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Jimmy I know the top end numbers from the owner ( was passed in the old boat quite easily) and have driven the boat on one occasion. I am nearly positive that he is running a 21x25 dqx wheel with medium cup. The efficiency of this boat is ridiculous. For the extra horsepower you have (610vs760(you d...

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Pitch for pitch you overlap exactly with the old Chimera difference being we ran out of rpm at 2850 With the smaller wheels your a knot slower than the qsb305 up here. He is running 21" wheels on 1.75" shafts Thought that boat was something like 21 24 or 25. Michigan dqx have worked the best even ov...

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Fished with a bunch of friends for that tournament. Corts really come into his own on the boat, certainly another proud dad moment. Thanks for sharing I haven't seen the article yet.

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You running dqx wheels? They add lift fwd and will dig in reverse. Chimera would put water thru the hausers but not over the transom. Were you full fuel and real light in the nose? It made a difference in the old boat.

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I love the copper micron on the aluminum lumitech lights.

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The high end chevy leather seats in the new subs and tahoes is a very comfortable seat.

New car seats suck, all of them.

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Halocks are an expensive way to do it. You can do the same thing with a 3 dollar long line clip

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Prep, patience, and a little knowledge is all it takes. Forget the roller and brush the whole thing. You need two people who understand the " feel " of the paint and add reducer as needed. I like thin brushes like the Corona- Europa, throw them out when done. If it's just boot stripes then a west ro...

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Thanks Capt.
It's a bigger job gettin the lipstick off the pig then it is puttin it on.

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Thanks gang this is one of 11 44's built. We looked at 4 and this was the best of them. The boats last owner bought her out of Florida in 1998 with 692s. In 07 the boat had a new bottom put on her and then went to Jarrett Bay for an exterior refit, repaInt and engine install. That's when the rebuilt...

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Here is the new girl

Gonna be some time getting her back in shape, but she's got good CATS and strong basics

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I'd be thrilled to fish on Resolute.

You know the deal, blind squirrel....nut blah blah blah

I was really happy for the owner, we worked hard to bring that boat back from the dead

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Fished a local tournament with friends, Cort got to catch his first two eyeballs on this trip. Including the winner. We were 9 for 10 on eyeballs and a pile of yellowfin and longfin http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/F1DD7BFF-3C2F-4A78-8B4A-A83DBD4F0477_zpsem7qlkor...

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I know of one black hulled met cruiser powered anniversary edition boat in Sea Isle that I worked on as a kid when new. Your boat doesn't have a black hull does it

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Sold!!!!!!!

Congrats to the new owner, will still be sailing out of Manasquan

Hope y'all let me stick around.

Capt Pat please remove chimera from our ranks she's no longer ours

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I hear yah Bob, not sure Rob and I have more than 1 rehab left in us. Way I see it we have two choices. Pay more or work harder. Not being the smartest people we will probably choose to work harder.

Trying to get through the sale of this one, then figure out what to do next.

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Ray Trying hard to track something down. So far nothing sexy to my eyes that's project worthy. 37b would be bad ass but really hard to make chimera sexy It's hard to leave leave the super hot one for the bigger sister but at 105 miles one way one average we really miss out on allot of fishing days b...

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I don't understand why these boats are not tenders to more yachts. Even with the fly bridge they are low profiled for transfer into the boat. With jet drives and diesels they are not a gasoline explosive hazard and cost way less than the high end tenders that are way ugly in comparison. I could just...

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It's time to move along, we have an opportunity to purchase a nice upgrade to chimera. She is going on the block in pristine turn key condition. Please pm for details.

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Hynautic is simply the best system on the market in my opinion, so much so that when we built the 2001 silverhawk we had it installed. I would not use anything else. Get a Mesco or Kellogg book in the back is the Parker style hose and reusable fittings, maybe near the racor fittings. The fig would s...

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I would imagine they were changed as part of a repower?

Like was stated if they work it's all good.

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That is definitely not a Buck Algonquin strut.

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Aw heck Jimmy I have a radar wedge mold taken off a Viking part,

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So I'm going to assume the set screws were removed and they have just seized themselves to the strut. No biggies to drop the struts, keeping in mind that there are shims and you shouldn't move them. If the struts are in place with 5200 its even easier. Remove the bolts and support the end of the pro...

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Figure out the crown with your tower guy The 31 changes from bow to stern slightly. Look at the rattle and hum thread that tower is the clone to mine ( built off the same jig) There is a hard top at carvers for a project I'm working on for a friend it's just been skinned. So you can see the wire run...

