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TailhookTom

A great find, especially if an original center console ......... but keep in mind, someone is gonna die at the hands of their spouse on this purchase !! :-D Steve: When faced with that quandary some 10 years ago I said "I get the dog, the boat, the houses and the cash." She said "what the F do I ge...

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Steve:

I'm confident you can get it done easily....even if you are a........hippie.

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Bring any pics from past events with Pat, and any other of our passed brothers. I'll bring some pvc foam board up with me to mount them on for viewing. I have early pics from the flop house with Pat, UV and Snow. Bruce: I have a ton of pix I took at a Connecticut get together the year UV passed awa...

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Steve: While you were wandering around Lowes due to I being too breezy to go boating in South Florida....I was walking my dog in 9 degrees and 40mph winds.

I like your Sunday much better than mine.

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That is a very fair price -- when I redid Tailhook I had significantly more money into my hardtop, and that was 12 years ago. I seem to recall close to $15K USD

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Gentleman: I recall many praises regarding the use of PoliGlow to restore and protect the color/shine of our hulls. My boat is a 1999 Pursuit 2470CC in its original dark green gelcoat. In the spring, I diligently buff it and get it back to a lustrous shine and even color and follow that up with a co...

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Yannis:

My Bertram31 was a drinking platform, that had a fishing problem.

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I agree with Mike -- you are going to need something like Aquamet 22 for shaft alloy or go up in shaft size to 1 1/2"

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Mike;

Since Yannis says his deck has never budged no matter the weather - you are once again correct. Hitting a wave at speed in B31 weather would have sent my deck airborne.

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If those are your current box above and you need another, wrap it HD wax paper, wax the paper with paste wax and layup some glass. When it sets, pop out the old box and layer glass to as thick as you want. I'm picturing one of two responses from Capt. Patrick to your post, Bruce. The first one woul...

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Navatech wrote:I only hope it's the gold bikini that got the "reaction" and not the one following that one... But then again, you like old weird boats... <grin>

Nav:

Don't you know it is all about the "little black dress?"

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TailhookTom

I was going to note I got no more than 3" but after seeing those pics.....I definitely got more, hahaahha

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David: Congratulations and welcome to the board. I can attest to Dug Stow's numbers as I run in the same waters as he does and I see his gorgeous Alchemy up on plane, running proud, regularly. Yannis -- did I read correctly "running time when you are not fishing????" Goodness, I think the only time ...

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Sorry I haven't been on the site much, all my spare time i have been visiting my pops he unfortunately had a stroke mid December. I'm glad you called John it was good talking to you. BTW my email is jgatto@me.com and my shop number is 856-767-3849 Jimmy - sorry to hear about your dad. Best wishes t...

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Tony to further that; someone who you need until the checking balance reads zero or until you discover their amazing business plan doesn't deliver. Mark: Back when I was playing CPA, my firm was hired to be the accountants for the creditors committee of a substantial bankruptcy - in this case it wa...

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Cam; Once again, you have outdone yourself -- but since you are such a glutton for punishment, I really should introduce you to my ex!!!

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Thanks for keeping things running, and so smoothly- Mike and Bruce!

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Frank:

I'm so glad you had a good outcome. I get checked every year as well. Cancer sucks, we buried my mom on Saturday - lost her and my dad to cancer.

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"Green to green and red to red, all is well proceed ahead; when in danger and when in doubt, run in circles and scream and shout." I'm with you Carl, size matters.....I've been out chunking tuna many nights when I see lights in a distance and run up and get a signal from the vessel under the lights ...

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I know first hand why Dug loves his underwater lights. First off, he has a lot of them, second, in more than one color (if I remember correctly) and third, they are all on the transom aimed behind him. I believe the quote is "when I pull away from the dock and hook Alchemy up, it looks like somethin...

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Somehow or other I ended up watching a cornball movie about Navy SEALs starring that brilliant actor -- Rob Lowe. The movie is "The Finest Hour" The only redeeming part of the movie is that there is a 31 Bertram in it at the end -- over in the middle east -- and they blow it up - -that isn't a redee...

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I made his recipe for ribs last week . If anyone would like it they could call me at 631-457-2587 and I'll tell you how to do it and he was a good man and always treated me first class from the first time I spoke to him for no reason besides he was a total gentleman Hey Brew -- it has been a long t...

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Man - that work effort of yours exceeds anything my imagination can think of. All I can say - thank God they sell new boats -- they aren't close to yours in fit and finish, but I wouldn't want to be scratching my assets that are covered in fiberglass dust all week!

My new same SlackerTom, lol!

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Dug:

Sorry to hear of the stress -- nothing like 10 feet of water to ruin your day. I imagine the insurance man has lost his/her sense of humor at this point.

Thank god no one got hurt and that you have a strategic plan for disaster recovery.

Tom

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Wow - that's going to need a total going through -- sunk in a storm years ago and left to sit - not a project I want. Very knowledgeable yard - -"Inboard/Outboard" hunh? Thanks for the post -- sad to see one get so rough, but if the right person has the time and the pocketbook - -it will be a battle...

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Gentleman -- we had the first cold, windy and wet weekend of the fall up here in the Northeast and the "first you make a roux" thought was echoing in my head. So, for the never members of the board who might not have had the pleasure of meeting the man, or getting some of his recipes, I present you ...

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Carl wrote:I heard of a Murphy Bed...but never a Murphy Head.

