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BIMINI- Built by Bob Walker in Pt. Pleasant NJ at the old Johnson Bros. facility.

Its the 24 Topaz hull, they also built a 29.

The name Topaz was later sold and it showed up on the side of the Silverhawk boats. Silverhawk started back up and now its not Topaz but Silverhawk again.

Confused yet.

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Dug- There's no way you need 22 screws in that cover- maybe 16 at the most. That's 3 on each end one on the bottom in the middle of the curve and one on top and bottom of each vertical support and ending at the vertical seam in the center of the boat First make sure it fits- most windsheilds are a l...

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Pretty work,

Blue Silicone elbows make for a mighty pricey diverter tube.

How'd you like the exhaust note?

First couple tunas been taken out of that water SE of you, hurry up.

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Hah Tampax hated those little freaking strings- all wound up on the blades and drive screw.

That little damn box always showed itself after the clog.

Should of had a warning for men built into the name;

T- To
A- All
M- Men
P- Pop
A- Another
X- Xanax Its gonna be a long week

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Alright since they stopped making this product is there a similar alternative. Looking for something that's compatible with epoxies that dries faster than awlfair.

Pinholes and small scratch filling- you know the ones you didn't see until after the primer went on.

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W Atlantis looks pretty interesting right now.

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We taking bets.

I'm gonna go with 4500

whose next

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John, I don't know if we'll get up that way or not this year, it would be a last minute thing if we could. The group always has that get together during my tournament season down here. I hate to spend money if I can make money. If we do go you are welcome to jump on board and feel away, might take y...

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There was a bigger Ocean Yacht named Flexible Flyer around here for years. That name too seemed fitting.

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Ray, That's some crazy bathroom there. Neat stuff the way the wood flows to match the ceiling and such. Yacht stripe always looks nicer than following the chines, just something about a taller bow. But its allot more work- 18 ft straight edge 3 people and a pencil, remember the straight edge gets he...

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Tony; There are actually 2 Fritz's One is the king of all things wood and that is Roger The other is the king of all things fiberglass and that is Billy- he also has the 31 Bertram Finest Kind, aqua mist hull white boot with waterlined bottom paint full tower.. its nice. Funny thing two guys with th...

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Yeah that corner was a surprise for Roger- I think he just about shit when he saw how long it was. Its done like the rest of the turns in the coaming. Out of solid chunks of wood.

He does some great work.

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Mikey that was a custom color wasn't it? Not that it should make a difference but I've only worked with factory colors with good success. For what its worth this is the little I know about the paints. My brothers new ride and several of the customs I have seen are painted with Awlcraft 2000 supposed...

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Careful with that "Professional" word people will get the wrong idea. Paint and prep is all my partner and I along with allot of step 8 during the process- each coat is a celebration The Teak boards are cut by Professionals, single miter corners on a compound angle- no thanks we have Roger Fritz for...

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Prep http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P0002_250411.jpg Tack Coat- little heavy had an issue with the gun http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P0001_260411.jpg 2nd Tack Coat 30 minutes later http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P0003_260411.jpg Finished 35 minutes after th...

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Craig, Thanks Just another one of those 5 minute jobs. When we first did the boat we ground the inside of the hatch and epoxied a piece of 1/2" marine ply to the bottom. This was done so we would be able to remove the buckshot effect from all the hardware attachment points. The Hardware is mounted t...

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it may just make sense to strip the dash close up all the holes and start fresh. Install the pod, new wheel and new gauge cluster, single lever controls, switch panel, electronics etc. That sounds like something some other people said early on. Go use your boat a little, there is plenty of time to ...

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Bow Hatch, 1/2" Greylite http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P0002_230411.jpg With Glass Installed http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P0004_230411.jpg Exterior http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/P0001_230411.jpg More to come Transducer Finish Interior http://i84.photobuc...

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Ray,

The one in the picture is part of Neils fleet. There are allot of them here. You'd think the yard we are in drops seeds in the ground there are so many of them here.

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So that's what they look like.

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She looks good in the water, no lets go get some blood on her.

Happy Easter.

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cannot get these photo`s from e-mail to post!

They sell a book on posting pics in web based forums.

Too bad for you its only available at K-Mart and Wal Mart.

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Don't have LED's have Hella 12v halogens

The lumatec will fit in the opening we have but will require a hooty ring (prison slang for fudge plate)

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Make it bird friendly and you'll be the cats pajamas. Maybe little wires in front of the housing to push the little migrating bastards to the side. Variable speed drive to keep energy output the same for those really windy days? Would hate to have to burn all that excess energy up in the form of hea...

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Hella on the skinny 12v halogens

and regular old Home Depot for the aluminum flood (slightly augemented to fit in the box)

Hella's last real good Aluminum Floods like one every 5 years.

