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JP Dalik

2 Gallons of primer is a good start for the whole boat.
just over a quart and a half for the hull finish.
just under a gallon for the topsides of finish.

You can adjust as you go along.

Good Luck

JP Dalik

spray, brush or roll

JP Dalik

Speaking of birthdays should the group update the avatars and give the world a look at the older and more mature B31 group.
I know Timmy and I both aged 10 years from the last time we drank together and that was back before the thaw (hate to see the poor guy now)

JP Dalik

Thought I'd share with some folks who may appreciate it. My sons first tuna at age 8. That pic will put a smile on my face for the rest of my life. Kinda makes all that sandin and paintin worth while.

JP Dalik

Nah he's just messin with the buckles on the life vest.
He pee's in the scuppers

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http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P5190033.jpg Here's our set up. It works. The center rigger is above the outrigger tips in the fishing position. Very functional, keeps the spreader bars dancing up nice and high. If we are tuna fishing it 6.8 kts 1-2 spreader bars and 2 daisy chains. Th...

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Best wishes Brewster.

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Bob-Sissy,
Smoke her back don't mind the crack.
What good is the power if you can't use it?

JP Dalik

Sorry but Hynautic steeirng is the best. Anything with a pressurized canister that tells you whats going on is better then the best closed (potentially leaking) steering system on the market today. The new rams don't make the turns or perform near as well as the old hynautic systems. In order to mee...

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Been to the Hudson a pile so far twice in the last two weeks once on Sept 2 once on Sept 7. Average speed going and coming from the 82 mile average... 14 kts. Gotta tell ya I don't care how fast she'll go in the flat it's what you can do in the real world that counts. We can run 29kts in the flat @ ...

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If that's an invite I'm in. I'll give you a shout on the land line when I know the week. FYI: Whitey bite went off the hook up here. Fishin our club tournament the last 2 weeks all the green stuff was in tuna so it made sense to do that, listening to the reports was killin me. Water is still here ju...

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sportfish or fbc? The redo is 13 years old- the 210's push the boat at what 21-22kts cruise. The last boat I remember similar to that was a fbc with solid glassed in front, good electronics (radar fishfinder gps)and 2000 hours on the B series 210 engines. That boat sold for under 65K. If it is a spo...

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November when it starts getting cold up here. Maybe sooner if my boys at Cummins need help in Pensacola.
You up and running?

JP Dalik

If the bulkheads are original, with original windows and decks 45K might move it any more than that in the current market and I'd venture to say you'll sit on it for a while.
If its original the boat will be a full blown project just like every other one.

JP Dalik

I like the Yacht stripe which follow the water line. You should float her before guessing at it. I think the yacht stripe gives the bow a little more presence. Most of the boats have a boot stripe which follows the chine. The bottom line is the boot stripe is easier to paint- face it all those lifti...

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John/Pam, Aristo Blue boot stripe Ice Blue Hull Off White Revisited top sides- this is the color that sets the hull off. If you look at a color chart and the color really jumps off the page, it will reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! jump off the boat. I don't know why but a little col...

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The fish Nazi's caused a charter boat out of my neck of the woods to spend quite alot of money to pay the fines for cutting his fish before they got back to the dock.
Nice catch, like the snark attack, why do they always go for the toro.

JP Dalik

Ditto Johns Post

Carver's is the place to do it. And while you have the tank out they can also take care of everything else you find.

Good Luck

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How bout them Yankees?

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Congrats Charlie

Nice job, up until today the eyeballs were poppin there. Best bite we've seen up here in 10 years. Sorry I missed you when you stopped by (busy driving the chamois mop). However I took the libery of drinking a rum in your name.

Pretty work!!!

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You need to be careful how early a boat you get. Some very early hulls continued to shrink and the gelcoat got a kind of alligator skin to it. No matter what you do short of gel pealing the boat the skin creeps back. The later boats experienced a lifting strake change which dried them up a bit and h...

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Flush..........................

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Charlie,
I'll be in the Canyon Club on the Crisdel 570 Bertram. Arriving Saturday and there all week. Come on down if I'm around I'll buy you a rum.

JP Dalik

Mikey, With 1.5" shafts you don't want to go over 20" diameter. There's a formula that I forgot but it basically says 20 is safe and 21 not so safe. We run Cummins 330 with ZF 220a 1.5-1 gears. Props are Michigan 3 blade 20x25 with #5 cup. Cruise at 2500 rpm is close to 28 kts. Wide open throttle is...

