to get up the next day. Mine was last Monday, I found myself laughing at the thought I won’t need to go in on Tuesday Jan 2nd. It’s still feels kind of weird not going to the plant, but I’m not going to stop working. I like to fix up and ...

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Guys, I’m flying up to look at a Bertram 38 in Solomns Maryland in a couple of weeks. Wondering if anyone has a surveyor they could recommend in that area.

Thanks

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Yannis, I regard to the metric system. I used to work for a multinational chemical plant (Used to…that sounds funny to me. I retired 6 days ago after 39.5 years) and all my sister plants around the world were metric. On this side of the pond most every plant in the States used imperial units. Except...

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Higher upfront cost is to be expected with the onset of new technology. If they perform as expected that should come down as they become more common.

Hopefully, it will be the same with this tech eventually.

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Yannis, I’ll wager the only thing that out shines Tommy’s knowledge of Bertrams is his gracious welcoming hospitality. He made an non-B31 out-of – towner feel very welcomed when we made the North Carolina rendezvous a few years back. Tommy, hope you’ve been doing well. Cam, That looks like some inte...

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Good to see that smile after all that work. Enjoy.

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DCJ, it was cool to tour the ship. I like anything that floats, and it was a cool bonus to see all the go-fast boats that day. They were gorgeous works of art and engineering, but I’m partial to old boats. All in all, a good day.

Sounds like your buddy had a heck of a tour.

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Carl, I like that amphibious jeep. For many years I had an off-the-grid fishing cabin on an undeveloped Texas barrier island. It was an old WWII decommissioned Army Air Corps air base and the only way to get there was by boat or plane. Each trip I’d have to have someone drop me off about 100 yards f...

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Yep, different strokes for different folks. I don’t begrudge anyone how they want to enjoy their boats. Heck, if I had that kind of money, I’d probably want two of ‘em. The actual race boats on display on land that day were impressive (non-race day). To the design comment, they had one flip this yea...

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I was down in Key West a couple weeks ago and happened to be there during the Offshore racing championships. I think I walked by and checked out that very boat. There were quite a few boats like it (private boats not the actual race boats), and it was crazy. I didn’t even know they made a 500 hp out...

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Congratulations, has to feel awesome.

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Thanks. We’ll be making the long road trip from Texas to the Keys sometime in 2024, just don’t know when. It will be nice to meet you and shoot the bull about all those old Bertrams you’ve had over the years. That and I need to make the drive along 30A again one more time before it gets completely b...

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Seapalm I can’t help you with info on the leaking aftercooler info, but I think parts are still pretty readily available for the 3208s. At least that is what I‘ve been told when I was looking into them. Hopefully one of the guys that has them will chime in. I’ve looked at a couple boats with 3208s a...

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Bruce, Sorry to hear of you and your daughter’s health issues. Y’all will be in my prayers. It’s always tougher when it involves our children. If ever anything I can do, even if just to lend an ear, please let me know. And Thank you to you and Mike (and everyone else that had a hand in it) for keepi...

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Freeport south of Houston. If you ever pass through, stop in and say hi. I can usually be persuaded to BS for way too long.

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She's a beautiful boat, nice work.

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I don’t have any personal experience, but from what I can glean from the internet, there are bushings to allow using 7mm injectors in the 9mm heads. I ‘think’ that is just to allow putting new 7mm injectors in if they need to be replaced, as 9mm injectors may no longer be available. I can’t see wher...

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If your 1990 Cummins are CPL 970 there is a lot of info on this site and boat diesel dot com about them. Search for 970 if they are that CPL. The main problematic issues I think were the larger injectors and the sealed aftercoolers. I picked up a pair of CPL 970 running take outs that had been setti...

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Well thought out. The things you guys do to boats always amazes me.

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Yannis, I would think you would want to affix any insulating material to the outside to prevent heat from initially entering the aluminum heat sink Carl mentioned. I would guess that if you have the insulation material on the inside you would just slow the dissipation from the hot aluminum. Better t...

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A work of Art. Congrats, time to enjoy it.

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Mickey,

Glad you’re seeing a little light at the end of the tunnel after such a long journey. Hope you get to enjoy her soon.

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Yannis,

You’ll be in my prayers. So sad to lose your mom and have your dad struggling.

My condolences for your mother, and hope for your father.

Best wishes on your Covid recovery.

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Glad he caught it early. I know it’s brutal, but is seems there is so much more they can do with cancer these days if it’s caught early. Prayers his way.

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