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http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/072507trip025.jpg This is what we run with. A/C or heat would be a nice addition to help with the fogging on the cold mornings. The driver is usually dry even in the worst of it as long as we're making a little headway. I'd certainly recommend some type ...

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Good Luck with her Chooch!!! Tell Jr anyone can run it, teach him how to change oil, pre-trip the engines and transmissions and the rest of the boat. At the end of the day he can wash the topsides and bilges and then chamoising the new girl dry. Remember this one is painted and has shiny aluminum, s...

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Here is what I was taught over the years. Yacht stripe follows the physical water line of the hull. Boot stripe is generally the accent color above the bottom paint and can fall anywhere above the water line. Most people choose to start at the boot and paint with bottom paint from that point down. T...

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Neil, Wasn't your ride that made us commit, when the marina owner says its the way they came original from the local dealer, I had to take pause and rethink our commitment to the old girl, haven't seen a blue one yet with a yacht stripe bottom line and old school boot so we're gonna make this one st...

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Brew its on the inboard side of the transom normally. I think around the deck line in roughly the center of the boat. We found ours there and I remember seeing at least 2 more in other project boats as they were coming apart. The weird thing was that ours didn't match half of the other numbers we fo...

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Are you getting any work done on your boat this winter? Gonna be a big winter for us. Broke a rudder so we'll be updating to the newer style and then the fun really begins. (Thanks to everyone that offered up the spare parts- that was great guys) Full bottom job- somewhere before we got the boat it...

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Russ,

Saw Scott on Saturday, he stopped by the yard with a Silverhawk 27 they were delivering.

Took him through CHIMERA and we talked a little about your boat. Sounds like he's got it under control and things are moving smoothly. Should be special when its done.

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Yup, You got blisters a plenty. If you media blast the bottom it will open all of those blisters up (this is a good thing and gets it all done at once), allow them to drain and the hull to dry, sand fill sand and barrier coat then its done forever. Than transom doesn't look like anything but the two...

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Starting coming through last week. Small fish to 150

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My sons first deer with the Bow. Got the call from my brother in law saying he had some coming into one of his sports. Had a great hunt, we had 3 come in early (the wrong way) down wind, passed on the button and the big doe moved them along before my son could get a shot at the yearling doe- she kne...

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Looks like I'll be going with new stainless. fun fun fun thanks for all the support. Great spot this place we have here. Thanks Capt. Pat

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Hey thanks Bob. The rudder actually failed structurally, it sheared off at the hull, no water in the boat. I know when my brother ran the 570 (before the custom boat solution) he went through several rudders that failed the same way, only difference was his weren't 34 years old. It'll make for a nic...

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Thanks for the offers guys.

The marina may have a rudder floating around as well. Might just be a good excuse to get the bottom done and order a set of new blades.

I'll get to spend some mtime with my son in the tree this fall.

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Well After 34 years I've failed one rudder on our 31. Always thought the port rudder had been bent and straightened. Don't have to worry abouth that any more, its gone. For those of you that have never had to steer a B31 on 1 rudder....... just be thankful they turn great to the side the rudder is o...

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Hey Brew,

Am I looking at a pile of left handed gold in that video?????

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ROCK THE F*CK ON!!!!!!!!!

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Couple good reports out east of me Brew.

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I couldn't imagine a worse scenario than to have my last few moments on earth shown to anyone who wants to see it because someone was there to photograph it. I have a hard time thinking anyone should be entitled to throw that stuff on the web. Its a damn shame that this Capt's first introduction and...

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This is crap!!!!!!! The bottom line is that a guy whose done this maybe a thousand times gets caught off guard with a stacked wave and for whatever reasons ends up deceased. Now all of the sudden every swinging dick on the internet gets to see the photos and play Monday morning quarterback. This is ...

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Gas boat?

How much fuel?

Kept on a lift?

Like the white boot and accent.

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You have it right Ric, that fish lost about 20lbs since the original post so it could "fit" the weight/length guidelines I posted.

Hope it doesn't happen again be a shame for the grandkids to see pop pop's big fancy boat chained to the dock with a federal sticker on the door.

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If you say its 59" I believe you. Be careful out there, its an expensive ticket for the boat owner and a real black eye for the Capt on a whole bunch of levels. As a general "Cause I care" FYI here's the updated rules and a general length to weight chart for Atlantic Bluefins Weights and lenghts of ...

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How long was that fish bob?

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But I don't have tabs......

I was calling BS on the trim tab thing before I saw what Mike wrote............

You can only skip along so fast for so long before you find a wave with no face to ride down.

SPEED KILLS

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In a true following she'll run almost anything. Now in a true 4 ft quartered following you'll be quite comfy at 24 kts. Even if it gets bigger you've no real concern until it gets so big that you begin sliding sideways down the face of them. Anything over 7 maybe 8 ft and you'll have your hands full...

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Harv,

Fishing a planer on that rod.

Bob,

Is that a rachet mount on the jumbo VHF antenna? YIKES!!!!

