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Capt. Pat

They do stand out in a crowd. Tony Meola

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JP

It looks like he is just to the right of what looks like a buoy. But who knows. Tony Meola

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If you want to start a count, I will start it off. In the Forked River area there is mine, the Ellie M, then there is the Minihaha, then I know of one other berthed on a lagoon in Forked River not sure of the name. That is 3 and I know there are a bunch more between Toms River and Barnegat Light. To...

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Bill

What year are the engines and do you have the old Thunderbolt ignition? If you do that may be the problem. Bruce would be the best one to help you out. Tony Meola

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Kevin My experience it was the packing. If you have to pull it to do it then check everything. If you can do it without pulling the boat try the packing first, its the cheapest way out. Then if it leaks go from there. As you know it could be any one of the things we all mention. I don't think corros...

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Kevin

What type of packing did you use? I had used teflon once. Had the same problem so I pulled it out and used the plain packing. Never had a problem again. Tony Meola

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Harv You need to do what is right for you. I agree with Bruce on rebuilts. My father was a great mechanic, but as good as he was, he always felt rebuilding a marine engine was questionable. He always said, even fresh water cooled engines, you never know if at some point they had sea water in the oil...

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Harv I asked my marina for a price on mercs at around 350 hp with transmissions he told me his price was around 14,000 a piece. I check on the rebuilt cummins and they said that would be around 20,000 a piece with transmissions. By the time you get done doing everything you have to do even with gas,...

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Charlie

Thank You

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Whom ever buys it is going to need a good Sawzall. Looks like the rudders bent, could be hull damage if the rudder post was pushed throught the deck. Tony Meola

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Does anyone have the address of Down Jersey Marine. When I hit the link on the old board it takes me to Mack Boring. Tony Meola

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Harry

As I get older I find that it gets tougher to keep up with all this internet lingo. Tony Meola

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Harry

I think he is saying In My Honest Opinion. Tony Meola

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Capt. Pat

Thank You I would have hated to send him on a wild goose chase. Tony

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Allen Since it does not look like any is answering since they are all picking on Timmy, I will try and get you started. Uncle Vic is the hull number expert, but depending on the year it was built, and I believe it was 73 in which they started to put them on the starboard corner of the transom. Befor...

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Capt. Dick
The current issue of Power Boats has a report on paint remover. I am not sure how to scan and post otherwise I would try and put the article up for you to read. They rate a stripper called Soy Strip pretty high. www.franmar.com. Tony Meola

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Mikey If I remember correctly, a year or two ago there was some outfit in France that had a bunch of them, brand new. They had bought them off of Bertram when Bertram dumped all of the parts they did not want. You might want to try the old website and do a search. If I remember right they were not c...

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Ok, now Andre wants to start a debate on how a helicopter works. We have 3 pages on the rocker stoppers, I say we can get 4 on the helicopter. Tony Meola

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Hey guys, I think we got ScotD upset. Maybe its time for us to get a judge to rule on this. Tony Meola

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Ok one more time to my scale theory. If we follow Bruce's logic which actually makes the most sense, that can be proven using the scale since the amount of pull exerted at the greater depth from trying to lift all that water in the column would great a greater amount of pull on the scale. The weight...

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Ok after reading all the theory's I have a question. I understand drag is drag and water weight is water weight. But if we lowered a rocker stopper down 5 feet and used a scale to somehow measure the pull at that depth, then tried it at 30 feet, it would stand to reason the scale should show two dif...

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Scot Unfortunately I do resemble that, but normally I don't wait two years to ask. I just did not want to give my self up to this crowd. I am usually one of those managers that needs to know. Its something about survival which is something that gets tougher and tougher in the Corporate World. Tony M...

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Thanks for clearing that up. I have been on the board for a couple of years now. The Hyenna boat was easy to figure out, but the RLDT had me beat. I thought it was getting time for to suggest that Capt. Pat to post up a Dictionary section. Tony Meola

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Bill How is everything? I was going to give Frank a call since I thought you and he used S&P. I guess most of the yards by us use them. My yard is actually trying to talk me out of going diesel and just doing the tank. They said they could get S&P to make one up at a fair price. I told them I though...

