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https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/XFeTBVHRXGniTjEVEkkEgo5UWWSA7gzvJy0uz9w2ePI These photos are of cracks I found in a few starboard chine locations. I had pulled the hull outside to spray primer on the cap. Warm, sunny day. The bottom of this boat was completely repaired many years ago and now I h...

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McMaster-Carr. much less expensive, lots of choices:

https://www.mcmaster.com/#weatherstripping/=1cd5pbq

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https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-fo ... wer-6.html

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Might be useful?

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/boatreviews/ ... moppie.htm

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Found it!

https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-fo ... hread.html

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I've seen those strakes on THT. There is a build thread somewhere on that site.

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Moving at light speed! I like your boat cradles. where did you get them?

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Raybo - I sent you PM

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High Speed Welding in Wilmington. NC - http://boatttops.com/

Stuart can make a top to your specs on the boat.

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Something like this??

http://www.livorsi.com/catalog/controls.htm

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This is a great picture...tells a story!

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Corey, You'll need to rebuild the transom before worrying about the bracket. Get it to look like this on the outside, and new wood in the bump out and everything glassed back together. I can't find my inside pictures at the moment. https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/tSxqBCRhCyzUk4qZIQSHgh25SpEc6DG6...

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Wow...I would not recommend that method...for many reasons: 1. The two layers of plywood comprise most/all of the strength and bearing surface to mount your bracket 2. If you cut it flush, you will be left with a gaping hole in the boat...the exact size of the bump out. there is nothing on the insid...

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Yes. With this method you could compare the transom angle to the bracket angle without doing math.

The framing square must be 14" on the short side for the 1/4"= 1 degree conversion to work. The generalized equation for any square is:

Angle(deg) = invTan(measurement (in)/short side of square(in))

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I can't speak for everyone, but when I was considering a bracket, it was custom. You make a template of the transom shape at the mounting height. Or buy one that is straight and unfinished and make filler pieces after install. Or what ever you think might work. Or buy the right model from Armstrong....

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Twin bracket or single? The tank on the twin maybe too wide to mount to the bump out - overhangs.

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+/- a degree or two shouldn't make that much difference. You might be able to make a shim for the bracket or engine to tweak it.

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Tooeez wrote: They all said you cannot use a transom unit on an inboard; the prop wash will disturb the signal.

Good point. I forgot about all the running gear on a 31!

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Corey,

14 degrees

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I asked Santa for the same Garmin unit. Torn between using the transom mounted transducer or thru hulls. Side scan would suffer without using two hull mounted transducers. The transom transducer on my Scout (Garmin) works fine, but since I beach that boat routinely, I am always fixing the adjustment...

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545 doesn't fill pin holes very well, I doubt it will fill crazed gel coat. It might be worth an experiment though. 545 has no body, its just a primer. Lots and lots of coats. Twice as many if you roll/ brush. And any movement will crack your paint layer. Any paint manufacturer will tell you to grin...

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uggghh! that's not going to be fun.

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Is your Bertram getting jealous?

Do you need a splashwell? Takes up a lot of room in a small boat and requires lots of work to fair.

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I designed my bilge pump circuits as direct wire. I use a (+) battery lead off the house/start switch (BS 5511e) to feed a 4 slot fuse distribution block that I call the "24 hour" bus. 2 bilge pumps, one memory circuit, one spare. I also wired the float switches up to the helm switch panel to a SPST...

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Peter, Where are you sourcing the parts? I have collected a bunch of Blue Seas components from various sources - prices seem to vary significantly from site to site. Most of it has come from Amazon via Santa Claus. Ancor products are like gold. Does anyone have a good source? I have many spools to o...

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No stage diving on this board....
Yannis is getting warm

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Blood stains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense, I've lost control, I'm lost my mind…

Age test: name the band and the album

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+1. Most of the work is on paper(or excel). Circuit drawings, load calcs, etc. It is possible to re-wire one circuit at a time, but if you are re-doing the whole boat it doesn't make much sense. Good Luck!