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I don't see a ladder to the bridge, curious. Its a 31 Bertram, one step up the side and your on the flybridge. Non skid patches on the overhang outside the aft legs provide the grip. When its rough out just scurry under the bridge rail. My fathers closer to 70 then 60 and he's had no issues getting...

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We have strataglass and its pretty much crap. I knew it going in but it was an extra piece from another job and it allowed for a zipper to be cut in. Stratglass stretches over time and the polarity interference is a direct result of the way its assembled in 2 pieces, just junk after the first year. ...

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You in the get it the F out of here mode yet?

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Bob, Teach them how to be good anglers and they will learn where they need to be as gaff and wire men. These kids already know to pull the drags back when the leader man grabs in, they know to keep the gunnel on their outboard leg and be prepared for the leaderman to dump and have the fish run when ...

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Fished the Toms yesterday ran out at 16 kts. Came home at 18 kts. Boy I'm happy I got all this extra horsepower!?! Best for the day was 25 kts at 2200 and 16 gph. Just need to get a tweaked set of wheels and the speed will come. When all the boats are done the speeds with the same wheels regardless ...

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5 for 6 on yellowfin to 50lbs and a handful of mahi to 10lbs. Here's the boat that did the damage and the kids that killed the fish.

Happy 4th of July!!! I Love America!!!!

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I prefer to use a fork............. cause that was some good eats!!!!!!!

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For those of you up north I'm guessing the fishing is starting to get pretty good. Boats been in for 5 weeks and the striped bass fishing is off the hook. The kids (Both mine and Neils boy) have grown into very good wire men and at least one good gaff man. Our fishing has been started early and done...

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Walter, Furuno makes some of the best sounders ever. That shallow water and auto feature don't go hand in hand. Generally the return is happening so fast that the unit is hunting for the bottom all the time, once they start hunting its a real nuisance, not so much an issue over 60 ft of water. Shut ...

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Sea Bass taste better and might be easier for yah.

yum! yum! Sea Bass

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Good news Brew!!!

We splashed last Friday. 2 trips under our belt. Feels good when it all works huh.

Have a great year my friend, see you on the rip.

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I believe its interlux that makes a light epoxy based bottom filler designed for blister repair without the arm breaking sandability of other fillers. Then interprotect 200 and off you go.

Chimera gets stripped this fall before Hatteras next spring.

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Never installed them on Chimera like UV said an unsafe safety feature.

Even my kids know to make sure its in neutral before starting.

You will get dinged on a survey for not having them though.

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That bulkhead and the one behind the engines are structural. The one behind the engines should be brought all the way to the gunnels. It wasn't as factory and that is why you have the cracks at the pilasters. For the main bulkhead you will need something structural as well to stop the racking that t...

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Yeah Bob its amazing what you learn after you come home with twisted nylon rope and a long pipe holding your aft legs from springing apart. Looks like your gonna have your hands full. After about two years of that boat I gonna bet you'll be wishing for the simplicity of a Carolina boat. 2 A/C units ...

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Some of the best capts and crews work together without a word ever spoken. Tower/Flybridge/Cockpit controls it doesn't matter. We use the tower for spotting most of the time, one guy in the tower with the VHF talking to the mate. Sounds like you should hire some pro's if you've got to yell commands ...

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Good Luck with her Bob. When did they change the tower and enclosure on that boat. Or are the two pictures not of the same boat? Top picture 8 step tower/ 3 sided enclosure and no aft flag sprit on the tower. Bottom picture 6 step tower with aft flag sprit and dodger on console. Top pic tower has gu...

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Not sure why the guys pride would be hurt. He wasn't even around when it happened. With all the snow and rain, then very high winds on top of the ground settling thats occured locally I can't believe there haven't been more. Bet there are several marinas that have had to re-chock boats due to the wi...

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Yeah thats nice. With trim tabs to boot. All thumbs up

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The jug size is different ie 71 vs 92 still in a V. Never saw many up here in marine always the straight 6-71's in lieu of the 6V. Still to big for a B-31 you can get the 53 series in though, maybe there's an old ruined Sea Ray floating around, they had used that engine in the 80's for some of their...

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wide and tall and capable of 550 hp. Too big for 2.. Maybe you convert to a single screw.

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Not the first time that boats had tuna blood on it.

We just awarded the old owner our clubs blue marlin award for catching 3 blues in one day out of Manasquan Inlet.

Couple that boats hum with a little bit of skill and you guys are gonna be pretty fishy this summer.

Enjoy her and nice start.

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Bob,

Don't assume anything. The spoons and the colors are visible in the pic, no secrets here.

The offer is still on the table, if you want to learn come on down. Even though we're trolling I don't think you'll be bored.

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Questions: Are you using weighted "bunker" spoons? When you say each pass, are you fishing structure? A channel? Depth? How many rods? We are using just the regular montauk spoon. It has a weighted keel but other than that no other weight than the wire line. We fish mainly structure or pods of fish...

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