Carl:

The concept is similar -- but in a head sea, you might want to make a firm squat onto the bowl so as noted to get launched and the Sheep hit the man!

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So my wife and son ganged up on me last weekend and told me to get my fat #$%^ to the Dr. for a physical. I feel fine, but made an appointment and went this morning. Long story short, I'm in good health, just fat .... whew But the normal Dr. didn't do the exam, instead this VERY attractive nurse pr...

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I'll wait to see what it looks like when it appears on Keeping up with the Khardouchians.

Someone better send me a pic in the future, lol.

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mike ohlstein wrote:The 360 is an absolute beast. Be careful.....

I'd take Mike's warning seriously -- as I recall, he has some experience doing things on two wheels that most likely void your life insurance policies.

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[quote="Navatech

You can say that again... Anybody we know?!... Somehow I don't think that one is being parted out...[/quote]

Nav -- what do you mean that boat wasn't parting out? DO I have now I have to return the running gear, electronics and riggers that I thought were abandoned in place??

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Tropical storm Nicole is now also officially a hurricane... Matthew and Nicole are going to play of each other... This can get interesting (for various definitions of interesting)... I saw a movie a while back.......The Perfect Storm......Let's hope Nicole treats Matthew as my ex treated me--suck t...

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Matthew is still moving westward... Looks like landfall will be around Vero Beach... Everything north of Miami is getting ready to get hammered... AND , it looks like Matthew will go full circle and will come for seconds next week...[/img] Matthew is becoming like herpes, the gift that keeps on giv...

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Can't say enough to wish all the best for those of you along the southeast coast. Be safe, and keep us all posted if there is anything we can do to help. Some of the more conservative boat owners all the way up here in Connecticut are even planning for the worst - a dock hand at our marina told me ...

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Best wishes and prayers to my Southern brothers -- above all else -- keep you and your loved ones safe -- there is insurance for the tangible property!!!! Back when I had Tailhook, I was lucky enough to be in an oversized slip -- I had the first floating slip that abutted the main fixed dock -- the ...

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Dug: I know it has been sometime in the restoration, as the drop dead gorgeous results show, but in the picture of the bridge and the electronics, there is a red buoy up ahead, it is red, right, returning and you've got the buoy to port -- it's a 50-50 shot that I'm right, haha. Also, the pic with O...

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Wish I was able to post images since I took a few so I'll describe my visit to the 35 at the show. Big crowd. The 35 got special mention at the show along with about 15 other "new" additions. What a great looking boat. So here's what was most interesting. About 50 yards off the Bertram 35 was a 31 ...

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Carl: As a member of the deplorable and despicable teams -- why not take a chainsaw to the transom and cut a nice healthy notch out of it to lower down the 250 to it's proper resting place? As far as setting your boat up the way you want -- I'm a big supporter -- hell, I had VOLVO diesels in my Bert...

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Bruce, gotcha, and thank you. If I decide to move forward on this during this winter (as I have an as yet source undetermined fuel leak that I fear may be the tank...which will cost some $$$ to address) I will be sure to provide a commission to the site for sourcing. Many thanks my friend. Dug Dug:...

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My deepest sympathy and condolences to Patrick's family and his brothers in Bertram31.com -- the world lost a craftsman, gentleman and caring man today. I'm doing what I know Patrick would want me to do and head over to my boat with my dog, Kona, we are going to slip the lines and head out to a quie...

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Carl:

Congratulations getting her back on the wet and not the hard! Miss Sandy can kiss my hairy arse - -she came greeting the beach house way too intimately. I'm glad you said piss off to her as well.

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Dug:

Your engaged????? Congratulations!!!!!

Sorry, just having fun.....

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Happy birthday Uncle Vic - I hope you are still rattling the crooked banker's cages - although I doubt they are in the same place you are!

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There is a beautiful, bright and shiny one over in Groton Long Point on a striking and just redone powder blue B31.....its free for the taking....if you can get past Marley, right Dug?

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When I redid Tailhook, I put one of these on her - this antenna was, in a word, AWESOME. I could easily transmit from my dock in Niantic, CT across to friends in Montauk, CT -- not too bad to have well over 20 miles carry on a boat sitting in a low basin in a back bay, and as you can see, it is all ...

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Capt. Patrick: I'm at a loss for words. Although I haven't owned my B31 for almost 10 years now, there wasn't a single upgrade/update/modification made to that boat that you didn't have some positive impact on -- through your patience and generous sharing of knowledge I learned how to layup glass pr...

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I agree that the 3m filler works great and lasts forever -- if you weren't planning on it, might I suggest you do the first coat of ablative paint (if you are using it) in a different color than the last two coats. When we redid my old B31, we did 1 red coat followed by 4 black coats - that way we h...

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That sh!t is a bitch! I used a heat gun and various scrapers to remove the majority of the glue then mineral sprits and rags to scrub off pretty much of the rest. To fair and paint, first give the surface a couple coats of B-I-N primer/sealer , sand and follow with Awlgrip 545 primer, followed with...

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Scott:

He's fallen and can't get up?

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Hi guys...What is considered to be a lot of hours on these Cummings 270's, or as usual, it varies depending on how they were run and maintained? Also, does Bruce or anyone have any comments on a pair of Volvo KA MD 230 HP with gears and very low hours that I can grab for 15K?? Thanks, John I owned ...

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