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About 7 yers ago I had one rebuilt by Mack Boring in NJ. Although not the damage you had, mine cost me about 1200 & that was with the yards cost to pull it and reinstall it. I would guess today it would be closer to 2,000 given inflation. Tony Meola

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The latest issue of Power Boat Reports has an article about ethanol and Fiberglass tanks. They state in the artilce that don't trust the 100% ethanol tnaks quite yet. Also, it looks like Stainless is now ABYC approved. Tony Meola

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Charlie

One of my friends found that if you cut the bunker in half, the stripers are taking them. They seem to be laying under the bunker school picking up the pieces the Blue Fish drop. Tony Meola

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Lets not forget, several years ago Marlin Magazine named one of the top ten Sport Fishing Boats of all time. So Boating magazine is not alone. Tony Meola

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Charlie

I have not been able to confirm it but one of the guys at my marina said someone landed a 70lb Bass off the old Coast Guard Station just north of Barnegat. Tony Meola

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Vic

No experience with slate, but if you lived up here in NJ the EPA would probably be carting you off because one of your neighbors would probably have called them on you. Tony Meola

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IRGuy

My 75 FBC is shown as 10,000lbs in the original brochure. The older ones are heavier. I do not have a tower. I have the larger fuel tank which when full will add to the weight. Tony Meola

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Sean, A bunch of years ago, we were chewing up zincs every three weeks. We eventually found a bad bilge pump. I had 1.5 volts coming being thrown off. We found the bad pump using an ohm meter. We had to first shut everything down and disconnect the batteries. We hooked the ohm meter up to the batter...

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Sean

Try calling Consumer Marine Electronics in NJ. I can't find the number right now but they have been pretty good to me in the past. You should be able to find them on the internet. Tony Meola

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Walter

I believe that. We have had ours since 1975 and I only see me getting rid of it until I can no longer get use or pleasure out of it. Tony Meola

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Walter

Interesting issue. The 31 by their call is one of the top 5 got to have boats. Tony Meola

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John

See if you the yard has anyone that will use baking soda instead of sand. They say that the baking soda can be controlled so the barrier coat doesn't come off. How long does the barrior coat last, well to give you an idea, we put 5 coats on in 1986 and it is still going strong. Tony Meola

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Vic

I still have about a quarter gallon left, but I thought the Max Wax might work better. When I am ready I will let you know and place my order. Tony Meola

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Clay I have a 75 FBC and I have Boat US. They insure mine at the same levels you are looking for and I just renewed with them 3 weeks ago for $990. Granted I have been with them for while. I have tried to get them to increase the hull coverage but they refuse to go any higher. I am in NJ and that ma...

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Vic, Can the Max Wax be used to spray the engines down for winter storage? I know its early but unfortunately up here in the NE the summer is quickly drawing to a close and before we know it the snow will be flying. The stores are already selling Halloween decorations and I am sure Christmas decorat...

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Dick I have a 1975 FBC with 454 Mercs that were made in 74. My filters are located opposite the starter up high on the block but parrallel to the hull. The receptor for the spin on filter on mine is metal. Sounds like yours might have been relocated. Check the block on the starboard engine above and...

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Charlie

Its been 10 years but my wife and I fished on the Sundowner a 35 Bert out of Kona, before they became really famous. I have to say that they were pretty good back then. Tony Meola

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You might want to check with Richard Kidd at Allied Richard Bertram. He said he has the 28 tank with the 31 to follow shortly. Tony Meola

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Bruce

I would assume that like the Yanmars and Cummins at 300hp, you would need to up the shaft diamater, or are the Steyr's differant for some reason? Tony Meola

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David You may want to talk with Richard Kidd down Richard Bertram. I was talking with him and he plans on having a fiberglass tank, 100% ethanol proof ready in 6 to 8 weeks. He already has one for the 28 and the 31 is next. He said it is being built by the same company that builds them for Bertram Y...

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Vic

I purchased reelx from them last year. I actually used it to oil the motor for the blower on my furnace. I could actually hear the blower motor speed up after I used it. Tony Meola

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Charlie

Thank You, catch up with you on the docks. I have Frank Fimmano cell # if I have trouble locating you guys I will give him a call. Tony Meola

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Charlie

I am not bringing down the boat but I would like two tickets to dinner. I mailed the check to you today. We will be driving down just for the dinner, can't make it with the boat. If I am to late just let me know.

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Mike Make sure the noise isn't from a loose prop. About 7 years ago mine did basically the same thing. I am in NJ, and we pulled out the transmission and had it rebuilt by Mack Boring. That was about $1200 back then. I got lucky, mine quit at the in September so we just pulled the boat and left it o...

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