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Call the local ZF- this could be your local cummins distributor- see if you can work out a swap if not get a price to change the ratio.

JP Dalik

UV you wanna field this one?

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Brewster you may see a 57 Bertram on the grounds by the name of the Crisdel. Capt's name is Paul- he's my brother. I may or may not be on the boat (this working for a living stinks). The marlin bites been pretty good up your way. They'll be whitey fishin as a practice trip before we go to the White ...

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As the T-Shirt says "Shut up and fish!!!!"
If you wait for the good report it just means your gettin there a day late.
Just GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JP Dalik

That's it when that happens crank em in and go home. You have officially been stripped of all MOJO!!

JP Dalik

Looks good. I'd open up the scuppers some more. The bigger the better when your trying to get blood and water off the deck. Keep going.

JP Dalik

3 YFT bite slowed after 8:00. Smaller fish 40lbs lots of short bites on the baits. Hook 3 hold 1, hook 2 hold 1 and so on.
Let a mako go around a 100lbs.
Boat ran good everyone got meat. Nice day.

JP Dalik

Brewster,
I'll be in the Hudson tonight. I'll try and give you a shout, we're on 65.

JP

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Well I'm just happy to be pissin at any rate..... gettin older you know not the simple task it used to be. I agree half the problem is the Purchasing groups at these companies, they are buying on a spec. If the lowest bidder promises to meet that spec why buy anything else. They provide a kick ass s...

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Bob, Air intakes always been that way,,,, you can't beat the D. Just put pretty little vents in the back versus the big hole in the cockpit panels. Airs gotta come from some place right? A few more years of this and my girl might break 50lbs before I do. Fishins still sick locally but, we just pulle...

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End of June and the Bass finally show up. Fished one rod with the kids last Friday. Every pass was a bite. Kids got tired of crankin. Us older kids never touched a rod, great afternoon. My daughters fished weighed 38lbs and my boys was 24. Don't think it gets much better http://i84.photobucket.com/a...

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Good Luck,
Them boys catch fish.
Way back there were 2 boats that always but a smile on my face in OC.
The Muffdiver and the Boxed Lunch (sp?)

JP Dalik

Must make for great paintin weather.
Little damp
Little warm
Let er flow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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First dog food
then toothpaste
now engine mounts
The chinese are startin to piss me off!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nice day, do you get a rebate for poor gaff shots?

JP Dalik

2-4D's they fit outside the engines just fine. Lots of power for starting and house/electronics power.

JP Dalik

Boats fishin way east of my cut caught a few nothin good and got worse as the weekend went on. Need another filament to come through.

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Nice to hear she's floatin DQ.
Good Luck with her, go get some.

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Bob 3 blades @ 20x25 with #5 cup. 3.2 kts on 1 engine. Troll spoons and rigs just fine. (Yah just gotta know how to bend the spoon) Ask my daughter 6 years old with a 38 pounder under her belt on Friday. At 2860 with the down angle struts 32 kts. Run all day at 28kts @ 2500. If your running 12 degre...

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Airmar 1kW in hull no problem great picture. We did this with the Northstar M121.
Also a 600w with the M121 thru hull with speed and temp and have a great picture.
Mounted inboard and forward of the shaft logs with a 21 degree angle.

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Mike,
Lots of rod holders. The bottom comes out pretty far on the double rocket launcher, double check you don't have any head knocking issues once the rod holders go on. Good hand holds though.
Is the external piping on the top for running wires?

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Costa Del Mar HR-11 Harpoons- Blue mirrored lenses. Best I've had.

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Bob are you set on the inner most mounting point on the engines and gears and the out most point on the controls? This gives the most travel available. Next set the gear up only......... Center the travel by measuring forward and reverse cable movement before hookin it up to the gear. One side will ...

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Sandals with beer bottle openers are alright until you step in it. Then its just bad tasting beer.
I use my wedding band, she got the diamond but I got a great tool.......... can even carry it on an airplane.

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Hey I know that kid, he painted a spoon that up until recently caught the crap out of em.
Bunkers still in the rivers................. any day now...........any day

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You can't eat em, they've been known to attack people and your still gonna go chase one down with a PWC..............stupid is as stupid does

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