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It needs something....maybe a racing stripe to highlight the shear line. There is no rub rail on the boat

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Yannis,

White engines are all the rage over here! The engine on the Melges is mounted using a port-a-bracket http://www.portaproducts.com/index.php? ... ta-bracket

The two poles are shallow water anchors - "power poles" http://www.power-pole.com/ attached to the port-a-bracket

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Sorry I missed that Bertram. Same as last year?

The Spencer is a 74 - Afunday

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I spent a couple of hours at the boat show in Annapolis yesterday. I had to give my body a day off from boat work. No Bertrams in sight this year, but a heck of a lot of VERY expensive fiberglass bobbing around the docks. New boat market is insane right now. Example: 34 Chris Craft CC with twins...b...

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Nice work, Ian!

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Looks like GP03 structural pultrusion. I have used this material in various shapes in several locations on my B25. McMaster-Carr:

https://www.mcmaster.com/#fiberglass-l- ... s/=19ha54e

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Great! Thanks for the input, guys!

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Thanks, Charlie. Where was your thru hull located on the boat? Any issues with water flow at speed?

thanks

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It's been a while since I cut a hole in my hull, but JohnV8r is inspiring me to cut! I will have a live well and probably a raw water wash down pump. The live well pumps come with a second port to feed the wash down pump from a single seacock/thru hull pick up. My live well is small, so the pump has...

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Don't even think about using the router for this job, or I'll be forced to tell the story of one man's thumb versus the flush cut bit!

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farmer wrote:Been looking for hull numbers.suppose to be under cover with four screws behind where toilet was? Or am I mixed up?

Access hatch where the toilet thru hulls are/were.

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Congratulations on your new friend!

My 63 has a made up HIN from Mass. 12 digits. The HIN did not change when I re-titled in VA. I wouldn't worry about it.

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That should work, but you can make the same thing from epoxy and save buying another product. Are you using any epoxy barrier coat?

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Since you have the V-drive configuration, I would stick with inboards. Outboard conversion would require a heck of a lot of structural work on the transom. It probably doesn't make sense unless you are taking the boat through a complete rebuild. You can buy 2 new fuel injected 350s for the price a s...

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That looks like fun!

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I was poking around the Bertram website when I found their merch page. The have the book - The Legend Of Bertram- for sale there. This was a hard to find item not too long ago. Like the boats, nothing is inexpensive. I ordered a couple of hats and a shirt for gifts. http://shopbertram.online/ FYI Cam

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scot wrote: My white whale :-(
It's a mental problem, not a quality of workmanship problem. Predrill that bulkhead where the screws will go, install it and use the boat before you end up like me and Cam.

Hey! It's not a boat project, it's a lifestyle!

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I think you are being too hard on yourself. It looks fine..better than fine. A mil or two can't make that much difference. Rub or spray some wax on it, let it cure up hard, and put it to work! If you second guess yourself on these parts you'll spend 9 years working on the boat...oh, wait...that soun...

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Is it curing without wax? You can spray PVA with a Prevail sprayer to seal the surface so it cures - http://www.fibreglast.com/product/PVA_Release_Film_13/Mold_Releases Not sure how to uniformly sand the surface down unless you have access to a drum sander or are willing to long board by hand. I wou...

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Waytooslow wrote:I can only imagine how many times you have been up and down those steps on the stepladder! I am assuming you decided not to have someone else paint it? Todd

Ha! That ladder is for guests. I use a trampoline!

I'm attempting to paint it. Spent this year's boat fund on the engine.

Cam

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Here's a shot in the boat shed from Saturday. I lined the bay with plastic..sort of a poor man's paint booth!

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Thanks. I am spending some quality time on the boat. It took 4 solid days to fill pin holes block out the primer...just on the cap! I'm ready to spray more 545 and block some more. It should be ready for topcoat after this next round of primer. I used hull guard extra on the hull sides. That stuff i...

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