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http://oceanofnews.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/32116991_2152760321417697_6524059265403977728_o.jpg I think 65' 5 engine center consoles need to exist. How else could each buyer of a 50' quad engine center console rationalize their purchase? God bless them - if they've got the dough and ...

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And of course one nice shot over the transom at speed would be perfect. Was it Uncle Vic who said he liked to sit back there and just watch the deep-V work? Considering the artwork throughout the 61 being vintage B31 shots and the very clear identification with the brand's heritage, identifying wit...

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I've been there too. Turns out lots of epoxy is good at sticking things together...
Your work looks great, thank you for sharing it with us.
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Peter- I pulled two large trash bags full of old wiring out of my B31 when I got it home. When I look at lots of wiring I see a potential day or weekend lost with my family because gremlins beat us to the boat. I do not use ammeters. Just volt meters on each engine and on the house bank. I do have a...

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Peter- Ok I can see the picture now. The black objects do look like Blue Seas circuit breakers I have used: https://www.marine.com/Shared/images/catalog/11-40635.jpg The other item cetainly looks like a shunt to me however I am familiar with finding the shunt onthe Neg (-) side and that one is on th...

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Peter-
I got "Access Denied" when I clicked on your link..
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Bob- good point about the hammer. Yes, a heavy one will do the trick. Rubber mallets need not apply. Steve- I previously purchased cheap zincs and had occasions when the allen head bolts broke or pulled the nut through the zinc. If you can't read the size might it be crappy casting or do you think t...

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Steve- Others here can advise you better but- The shaft zincs I have used have a bronze BB set into each half. When I install the zincs I tighten them and then hit them on either side with a metal hammer. I think this sets the BB into the zinc and provides good conductivity. I then go back and tight...

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1962 31 wrote:I cant make it I have twins due on the 7th maybe if they come early hmmmmmmm!!!

My twins arrived 2 months early - 13 years ago. Haven't caught back up yet.
Good luck,
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I think they owe Bob H. a royalty on the house design...
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Tony-
Thank you for the reference.
https://gregsmarinewiresupply.com/Spira ... imary-Wire

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Bob-
Did you find that striped wiring somewhere or was it original to the boat??
Best,
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Carl wrote:Lots of To Do's on that list for sure, but she ran well.

Excellent! Lots of good progress to celebrate here...
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Very Cool- I wonder what the differential in stability and performance is between the raw printed part and the finished one - it looked like a lot of grinding to get there! I thought it was particularly interesting that the printing mas done on a rotating axis and not a horizontal slicer like the ki...

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Our 31 FBC sleeps 5. My wife and 9 yr old daughter on the settee and my twin 12 yr old boys and I in the v-berth. We feed and water the children regularly. This will not last. I have been looking at putting a bunk above the settee and have tried modifying some camping cots. The cot adaptations faile...

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mike ohlstein wrote: Don't even consider going off shore with that attitude.....

There's no walking home.

I've been waiting years to see the Mean Team live up to its name...
Me, I set up my battery switches to permit a combination and run it that way.
Cheers-
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He said in ALL his years he’d never seen one stripped. How do you argue with that kind of history... This is the definition of adding insult to injury - sorry. Drill it (blowing air in from the bottom hole will help keep the chips out of the casing), tap it and screw it. Then show the young man wha...

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John- I made the same battery move 2 seasons ago. My grounds ran to the Port sides of the engines (inboard side of the Starboard engine and outboard side of the Port Engine - Crusader 454s). I stayed with those grounding points. I do not believe there would have been any difference if I had moved th...

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Also consider the pulley size (make sure the alternator is operating in the correct RPM range for efficiency at your cruise power setting) and perhaps double belts for the higher output alternators.
Best,
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Thank you Gentlemen- part of what makes this place remarkable is the care you take for us all.
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If it is not too late I think the 4 bow ones like on the 28 above are better and more stable than the 3 bow ones like mine.
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I Think this is the best picture I have and admit it isn't very good. I just mounted to the rails on either side of the bridge. The center mount is under downward load so i just used screws there. The fore and aft supports that keep the tension in the top I through bolted. http://www.scsloan.com/thu...

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Wow is that boat lovely!
Many happy days to you both and enjoy making her your own.
Kind regards,
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My impression is all the radios have many more features than I use. I have a Garmin VHF 200 because it is NMEA 2000 and works with my chartplotter. As Pete describes, I have it installed in the cabin and a remote mic wired to the bridge. https://www.acdcmarineinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/garvh...

