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Springboards were used to get up above the flared trunk of a cedar tree, they would cut a series of notches in the trunk then insert a board, stand on it and cut another one. Up and up (usually 2 or 3) until you were facing the round "barrel of the tree and you were 10' or more off the ground, Then ...

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Springboard cut outs to get the swedish whip above the fat part of the tree.. Did you mean Dodd's Narrows or False Narrows? Dodd's is a pretty straight shot but False with the two transits can be a pretty exciting bit of navigation when u on the step! Over 7 knots of current anywhere isnuts though, ...

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Today I forgot to go by the yard where the boat is stored, I need to go there tomorrow, I can get some good pictures of the area as there are no motors in the boat!!

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I assume you have a 25 with the mid mounted chrysler 318 motors running V-drives?

I can get you pictures of the set up on my B25 tomorrow if that would be helpful

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Yannis, guilty as charged! I even own a Hunt 18 (built by O’Day) and a Hunt 14 (also by O’Day) as well as a Bertram 20’ and a 16’ Hunt designed Grampian. So my bias is disclosed for all to see! Even worse, I am also a sailor, but certainly not in the league of the great C. Raymond Hunt! Yo fren’ Rod

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Todd, the 25 and 26 are quite different boats. I don't know too much about the 26' hulls except that I have seen them with both straight shafts and with factory outboards. Sexy looking boats with very clean lines. The 25 is a Ray Hunt design and the 26 I believe was by Napier who also penned the 28....

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I'll see how quickly I can get that information and get back to you.

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Epoxy paint Sherwin Williams Agean Blue.

I am repainting with Endura this winter and i can get your the formula once I have it in Endura

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Todd, It is my boat. I seem to be unable to post pictures anymore. My username is Rocket the post would have been around 2007-2008. If you want to send me an email it is rod@urbanimpact.com I can send you loads of pictures, that must have been from the first launch because I have had two rows of ben...

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Thanks for this thread, it is timely for me as I need to attack the Baron's pitted windshield frame. It sounds like I am going to get my fabricator to build me a replica---out of stainless!

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Jenks, I have never heard of a 25 chine walking, I am a bit surprised. I run a B20 at about 65 mph and have never experienced chine walk. My previous B25 Sportfish with twin 318s was a 50 mph boat and it never did either. Have you checked the tightness of your steering connection? My understanding i...

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A V6 or V 8 would fit in there, and i can tell you the 20’ hulls really come alive with the big power and you wind up with really good fuel economy. I think you wanted a mechanical engine for simplicity, but the new electronic gas motors are dead reliable and have caused me much less trouble than ca...

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How wide is the engine enclosure on a Sportsman?

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My Baron had wet foam, all of it and very heavy. Stringers were glass enclosed, but soft at the motor mounts so I redid the back part. I am fairly confident that most 50 year old + boats that had foam have wet foam.

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I was in my 25' Sportfish coming out of English Bay in Vancouver. My wife and I were heading to Saltspring Island across Georgia Straight about 25 miles away. The big high was building and it was BLOWING from the west, hot sunny and steep seas. We came into the westerly in big seas and had to thrott...

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I have just finished doing a cosmetic restoration on a boat that I got for my wife which is an 18' Hunt (built by O'Day in 1968ish). I am now looking for a GPS navigation device, that is compact and functional for non-technical people. The boat has a faired in transducer that has a 10 pin output tha...

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I often have equipment with old/weird hydraulics. If we can't find OEM seals, we remove whatever is left of the seals and take them to a local seal jobber (fluidseal in my neighbourhood) and generally they can match them up and it us usually WAY cheaper (sometime $5.00 to their beer fund) The issue ...

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Carl, I have had guys come and wrap my wheel loader and forklift exhausts at work as we are in have a lot of paper and dust in our environment. I am always surprised at how little they charge for how much work they do which is different from just about any other goods or services that we buy! In sho...

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Well, I am getting my first shot today, so that is progress, the variants are causing a big third wave here, I suspect you will have to spend one more summer in the San Juans, which is not a bad consolation prize, but the water is too cold for me!

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Doug, all you need is a Tuna door and a gaff, I'm sure that your wife would get you back on board!

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Good News . My opinion on the overwidth is it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, when you are towing a boat on a trailer as a private truck you don't need to stop at the scales where they enforce the width rules. I have towed a lot of overwidth boats long distances and it has never been a...

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I'm sure it is buried in the thread, but what size motor are you looking for?

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Canoe Cove Marine of Victoria, BC, Canada also built 20' and 25' Bertrams under license . I have seen a few of these mostly, 25' Bahia Mar style boats, but there is a V drive 20' kicking around currently for sale that may be one of theirs. Quality builder with a good reputation. https://canoecoverin...

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Yannis it all depends on the ratio and the drum diameter of the winch. In a two speed winch the fast speed is often 1:1 and the slow speed is much much lower, the purpose is to winch in a sheet that is under no or very little load when tacking, then you grind in the last bit and make the trim adjust...