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Kevin, You are correct wax adds drag. The fastest bottoms are simply wet sanded with 600 fore and aft. Before a sailing race you'd see the guys hitting the bottoms with dishwashing detergent (cascades sheeting action and all that). I know of one big boat with the VC performance epoxy on the bottom a...

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John you are correct; I think of Step 8 as the equivalent to a womans ability to forget the pain associated with child birth. Its necessary in the continuation of the species/ or the project. All projects from here on out should be 8 step 1. Purchase boat 2. Run boat 3. Structural repair/upgrade 4. ...

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Looks like the forward glass will be 1/2" graylite, wanted something we could jump on and have no issues. Bob, There is no boot stripe/hull side issue on this project. The earliest boats were delivered from the factory with a red or black boot line that followed the first hard chine, our local deale...

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1. Sand blast, fiberglass and re fair bottom. Remembering to keep the chines square 2. Sand and prep topsides for Awlgrip 3. Remove bow hatch and cut for window gotta let light into the cave. 4. Remove bottom paint and refair under boot to lower paint line as per local delivered boats in late 70's k...

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For the discussion of leverage yes the bow is affected by less weight than it takes to make the same change in the stern. For the discussion of ruddering, this boat won't be fast enough to see that effect. The boat was sea trialed with this layout and has been running this way for years- like 15. Ru...

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Its not a high horsepower boat

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Looking nice.

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Welcome. You'll find a very large population of those B31's right around here. We sail out of Bayhead Shores and there are a least another 6 B31's between you and the canal, hell Neil has 2. If you need to see allot of them just drive over to Carvers, might be 13 or more sitting on the hard there- n...

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Bob what are you disagreeing with: The fact that the OP (Original Post) mentioned the owner has 5" Centek Vernatone mufflers and is concerned because he doesn't have surge tubes or The fact that the system I discribed in CHIMERA is not in fact operational and installed as stated. The OP didn't menti...

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Whew, back on line with my computer and sitting in Liqourdale Airport drinking G&T's waiting for my flight to go home. Let me just say, there is no hospitality like SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. Thanks to DQ for the hospitality and tour guide services (again) and thanks to Harry Babb for driving all those m...

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The Centek mufflers that you have are baffled, I would feel more secure if you had surge tubes. We have 330's with 5" elbows that dump down and across (in the port motors case) into 6" exhausts with surge tubes, the mufflers in our system are Centek Centubes @ 6". To date there have been no issues w...

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Scott is getting there. Refreshing the original layout as Keith had it done I see, the pushed forward head allowed for a great deal of room aft as it was done originally. The bridge work looks nice, different with the raked bridge top- but nice, was that you or Scott? Is there a decent toe kick arou...

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Not my pic but they are catching them, there are some bigger critters that think the tuna's are bait. (you can see the bluefin in its jaws)

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That shark got no tail.

On the other hand if you've been watching the north carolina tuna fishing you'll see the killer whales have been eating the bluefins off the hook.

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He connected all the dots for working on the classic hulls we love. Plus he made it easy to find custom components. It was inspiration from his projects that lit the fire for what we accomplished on our own boat. His little sandbox here introduced me to new friends all over the country. In short I g...

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If your enclosure is 3 pieces- 1 front and 2 sides then all you are doing is replacing one fastening method with another. The material attached to the track is done with zippers look at the interior shot I posted again and you'll see the attachment. You could take off whatever pieces you wanted when...

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The front vertical face of the pod isn't used because your body, legs and other more tender parts can rub against the switches and shut them off or turn them on. The underside is the safest, starts stops trim tabs horn etc.. The next safest s on a vertical panel under the helm pod.

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Love that sandwich, my heart is thankful I only go 3 times a year

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There are two non skid pads on the outboard side of the flybridge. We just jump up either side and slide in between the aft leg and the enclosure. Even the older guys (mid to late 60's) have no problem getting up and down, when its shitty just go under the rail. No ladder gives us 2 big beds for tho...

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Here's a few Russ, the original guy that did our top is back in business (not his son) but you'd be best if the boat were back up this way if you wanted to go that route. The first shot is the inside finish with a zipper off track bottom http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/DSC01330.jpg This...

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Russ, A suggestion use full zipper off track on the bottom of the enclosure- it can be bent with a heat gun to conform to the boats contours (the way your bridge has been modified the angles are even less severe), no buttons no silly foam pads- no bullet holes in the enclosure. Every button in an en...

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Primanti Brothers- nuff said

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Bob, They are what came with the Cummins package except for the tach's, they are VDO Ocean Pro's and I ended running them through the alternator because at the time I didn't want to split the speed signal for the heaters. The bezels are a VDO chrome version that I found on line. When all else fails ...

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Good Luck with her sounds like your getting ready to have some fun.

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OK- One more time (guess this is the right thread) Helms- Sit down stand up- hey its your boat that's your decision. If you'd like to jump into the "bling" projects before using the boat for a season and finding out what she really needs- that's cool too (engine alignment, bent shafts, strange vibra...

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