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Carl

Ironworker wrote: ↑Jan 10th, '22, 14:51 you guys can ignore this thread as I'm trying to figure out how to post pictures inline

Ignore a thread with boat pictures....lol, your funny!

Looks like you got the hang of posting pictures, you 31 looks incredible!
Great picture

Carl

I have my pump mounted in the engine compartment on the upper shelf with electronics in the head. It's not quite under the dash...but sort of is as I have an Express...so it's right there next to me. Yes "I" know when it's working...can I hear it, sort of when trolling. How I really know it's runnin...

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Curious how people think when trying to sell a product. Wrong info in that the 6BTA's are not 210hp each or at least shouldn't be. He really took an 8 hour ride to Fire Island, then slept overnight on the boat, on 12/18?? I guess not a huge deal, but a winter ride and slept over in December...sounds...

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If going in three sections by adding filler panels to join being a tough build in my mind. As mentioned if keeping the same front arc the sides need to be shortened or moved back. You could flatten the arc in filler panels but I do not see that blending well. Or cut the center with a flatter arc in ...

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Carl, Except for the price, I would like to know who, and how, will be able to mend it if you hit a rock or a sand bar, almost mission impossible ...let alone how much a technician will charge for that! I thought about that too...reading their website, both they and their affiliates/dealers would r...

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I love seeing new technology in props. But it really seems to cost…5400 for an outboard prop, 10,800 for a pair is pricey in my world. I guess if spending 60 grand each for an outboard that number for a prop seems in line. Seems like if run a good distance there is a return on investment, plus added...

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Yes the electronics are getting stupid going off the path of use...buddy spent 6k on "electronics". I thought it was so cool going out on his boat, I got to play with it for awhile, very intuitive with radar, chartplotter, sonar all linked together on a huge touchscreen. I'd ask if it was ok if I to...

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micky wrote: ↑Dec 25th, '21, 14:08 One or 2 more days doing minor stuff and then its bottom paint and done.

…and done.

I bet that was really nice to say…a long road for sure, but wow, looks a totally new boat inside and out.

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Merry Christmas everyone

Carl

6 of 1 or a half dozen of the other...it makes no difference aside from preference...not for the exhaust manifold, just use grade 8 hardware,

Carl

Bob, Do you have any input on props for gas-powered boats? I am going to have my 3-blade 18x19 reworked over the winter. Before you do anything chart your performance. Speed at each rpm, fuel burn and your WOT RPM. Without that info, no good prop shop is going to offer any suggestions. Any that do....

Carl

Penn Yann!!!! That was the slowest friggin boat I've ever been on. I think we topped out about 8 MPH and were getting about 0.5 mpg or possibly less fuel mileage. Hell everybody in Crystal River would pass us. Yup...mine was a 23' and I had a few acquaintances with the same boat. Boat ran 13mph, ju...

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Bob, what you just said makes a ton of sense to me, thanks, I never quite understood all the prop improvements, especially rake. I knew what it is...some idea of what it did for me. We really only dealt with workboats, tugs, commercial fishing and a slew of recreational boats. Race boats, we did not...

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But Bob we have… On my Penn Yann I gained almost 13 mph adding rake on a tunnel drive with an OJ Johnson wheel. On my Bertram…I could not get close to spinning my gas prop fast enough to get on plane. Rake eats power… Dad with diesel was able to add rake and his boat picked up speed, about 2mph As t...

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I think we lost Carl a long time ago. It happens to those who are trapped on Staten Island. Not really a part of NY City and an Orphan of New Jersey. Oh I wish I could get away from NYC...Staten Island is changing, just not for the better. Hate to say Jersey is not far behind... I discuss the best ...

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I'm going with the layman's terms...rake condenses the water pattern being thrust astern. This is done by kind of pushing the blades back, think of tulip petals compared to daisy petals...daisys are flat 0 rake. Tulips have positive rake. What rake does for performance...that I'll leave to someone e...

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It must be a 31 Bertram thing for this year. I dropped 50lbs and just recently joined a gym... which still sounds weird. But trying to get exercise at home was getting boring and I felt a need to continue, so I'll give it a shot. Luckily it wasn't for anything but being tired of carrying around extr...

Carl

Looking great Jason!

It is tight on the port side...I decided to trim a little off the face of pipe to give additional space between the exhaust and the motor box.

Carl

WoW - - You transformed that boat's design into a great-looking modern design.

I had to include great looking as some of these modern boats are ugly as sin.

Great job!

Carl

Of course, I talk with the boat all the time. Doesn't everyone?

Carl

Frank- you polished your wheels a bit. This is getting stuck on a sandbar. https://i.imgur.com/r07Wso8.png A buddy ran out of gas, drifted out of the channel touching the bottom on an outgoing tide. AND boy did it go out. The good news is he had plenty of time to clean the bottom, get some sun, have...

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exhaust is looking good. I did not see if you have worked on the "port" side exhaust yet. Prob be tight but we know it fits. Frank- look back to Jason' pictures from Nov 22nd. The pics just before his son verifies the bunk works properly are pictures from the port side. Going the way Jason is on th...

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Be happy it was mud and not rocks.

Carl

Maybe foldable false wall running under the side windows with the closet removed. Or as said...run through the back of the closet making the space look shorter than it is.

Lockable is great...but when someone who should not be there sees a lock...they think valuables sits behind it.

