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John - it's Carl at Elite Marine, think in St. Pete.

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Bob - sure is a pretty B31. My view is that the center rigger should be more in the air, say the tip about where the outrigger tips are when stowed. The reason is that most of us pull our shotgun, or long, off the center rigger, so the higher it is the better. Cock your center rigger up about anothe...

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Well, utter failure....guess the bubbles are somehow coming out of the wood, even with boucoup layers of epoxy on it. I bz done, gonna steel wool it out tomorrow, hand polish and wax. I got better things to do than finish off a thrown away slab of cypress.

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OK, got the Coonass vacuum de-bubbler assembled....quart glass jar, a plastic transmission funnel all cleaned up with a foam gasket out of an old outdoor light fixture in the big end, fits perfect over the top of the jar, then the shop vac hose fits perfect over the little end.....time to steel wool...

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Responded to your email but it bounced back twice. Try me at home, royvictor@cox.net or holler at me at my office tomorrow, 800 260 9908.

You good to go.

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Paul, thought about doing something to vacuum it, never thought about doing it that way. Well, may try it, since last night a damn bug of some sort walked around on my "final" finish. How long did you let the shop vac suck on it?

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Well, the Uncle Vic IInternatioanl Invitational 8 will be at the Tropic Star Lodge in Pinas Bay, Panama next year....South Louisiana is just not ready to host it again after Katrina. Maybe someday.... Anyway, I have 15 slots reserved, fishing 3 to a B31 for June....the drill is fly to Panama City on...

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Thanks for giving me the courage to just declare victory and end this debacle, Ole Fart. I'm doing it for Mr. Bill & Miss Janie next door to the camp, and it be done, done, done......let it cure for a day or two, grind off the drips on the underside, and deliver it to them Friday morning with a drum...

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Update.....steel wooled out yesterday's air bubbles, put another coat on this time with a $12 china brush and cut the epoxy about 25% with denatured alcohol.....still some bubbles, but not as bad, plus the bubbles responded this time to the heat gun real well. I'm doing this in my shop in the a/c, s...

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Nic - super job. Congrats.

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Walter, thanks....I did that, but the bubbles seem to come from the brush. One problem might be that I'm using the real slow 209 hardener 'cause I had some left over from the hatch project. I am probably the world's most pitiful painter to make matters worse. I'll get a finer hair brush tomorrow, an...

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I use the Special Coonass All-Purpose Wetting Agent for turbo cleaning....Blue Dawn dishwashing soap. 8 oz. distilled water and one oz. of Dawn swirled, not shaken....spray a stream into the turbo intake over about 4 minutes, then follow with 6 oz. of distilled water over 3 minutes. Gotta be done at...

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Just sanded out the bubbles and put another coat of epoxy on....mo bubbles and the heat gun won't get rid of them. So I'll have to sand out this coat too.....how about if I cut the final coat pretty good with alcohol (or something else) to thin it so the bubbles will rise & pop?????? UV, tiring of t...

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Dug - four cylinder, four cycle diesels set up a harmonic vibration at certain speeds, just the nature of the beast. My first encounter with this harmonic was in 1984 when I put the Vulva AQAD30DP duoprops in my B25. 4 cyl, 4 stroke turbo afercooled, 110 hp. Stuff just fell off them, every bracket t...

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We got a lot of rain this morning here in Red Stick, but the sun is out now, its all moving NE fast. Small storm, but sorta mean for a while.

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Ian, Patrick, Bruce, et al.....the heat gun works...I put the latest coat (bubble coat) on about 4 hours ago, and am using the real slow hardener (209) and it was still sticky when I got the heat advice (me & the Bride been toasting with clears and eating big time at the Bonefish Grill) till just no...

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As always, I knew I'd get the right poop from the Faithful. Heat gun it is, and yep, no thinners.....

Thanks guys, its obvious now that I think about it, but that's why I asked...cause I didn't think about that. Heat it up, make the bubbles rise and pop....so simple.

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Need some help again, Faithful. First coat of thinned epoxy came out great, knock-out color, you can see all the annual rings, etc. I put a second coat of un-thinned epoxy on yesterday (yeah, used a cheap brush, probably stirred the epoxy/hardener too much) and got a lot of air bubbles in the finish...

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Ditto what Patrick teaches. The only B31 I ever saw up close with prop pockets was the one Classic 31 built outside of WPB. Cat 3116s at 350 hp. Agree a lot of work and money for little gain. Another drawback is your differential steering using just the gears is cut way down, and one of the finest a...

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Get the Sea Star hyd. steering...new tech vs. the Hynautic that's old tech, no bike pump on the Sea Star. I have the Sitex SP 70 pilot that has worked flawlessly for 10 or 12 years, and is about 1K, cheap but good.

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Shoot, I figured you had absconded with the funds and took off for one of the Guays......

Thanks for doing this for us.

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I had installed Tony's redesigned aftermarket impellers in my Sherwood pumps on AJ's 6BTA 250s (pumps were fairly new, say 400 hours) in May of 2005 and had no problems even after the forced layup for 11 months on the hard after Katrina. Last week I noticed a little elevated temp on the port side at...

