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Harry Babb

Thanks guys for your responses and sharing your experiences concerning SeaTow and Tow Boat US. I also called several local "People in the know" and asked their opinion. I heard both good and bad about Tow Boat US and SeaTow but in the end I choose to sign up with Tow Boat US. I am happy to purchase ...

Harry Babb

Rebuilding the windows was quite an undertaking for me. We redid our windows this winter. My advice to you is to ask Capt. Patrick. He made several great suggestions and we avoided taking the cabin apart. Captian Pat.........what are your tips on window rebuilding???? Generally speaking DeNada's ext...

Harry Babb

I'm in for 2 long sleeve XL
and 1 short sleeve XL

and 1 Long sleeve medium
and 1 Short sleeve medium

How Much $$$$$
Where to send money????????

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

John I am pretty much a do it myself guy and for the most part I really enjoy "Projects" and I did all of the windshield work myself. Capt Mike Holmes pretty much says it all "There is nothing quite so satisfying, as simply messing around in boats After removing the window frames I disassembled them...

Harry Babb

Vic
I would like the opportunity to meet you in person.
I live about 3 miles from the Grand and my boat house is about 10 miles from the Grand.

Glad the Honda cranks and runs

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Well Bill I removed and rebuilt my windows about a year and half ago. I will try to remember just what all is involved here. Take down the headliner in the vee berth area..........You will see 3 threaded rods, one in the center and one on each side. Next, take down the headliner in the main cabin ar...

Harry Babb

Vic, I know that you checked the spark.......BUT consider this..... Last Christmas I purchased a new Honda motorcycle for my grandson. I went to the Honda shop and actually rode the bike around the parking lot for 10 minutes or so before loading it up in the pickem up truck for the ride home. The di...

Harry Babb

Kevin That sounds like you and your "Buds" had a hella of good time......Makes all of the hard work worth while......... I was going to go out on Saturday and take my Daughter and Grandchildren but decided to cancel because it looked like mostly east wind and choppy seas and the threat of afternoon ...

Harry Babb

I have owned 2 I/O boats and trailered for a gazallion miles with my outdrive (Mercruiser) in the UP position....no extra support...............In later years when the outdrive would leak down over time I would simply tie it up with rope while traveling down the road. If a support would give you pea...

Harry Babb

There is a wealth of advice and experience on this board.......use it to your advantage........ I'm with Scot and Kevin..........REPLACE THE ENGINES..............I know it seems like lot of expense and work right now but in reality you will save time, money and aggervation if you just bite the bulle...

Harry Babb

Well its time for my SeaTow annual membership renewal.

I don't remember ever reading any post on Boating Assistance companies here on B31.

Just wondering if any of my friends here have a preference.....SeaTow or Boat US on the water assistance companies......

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Dug
My check went out via US Mail yesterday. You should have it by the end of this week for sure.
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

I also have a 66 Express..........I installed a 16K BTU and I am very satisfied with it...........I fish and cruise in the North Gulf of Mexico (Alabama)

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Hi Dave
Whats the chance that you can just relocate the existing fuel filters???

You described the fuel line as a piece of "Copper Tubing".........Copper tubing is not a good idea for fuel line..........I would suggest that you replace it with steel tubing.

Keep us posted

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Since I have owned "DeNada" I have never seen her turn more than 4200 RPM at WOT. We are running 454 Marine Power, 1.5 Velvet drives, and props are, I think????, 18X17. Seems like I remember that 2900 RPM pushed me about 19 Knots. I have always thought that the engines should turn 4400/4600 RPM but ...

Harry Babb

Sorry Russ.........certainly did not mean to step on a nerve

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Bruce
I am going to name a file Hillary Clinton..........pretty sure the process will be the same.........I'm sure it will make me feel better

Then we can move on to Sailboats

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Mike In reading your post I think that you are thinking that the towers are anodized after they are built. Its my experience that you build the tower out of pre anodized pipe purchased from your local aluminum dealer. Your welder will have to grind a very narrow strip of anodize off of the pipe in t...

Harry Babb

Bill I just finished working on my doors. I had to build a new door for the head.............I built it 20" X 72" tall. I believe that the original one was 20" X 71" tall but since I was rebuilding the entire thing I choose to make it 72" tall. I was able to reuse the main cabin door and just do maj...

Harry Babb

Sean,
The first time I noticed the messages being out of order was a week ago or so on a post entitled "Need Mechanical Advice" Posted by Captian Dick Dean.

In answer to your post...........YES I have also noticed it.............Do not have a clue why this is happening

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Dug
I will take the second one...............looks like Doug gets the first one.....
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Good for them.............the important thing in my opinion is that they caught their man.

Reminds me of the old saying that "Revenge is best served cold"

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Kevin, The problem of the moving key can be easily solved by drilling and tapping a 5/16 or 3/8 hole in the hub of the coupling intersecting the coupling keyway then put a set screw in the drilled and tapped hole so that it will tighten aganist the key. Normally the key will not slide back and forth...

Harry Babb

Hey Vic
A little over a year ago I reworked my windows and sealed them with SikaFlex and mine have already started leaking.

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Timmy Liquor and lobster sounds pretty good to me.........I hope to take you up on that offer one day.......... Down here Contenders outfitted with bunches of motors are the overpriced lure designed to catch fishermen......I believe the one at the show this year was 33 feet ??? for $237K even came w...