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The boats go about 3 x the wind speed the race limits are 7 knots for low and 23 knots for high. The weird part is even when you are going downwind, the wind is on your nose!

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I don’t think i’ve done this right, but i don’t always just tow one boat, there are 4 in this picture. A Bertram, a 14’ Hourston, a 29er and an Optimist Dinghy.

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Every summer, I put my 20' Bertram Baron on the trailer and drive from my home to my cottage. On the road we are 26 hours and we usually do it over 2 days. We stop every 5 hours for fuel, food and a bathroom break. The kids know the rules by now... I would happily drive 5 hours each way to check out...

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Due to Covid restrictions, I cannot travel there as it is across an international border even though I am a 5 hour drive away. Maybe one of the Seattle Faithful will chime in! It would be a fun roadtrip, never been to that area, but have always wanted to.

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The hatch on my 25 FBSF has two piano hinges, one mounted on the boat and the other is 1/3 of the way toward the opening. The whole thing folds out and lands exactly on the doors where there is a tongue and groove connection that captures the top of the doors. The vertical panel is tapered on both s...

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Doug, these were the pre-video days! Hole in the wall is cool, I have really fun memories of going back and forth through surge narrows in an 18' speedboat while the mothership (a very cool old 53' S&S custom sloop) was anchored in the Octopus Islands. Not only is there 10 Knots of current, the sea ...

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Doug, Dodds Narrows when the tide is rocking is fun, but have you ever gone through False Narrows on the other side of Mudge Island? I did it at about 25 Knots in my 25 FBSF keeping the range finders lined up and making the turn was a big challenge, but lots of fun. You just hope not to run into a t...

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Matt, you are a total star, I had grave fears that we were going to lose this forum, but you seem to have pulled it off - huge Kudos to you.

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You would see a big improvement in performance and fuel economy. Way less drag, the only thing you lose is the redundancy of a slow putt home if an engine dies or you wreck a prop and maneuverability at low speeds, oh and maintaining two engines and drives instead of one, you'll lose that too! In te...

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Ranier or Baker?

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They are about half as much as twins...

I don't think you would get away with anything less than a Bravo or a Volvo SX or Duoprop.

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Cam, That is such an amazing boat. It makes me think that in just 10 years, I could have something nearly as nice...

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Cam, Fantastic! Executing on your vision, sticking to it. Doing and re-doing things until they were just right, sticking to your principles - Incredible.

I'm happy that your marriage survived this project, now my question is: Will it survive you being finished?!?

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Pat, I have sent you an email with a picture of the capacity plate from my Baron as well as the dimensions. Let me know if you got it.

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Wow, I have never seen an orange one, is it painted or the original gelcoat? I am glad that you have the original windsheild, because the one that is on it does not enhance the look!

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I have used the Sherwin Williams before and its ability to stay in the water is not as good as Endura. The Endurance is able to stay submerged for 3 months, the Sherwin Williams is only good for one month from my understanding. No problem if you are on a lift or in and out regularly.

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That's not very mean, Mike.

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At my work, we use exhaust blankets as part of our fire protection system in our mobile equipment. These are custom made for us by a local supplier and are actually quite reasonably priced. If you call a dealer of industrial equipment like a John Deere dealer or a CAT dealer they would have a sub co...

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HotSpot, that's very similar to my set up

I don't think I got the photo posted correctly, it did not show up in the preview

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Okay, I'll go really old school here, I think it may be a dedicated plug in for either and Aldis Lamp or a Radio direction finder (RDF) hand held compass. If it is either one of those it is navigational equipment from the '60s that I have actually used!

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Is this a one time tow or will you be towing long distances regularly? Are you a leadfoot or do you noodle along at the speed limit? I tow my 20' baron 1,500 miles each way every summer. I have done this drive about 8 times each way. I used to have a tandem axle trailer that was the right rated capa...

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Sorry about the lack of response! My kid is ski racing and i am busy being a volunteer! I went with a bench seat for my Baron. It comfortably fits four people wide. I love it because when you have people in the boat, everyone wants to ride up front, nice view, out of the wind. I can get you dimensio...

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Cam, one thing to consider is how the boat will perform at low speed. Do you know what its attitude will be at rest (chines under or ???)? We had a bracketed motor on a shorter deep V hull and its performance at idle or trolling speeds was unacceptable, it hunted and wandered as if we had been feedi...

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Umm Cam, don't you need a boat....?

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It certainly is a beautiful part of the world, I am glad you made it past surge narrows into Okisollo channel. Wiatt Bay is one of my favourite anchorages. To get clean, you have to swim in Cassel Lake above the falls in Teakearne Arm, cleanest water anywhere. Being in a fast boat,going through surg...

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Cam, are you sure the center console layout is the right choice? You still have time to change it! :wink: I admire your willingness to keep on going, to get it just right and even undoing things when you didnt like the direction it was headed. I really look forward to seeing the finished project on ...

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