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Mikey - you were supposed to find the wires that used to pass thru the micro switches on the Morse control shift levers and tie them together, remember now?

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Thanks....it will probably stay indoors.

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I'm getting ready to finish a slab of cypress for a table top....it is a slab cut out of the trunk of the tree about 3" thick and 2x3 feet irregular shape. It had been varnished with a stain at one time and I've sanded that all off down to bare wood. I'm using the West epoxy and a slow hardener. Sho...

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The Swedes have a very active group, the Swedish Bertram Yacht Society and a website, www.bertram-sweden.com

I can read Swedish pretty good after a few clears....

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Sorta like the powered surfboard.....remember that one Prof? Yo Honor?

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We took a long ride on AJ yesterday and I've never seen so many boats on the water in our area. The area around the Prop Stop on the Tickfaw was jammed to the point I had to weave thru the drunks anchored all over, bank to bank for a mile. Amazing to see the go-fast boats ripping all over at 100 mph...

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Then stop engine, add oil. Add more oil. Put oil diapers in bilge. Buy new set of ear plugs.

yo Fren'

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I've got over three years on my Tony impellers and plan to change them next week along with the cams and wear plates that Tony now makes. No problems with the impellers vs. the stock Sherwood ones that were lasting less than 6 months before they dry rotted and shredded. Took a long cruise on AJ yest...

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Good news for sure. Shoot that starter bendix with CX too. Are you familiar with the fuel bleeding procedure for the 6BTA? Gotta do it by the book or you will never get them started.

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As the Coonass say "she done droooped a valve, cher". What kind of beast is that Bruce?

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Mikey - The red CX will cut thru the MM pretty quick. I can drop ship a case from CX in Dallas to you guys, just email me with an address....VLR@RKKDLAW.COM.

I'm still having trouble with small shipments....

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Marshall - sure looks like you are doing that in your carport.....but I don't do divorce cases anymore........sure like the headrest tho, the coonass way.

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Ray, on the other hand, Vick is certified stupid, so that is good for the LSU Tigers.....the bookies ain't taking any money no mo' on the game Thursday night, spread got too wide. I sure hope we ain't being set up too high to fall hard.

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Mikey, Marvel ain't CX, hear me?

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Shoot CX down the bores, let it sit for an hour or so then "bar" the engine over from the front using a long socket handle....probably not a valve, just a stuck piston.

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How about Michael Vick? I just saw on TV that the owner of the team is gonna keep him on the team while he's in jail so he can dock his salary each year and try to get back $22 mil of his signing bonus. Not to mention he's losing $88 mil in salary. I guess my question is this......I thought I'd done...

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Mikey, ditto what Walter said, get the S&Bs from Tony Athens, much better quality than the K&N, especially the rubber neck. The S&B guys used to work for K&N and left to build a better mousetrap. I've had mine for about 3 years and never had to clean them. Pay for themselves fast vs. the paper stock...

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I'm going to start a new thread on this since the first one got expanded with some pix...Faithful, please don't post pictures on this one, let's just raise money to support our sandbox. In my view, the response to the fundraiser has been outstanding. For you that visit here and have not realized tha...

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Grassy-ass, Dr. Gerry & you other guys....the Bride and our kids & spouses took me out for a big eat last nite, enjoyed it a lot.

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Mikey, yes we do....it was supposed to be solved but I just had a shipment bounce back. Got someone working on it, but may have to take a different tack.

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I got a flyer from an outfit in TN selling some penetrating oil called Aero Kroil. They had a 2 for one deal so for about 11 bucks just got two cans. Flyer claims it is the best penetrating stuff ever made, will creep into a gap only a millionth of an inch. Also claims if it won't get a corroded or ...

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Yep, douse everything with CX, wait a day, then do it again. Use the red can regular CX.

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On the other hand, the B36 is just plain butt ugly....need to kill it and it's seed.....Bertram had a golden opportunity to re-introduce the B31 and just did not have the balls to do it...guess the bean counters over rode the people who understood what made the company great....long ago. Sorry Joe, ...

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Timmy, some of us have worked hard for years in things that make money, and not pissed it all away vs. doing dumb stuff like you.

No offense intended, we all like you a lot, mostly as an example to hold up to our kids & grandkids.

Yo Fren'

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I'm not gonna be able to make FLL this year either, first time in 10 years or so....me & the Bride are gonna be on the road elsewhere. Those going need to grab up the Flophouse early, the dirty little secret of $65 rooms walking distance from the show seems to be getting out. I have the Bambooshka's...

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Thanks, but its tomorrow, or was it last week? I don't remember too good no mo'. Got my Medicare card tho, so must be close.....

Randall, if I put the Bride's age up here I'd have to move to one of the Guays....

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Yep, it's that time again. Capt. Patrick owns this sandbox and we support it with our donations to him. So let's break out the checkbooks and send some moola to keep this place open and free to all. Ask yourself what this site is worth to you? How much time, trouble, and money have you saved by the ...

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Wayne, I see your buddy Hasselmann is still selling used motors in B&H.

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