Carl

Micky - - Having done “some” of this work….your making it look too easy.

If someone hasn’t done this kind of work…you have no idea how these seemingly simple, “I’ll just toss together a floor, blend in gutters and move on” are fricken tough, all day affairs.

Carl

I put lots of effort into less angle… but 210hp diesels. For me, I’m not sure I see an advantage. At my speeds I want my ass out of the water…which more angle provides. That said…pushing water at an angle closer to direction of travel just makes sense as being more efficient. I’d “almost” like to a...

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I put lots of effort into less angle… but 210hp diesels. For me, I’m not diuretic I see an advantage. At my speeds I want my ass out of the water…which more angle provides.

Carl

Yes, lots of tacking, run it to the boat to fit...re-adjust bring back to shop, tack, bring back to fit. Port...as you said was easy. Starboard I went up 6" then down...real snug between motor box, motor mount, trans, bulkhead and tank. But it fits... Maybe in the future I'll go up and over running ...

Carl

...I feel like I'm having Daja Vu. I think I ate, slept and dreamt SS exhaust risers for a year. Go up, go down, go over. Go up and over, back down and tuck in and under bulkhead. Go down and under... Go up, down, tuck between trans, tank and bulkhead then go across. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. Bu...

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You'll have plenty of friends coming to help you with that. You know...all the friends that are way too busy now.

Carl

Let them keep working and tinkering with electricity or any viable means...it's how we progress. We went from a paddle, to a sail to steam, naptha, gasoline, to diesel, turbines electo-diesel, nuclear...which kinda goes back to steam.

Necessity is the mother of invention....and I need to fish. lol

Carl

40 mile range...figure a 1/3 reserve so you can go 13 miles from your dock. For me that covers about 75% of my trips. Then again when I get there I often troll a few hours.

Carl

27' boat at $406k...not bad. Get that back quick saving so much on fuel.

Carl

Pretty cool I would collect about 1000 lbs of Eel Grass on those foils in about 15 minutes crossing the bay. Great do that a few times and clear the way for us. Great to see a true improvement in technology to make electric boats a viable option. Sure it has a way to go...but overcome the obstacles...

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It takes time to replenish and see a comeback. Bass here in the 80's was horrible...a keeper was 12" and getting one of those was tough. I remember fishing all night under the Verrazzano with my dad with only 2 or 3 fish...and we were the ones doing well. Kinda...a customer went commercial in same a...

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That was me out there...a late slow start but it finished well for the last, last trip of the season. I really mean it this time, the last trip. Isn't the amount of bait just incredible? I snagged two bunker trolling, crazy. Nice 1st Striper for your son Jason! Wow, your boat is turning out incredib...

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Why even bother trying to convert a boat that was designed as a twin screw that runs fine when propped correctly As far as i am concerned its a complete waste of money and time. If you want a single screw boat buy a down east lobster boat. It may have something to do with having a hull with one run...

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Yannis- the stringers can be seen in Peters picture to the right and left of the arrows, they start at the transom and go all the way forward. The wood you see is just bolted to the stringers to hold up the deck.

Carl

You keep the small bass and throw back the big ones? Shouldn't it be the other way around? You would think... It just goes to show you how screwed up we are getting over here. To keep Striped Bass in NY, they have to be no less than 28"(71cm) nor over 35" (89cm). This year everything seemed to be w...

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WoW...that looks SHARP !!

Nice nice work.

Carl

The subject line says it all, thank you to our Veterans…we have because you gave.

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I see your saving the tupperware...

Moving forward, it's nice to see progress, keep it coming Peter.

Carl

Marshall Mahoney wrote: ↑Nov 11th, '21, 09:18

Mom and Dad on the bridge. Me on the bow. I was about 17. I'm 56 now -- still my favorite picture...

What a great shot!
I bet you can close your eyes and put yourself right back in the moment, smelling the air, feel the wind going by

Carl

Neil, I know it's crazy, guys are getting them up to 50lbs one after another, yet everyone is coming home with empty coolers. It's like they know we can't keep big bass and they are biting just to piss us off. Normally I wouldn't care as I tossed everything back, but last year I finally got a taste ...

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Micky, I'm trying

I've been there wondering what else could possibly go wrong and soon found out.
So I try to put a good spin on it, put my head down and get back to work as complaining, yelling, and throwing stuff doesn't help.

Carl

The Seastreak Ferry. I always wanted to ride on one, and we did there and back we rode on one for 6 hours on Sunday. I was impressed with that large of a vessel running 40mph. Quiet, smooth, and fast...had a nice swell coming in from the hook on the way back, it made for lots of remarks from passeng...

Carl

Nothing like knowing you have new batteries and will be good for years!
Lousy to know they are on their last legs and can go at any time...

Carl

Same problem but from a different angle. Corrosion...you have to get it all out before you slap paint or putty over. If you do not, the corrosion continues causing the paint to bubble n blister or the putty to be pushed up and away ruining your once-perfect finish. Steal rust is usually easier to de...

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This was last Friday, it may have been the last trip of my season, if not one of the last. https://i.imgur.com/ElqgcOT.jpg So that would make this my last fish of the season, if not one of the last. I'm not sure if I'm happy it was small enough to be a keeper??? It's so odd HAVING to put the bigger ...

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Very cool pictures, nice to see the days of years gone by.
Thanks for sharing.
Carl

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