Harry Babb

Vic
Why did you choose the 4200 to seal your windows???

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Hey Bruce I went to the local boat show in Mobile Al and have gone to the show every year since the early 80's. I always enjoyed the show and looked forward to going up until he late 90's. Since the late 90's I have continued to go to the show mostly because there is not much else going on and I do ...

Harry Babb

Hey Harv
I believe that I remember quite a while back that Catp DQ reported using the Eldebrock manifold and carb setup and he was very pleased with the results.
If he doesn't chime in here pretty soon, I would suggest sending Doug a PM about the manifold that you are interested in using.
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Count me in

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Hey Vince, Several years ago I contracted to build brackets and other hardware for Contel Cellular that were being installed on communication platforms just off the coast of Georgia. I understood that this communication system was used to train fighter pilots. All of the parts were made of A-36 mild...

Harry Babb

Walter
Gald you are back and looking forward.........

I'm sure that in a few weeks you will running on all 8 cylinders again and launching of your Bertram will make it worth it all.

Happy fishing

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

I automatically think about the bass boat commercial
It read something like this

Looking for a female companion who is outgoing, likes outdoors and bass fishing, must be willing to dig worms, clean and cook fish
Please send recent photo of boat and tackle.

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Well I guess I'll throw in my 2 bits. As far as gas engines are concerned I only wish that I had a nickel for every hour I spent on the water with "Car Motors" and in particular the 350 Chevy engine. Then I could afford to purchase new Cummins rather than rebuilding a pair of used takeouts. Speaking...

Harry Babb

I believe the conversion kit runs about $5000 to $6000 plus the cost of the engine.

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Good luck to you Walter
You'll be up and chasing the nurses around before you know it.

Glad you are getting it done now...........fishing season is upon us.........here on the Gulf Coast the Ling (Cobia) are starting to show up..

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Walter That makes perfectly good sense to me. The framing in the Vee Berth area looks like it was setup for a head between the bunks like my old Charapell. I have yet to find "DeNada's" hull numbers. They were not beneath the port vee berth. I have completely gutted this area and no numbers. You and...

Harry Babb

I have a thru hull fitting with a "Tee" handle on it in the bildge somewhere about midship (in the main cabin area near the keel about in line with the dinette table). The area around the "Tee" handled plug seems to be the lowest point the way DeNada sits unloaded. The fitting that I am refering to ...

Harry Babb

Must be something in the blood of a Bertram owner............I also own a 20 foot Shamrock and like it a lot............
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Phil/John Any idea what may have been connected to the Garboard Drain??.....Any chance it was the Rope Locker drain. The thru hull fitting that we are calling the Garboard Drain is capped off. Soon I am going to put DeNada on the hard and remove several old transducers and then glass up the holes. I...

Harry Babb

In the last week or so I have finished gutting "DeNada's" V-Berth and started repairing/replacing bulkheads. As I have mentioned before DeNada is a 31 Express. In the small bulkhead located beneath the bunks I found a 1/2" diameter x about 8" long bolt thru the bulkhead, down low. There was nothing ...

Harry Babb

Sean I thought twice before mentioning the rocker stopper comment........ but then again I just could not pass up the opportunity. Several years ago a local yard repowered a 65 foot Resmondo charter boat in Orange beach. They removed a pair of 600 HP Cats and installed a pair of 1000 HP Cats. Furthe...

Harry Babb

And they could "Rocker Stoppers" to keep it stable......Ha
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Hey John
Great looking windows..........I cannot imagine how many hours were invested in that detail but what ever it was it is darn well worth it.
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Bruce Thanks for the reply. Your right, it is the Carter pump with the 3 studs that mount the pump. I did not realize that the pump had the fine mesh screen until after I replace the pump and disassembled the old one to have a look see. I actually drilled and tapped a new hole in the fuel pickup pla...

Harry Babb

I want to share my recent fuel pump replacment/modification with you gasser guys and get your opinion. I have 454 Marine Power with Carter electric fuel pumps. At the end of last summer one day I was fishing just off of Fort Morgan for Spanish. Up until that day I had never experienced a problem wit...

Harry Babb

JP
That's absolutely beautiful............No other way that I can think of to describe it. I'm afraid I would go straight to prision the first time I seen one of my beer drinking redneck buddies chop fish on the bait box lid.
I love it..........great job
Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Doug When I bought "De Nada" from Mike he was in the Mobile Big Game Fishing Club and may still be for all I know. We talked about the club and fishing briefly. He had actually purchased "De Nada" with the intentions of restoring her himself but he is in the construction business and since the storm...

Harry Babb

Kelly The guy that owns Amante is Mike Rogers. For the life of me I could not remember the name of his boat last night. I bought my boat from Mike during the Thanksgiving weekend of 2004. He and his crew had just won the prize for Tuna and I believe ??? that it was in the 200 pound range. You have t...

Harry Babb

Thanks for covering for me Doug.........been away from our site for a few days.........I keep "DeNada" , my 31 Express in Fish River Alabama I know of a Bahia Mar project boat at Eastern Shore Marine I cannot remember all of the boat names but there are 3 more that I know of at Dog River Marina in M...

Harry Babb

Bruce, You gave an in depth explaination of electricity traveling thru a wire. Thats a bit more information than I got from my "Tailgate Engineering" classes that we have down at the river. Thanks.......... I have been using the "Boat Wire" for both the 12 V and 110V rewire on my 31 "De Nada". I hav...

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