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There were only two innovators brought into NJ. One was ack hulled with a tower Nd one was white with a half tower.

Both of those boats got the balls run out of them back in the day

It would be great if you could check for blow by my guess is they have allot of time on them

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Nonononono!!!! Jack shafts + outdrives= maintenance nightmares. Ever change the bellows on an inboard???? Shafts outboard of the main tank = no fish boxes, trim pumps that fail in time, mercathode system. No thank you Just speed for speeds sake with too much loss in longevity and space availability ...

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John Lane has done some nice 31 installs, like what he's done with the port risers to reduce the bend. 5kts with one 6.8 with two is my guess at just around 38 top end. The 305s would still get you close to 35 swinging a 21" wheel on 1.75 shafts and burn less then their big brothers with more tolera...

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John,

She looks great, time to button her up and catch some rockfish.

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Chris at Carvers is about the best in the area for exhaust layout and long term reliability. Just drive through the yard in a few weeks and you'll see at least 10 31's on the hard there.

Welcome aboard

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The hds9 should accept a small 4g radar. Since lowrance is a Navico company I would expect it to be as good as the Simrad 4g which is a fantastic radar in tight and out far. With a B31 we are not high enough off the water to see much more than 20 miles anyway so anything over 6kW is wasted. The high...

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Don't listen to Dug he's loaded

- sorry it was too easy

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Man you gotta start hanging out with different folks, next thing you know Mark will talk you into tuna fishing. There is no other product on the market right now that I would use other than Simrad. The BSM 2 with the hd radar in a couple of NSE or nss units would be tits in a b31. I am very happy wi...

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It's great when there's only so many open puddles. Jan 25 came so fast. Nice video

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4.2 kts all day long one in gear, steers like a champ Troll spoons for bass on one engine all day long don't go in circles, 5.5 with the dredges for whitey biggest trouble is keeping the tunas off the dink baits The 20" diameter wheel in a four blade configuration won't crush your idle speeds, you c...

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Well you came to the right place,this board has some great folks on it. You'll learn a bunch about these boats here, it was the first place I came when we started, everyone has been great.

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Alex, What the hell are you thinking, those e-cigs going to your brain? You just go patch up that engine and get your girl back in the water. If you want to come for a ride on a shitty day to get the notions of going smaller out of your head jump on in. If you really want to redo one I'd look at the...

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Sorry, you lost me at Greenpeace

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JP with all the geese I've shot over the years I still can't say I have found a recipe that works without bacon involved! Maybe you have a solution to that problem? Otherwise I have to fall back on uncle Vic. "First you make a roux................. Used to eat whole roasted goose as a kid, back whe...

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Winter Project List

1. Kill more geese
2. Kill more deer
Oh yeah this is boat related
3.Varnish teak bulkhead and overhang
4. Adjust valves
5. Dripless packings
6. Completely rig one 33ft customized "non Bertram",photos to follow, Not mine.
7. Fish the Buccaneer Cup

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The "best" as Pat is saying would be the more "expensive" CAT 1 auto deploy.

Put the PLB in your ditch bag or have it packed in the life raft.

Or do whatever you want.

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http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/Photo_904A8D95-C778-CC51-5B83-CAC60761B7CE.jpg http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/Photo_C9BA4C7C-11B3-13DE-4BFF-88CFD9CB9EA1.jpg Here you go Jack We used a simple L shaped bench tall enough to pur five gallon buckets in along the outboard side....

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Name some more cases please you've obviously spent years in the woods hunting and observing the North American whitetail. And based on the articles employment of DNR experts to verify the find you are still a doubting Thomas. I can assure you that the only time I have seen a whitetail come up curiou...

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Try a little heat if you can safely apply it with a torch.

If its a caulking that's got you locked up heat can help, but you need to be careful

Good luck

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Why is it assumed that all three got entangled at the same time?!… Aren't there other possible scenarios?!… Because thats what happens in nature. Do you think the eleven pointer came over to help the younger seven and eight, maybe had a cell phone and was calling 911 when he tripped and became inte...

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Todd, What size? I can't say enough good things about the Northern Lights 5kW in our boat. 3cylinder 1800 rpm. She's got roughly 1600 hours on her now and has been nearly perfect. The only issue we've had is with the factory installed steel exhaust riser, it had to be replaced at 1300 hours (last ye...

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Navatech wrote: Having said that, Hatts are nice boats...

Again sir we disagree

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Gert,
Great shots, looks like fun, I guess if you gotta fish then even a Hatteras will do.

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You sir are deeply afflicted with the boating curse.

Pretty work as always, keep us posted

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Really a Hatteras? Where's the love?

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