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ViceGrips can be as good as a helper (or better) for jobs like this. Just lock them on to the nut and let them land against the hull as you remove the bolt from above deck. My bow rail had a mix of bolts and screws. Perhaps the ones you can not get at the back of are just screws. in any event you ma...

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EarleyBird- I have a web hosting account for personal use and post the pictures there. Then I copy the links into the reply box with the [Img] tag from the controls at the top of the response box. There are good instructions here http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3 including info on usi...

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David- The side rails were fabricated by the owner before me. Rick Cataldi at Seaward Boatworks http://www.seawardboatworks.com/ here in Rhode Island got the boat with a large tower on it. He removed the tower and fabricated the rails in a fashion similar to the original Bertram design with larger r...

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Gentlemen- Sorry I was away from the site for a few days. I purchased the Bimini from Raybo Marine - he had it surplus from another project. I will get the measurements. I do have side and top 2/3rd of the rear curtains but have not used them. I am surprised and pleased to report that the bimini is ...

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I was considering the same change before the 2016 season. I felt like a chauffeur or was wearing my knees out when kneeling next to my children as they drove. My solution was a Taco leaning post from Defender (I think this one http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|7504|2290169|2290172&id=23297...

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That looks excellent and is the answer to many of the benefits of an express style boat in my opinion. Would you make a soft cover to snap over the controls when running. I have one of the "wet" B31s and believe that part of the boat will regularly get doused when running an a sea. Nice work. Stephan

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Heat is a good ally to defeat 5200. I think it takes 200 deg but the 5200 will fail then and you can back the screw out. If the heads break and there is enough fastener sticking up yanking with a vice grip or a pry bar can work. If they broke off flush and you don't mind making the hole a little big...

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Carl's scraper will do the job. A little heat or IR http://www.silentpaintremover.com/spr/index.htm will help the scraper too.
Not a fun job but good to have it done!
Best,
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4,000 hrs. on the 4th set of motors? No wonder you haven't had time to post here.
Nice work and welcome!
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Don- I have a 31 so my set-up is a little different. I have Perko battery switches inside the port engine box. The house bank feeds the battery switch through an ANL type fuse http://www.genuinedealz.com/anl-fuse-200-amp that is mounted very near the batteries. I have purchased a BEP switch cluster ...

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Tom-
I am interested in seeing the pictures and a model.
If these come out anything like your other work I've seen here I'm sure they will be perfect.
Best,
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Easiest way might be to bring a tablet like an iPad with a cellular chip in it. It will automatically switch between local Wi-Fi you may connect to on your stops with using the cellular network while underway in areas where there is service. I use iNavx http://inavx.com/ on my iPad and am very pleas...

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Well Done!

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For God's sake choose one at least 15 years old so you fit in around here.

Where the hell is the mean team when a softball like this comes across the plate?
Kind Regards,
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I use Shell Rotella T 15W/40 in my 1989 Crusader 454s.
Local gas on Narragansett bay is usually 89 octane with ethanol. I add Sta-Bil marine to make myself feel better.
Good luck-
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The name of my boat is "Axe" so I was not going to fill up the transom. Also I have steps on the Port side of the transom.
I went with 13 x 28 overall. AXE is 8" tall and the port is 2.7" tall

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Happy New Year dear fiends-
Healthy and prosperous 2018 to you all.
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My condolences to you all who can take solace.

Blessed Christmas and Happy Hanukkah or otherwise as is your tradition.

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Charlie- Looking at your shaft log again it does not appear shiny or freshly worn where it is thin. Might this be the scar of an old insult to the shaft or log and not something you need to address? I ended up with a whip in my Starboard shaft which caused vibration and the shaft log to weep. With C...

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I posted these pictures showing the supports for the deck between the engines in the battery thread http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13318 My boat has basically a box frame of aluminum tubing that bolts to the main bulkhead below the cabin door and the bulkhead aft of the engines. The ...

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Marlin- Does it make sense to reduce the first coat of 545 to make sure it gets down into the cracks? I believe there are different reducing agents for spraying and rolling. My recollection is recoating within 16 hours if you want to build it up. I found it very expensive and very smelly but good at...

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Don- I forgot the batteries are out of the boat for the winter but I hope these pictures will be useful to you. This picture is the bilge between the engines I am standing in the cabin looking aft as I took the picture. http://www.scsloan.com/IMG_1284.JPG This picture is from a lower angle. The shel...

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Don-
I will try and go to my boat tomorrow for a picture.
Bob Lico has a much more photogenic bilge than I but it looks like the pictures are lost to the Photobucket change.
Regards,
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