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Bruce - Thanks for the heads up. I used my main office number for that reason. No matter what I do the office gets 15 calls a day from solicitors. Pete - I had not visited the site since last week. If i can help let me know. My facility is 30 miles east of the city. Easy to get to, just off I95.

Pete, I own a marina where several lobstermen once docked. The loss of the indusrty has forced all of them to find other means. I am located on the Mianus River in Cos Cob CT. about 75 minute drive north from Babylon. I could put your wife in touch with a couple of the guys that are still in the are...

Hello John - Cpt. Thank you both for the follow up. My experience would say that the Cpt. has definately hit the nail on the head. In the reply from the Coosa supplier he stated i did not mention the bonding material. Please note my last scentence which stated i did use West System epoxy. I did not ...

Hello Cpt., I don't want to step on Johns post but i was curious if you had a similar problem/experience. Your response may help with Johns lay up. I have noticed when working with Coosa that bonding 2 sheets together is more difficult than it appears. Coosa comes through with a hard flat surface fa...

Gert, I thought i would share some preliminary photos for your consideration. I opted for side exhaust when I realized I needed 6 inch exhuast to accomodate my motors. I felt the bigger tubes would have been out of place on the transom and routing would have taken up more under deck storage. i was a...

Bob, Thank you for technical support. I have also read that is better to soak the tape in water as you wrap the exhuast pipe. The water helps stretch the tape a bit and when it drys you have a tight fit that is almost bonded together. Have you had any experience wetting the tape before application? ...

Keith,
I found two Z-250 planers packed away in storage. I don't think they have ever been used. Let me know how you would like ship. Send what you believe is a fair price to Cpt. Pat to help support the site.
Rick Kral

Keith,
I may have what you are looking for. Give me a day or two to look for the Z wings. I moved my shop and i havent been able to find a thing for months.
Rick Kral

Gentlemen, Thank you for the feedback. I have been researching a product made by Heatshield Products (good website). The company has a marine product line. The company does show the tape that Cpt. Patrick mentions but also lists a product called "Armor exhaust". The product comes .5" think with an i...

I am building a custom exhaust for both my diesel engines. I was hopeful one of the engine savy faithful had some input/experience on the best exhaust wrap system to use around the exhaust pipe prior to the shower head. I have a couple of 90 degree bends and obviously a tight fit under the engine ha...

jp, personaly I would agree but i spent a lot of money on new motors and don't want any reason for the warranty to be voided. As you may be aware, manufacturers look for any reason not to cover a claim. I am sure Centek is covering their ass but if anything did happen i would have no claim against t...

Bob L. - Thanks for the photos and info. All will be helpful as I begin preliminary installation of the motors. Bob H. - The six inch semed to make sense to me as well but the conversation with the folks at Centek confirmed that the 8 inch is required for the HP rating. After analyzing the make up o...

Hello Bob - Last we spoke, i believe you were installing 370 hp motors. Cpt. Pat mentioned the HP ratings on the mufflers. After a bit of Q&A with Scott at Centek it would appear that the 6 inch tubes are undersized for the HP rating. I too have a pair of 370's and after considering the function of ...

Bob - Thank you for the info. I used a similar system to bond the mahogny to my transom. bullet proof. I read the peice on the mufflers and we are using the same mufflers for the same HP motors. My finished deck height will be about 2 inches less than yours. I moved my exhaust outlets to the side of...

Cpt. Pat,
What type of system did you use to mount the mufflers? Was there space between the hull and the muffler or did you add an antivibation material between the muffler and the hull. With the six inch exhaust there is no room between the hull and deck.
Thanks,
Rick Kral

Joe, I am not familiar with your mufflers i purchased a pair of the Centex mufflers as I decided to go with 6" exhaust. (i had to raise the deck about 1.5 inches to make them work). This also made it difficult to fit surge tubes on the inside. I also moved the exhaust outlet to the side of the boat ...

Bob, Beuatiful work. I am about 2-3 weeks out from working on my covering boards as well. I am waiting on my fuel tank to finish any last minute deck modifications. Couple of quick questions. first, your inside corners appear to be layed up blocks and then cut or are they full width blocks of materi...

Bob and Bob Lico, Both your boats are insperational. Thank you for the parts and the tips. I will contact Brodus next week to arrange shipping. Even with the flange cut off the window that i had purchased from Brodus i was not satisfied with the alignment of the glass where the side window met the c...

Sounds like the perfect set up. i spent my money on the engines. I will have to wait a few before I can do complete windows. I would be interested in the 2 side windows.

Bob, Boat looks good. The window frames do not appear to be in bad shape. Are you planning to use fixed windows up front or has Brodus completed the design of an opening front window? I may be interested your side frames if you are going to sell them. Rick

http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a565/rickkral/bert31window.jpg Bob, After some lessons, i was able to upload this photo. Note the wide mounting flange and size of the glass in the replacement window. Keep me posted on progress with Brodus and complete system. i am still contemplating my next st...

Bob, The quality of the work is good on the window themselves. You are correct in regards to Sea Hottie. The problem with the window Brodus produces is that it does not work well as a replacement for the side windows with out a complete front or glassed in front. At the time i was working with Brodu...

I believe Brodus is trying but i am not sure about his ability to deliver in the time frame he anticipates. I understand projects take longer than originally anticipated (i have been working on my 31 for 2 years and it's still not near going in the water). I wanted to pass along my experience to be ...

I will also be interested to see how things work out. I bought side windows from brodus about 8 months ago. I was told the windows would match up to existing front window system. I too wanted to keep the operating windows. Note; i sent Brodus patterns of both window openings and frames. I am very di...

Thank you all for the input.

Bob - send me the specs on your 250. i have not put my deposit down yet.

Rick

The boat was originally gas powered and only recently converted to deisel. The work on the conversion was not to standard i.e. small shafts, gas exhaust with bypass ports, poor job sistering engine beds, poorly fabricated mounts etc. I do not know the history of the boat as I bought it through a dea...

I am in the final stages of replacing the deck and fuel tank on my 1982 31. The original tank was 222 gal. I just priced out and sized a new aluminum tank. The new tank capacity is 254 gals. I am concerned about the weight difference. I know the original fiberglass tank was heavy when I removed it b...

Hello, I am realtively new meber to this site but have enjoyed learning from the kowledge shared amongst the members. I have had some great conversations with Cpt. Patrick and Marlin regarding B31 do's and dont's. The motors Joe is refering to are located about 30 miles east of New York City just ov...