bertram31.com

In Memory of Vicroy

The cork-looking stuff on the underside of my Glass Tech hatches is shot and the hatches rattle. Other than trying to fool with Glass Tech (very unresponsive to say the least) anyone have ideas on what to glue on the backs to keep the rattle down? Its gotta be pretty thin to keep the hatches level w...

In Memory of Vicroy

Well, back from a real fun time in Venice with some of the Faithful. In a nutshell, crappy weather. The Surgeon General, Tom Patillio, a member of Team Hyena, and Garry "Hi Pockets" Jordan ventured out Monday on a B58 and hi pockets was the only one that did not chum, including the pro captain.....n...

In Memory of Vicroy

Dug, not as loud as the Detroit 4-53s, but the 504s are not a good engine for todays B31 with much better diesels out there that can replace them for not as much money as some think. The crossover pipes between the V-8 cylinder banks on the 504s rust out and the engines have to be removed to change ...

In Memory of Vicroy

Well Faithful, the masses are gathering for this epic event in spite of the sporty weather forecast, 4-6's in the Gulf can be a little hammering. Anyway, some are already in Venice, La at the bar, others are heading down the road. The Surgeon General has commandeered a 90,000# 58 Bertram for the eve...

In Memory of Vicroy

I've never found a hull number on AJ, alleged to be a 72 model. The tank tag says the tank was built in March of 72, and she has the 222 gallon tank, so that's good enough for me. Before 72 the tanks were 170 gallon.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Phil, probably a 71. The federal Safe Boating Act that took effect in Nov. of 72 required that the hull # be impressed in the upper part of the transom outside on the stb. side. Before that, all boats had a hull # wherever they wanted to put it. Most of our pre-11-72 boats had the hull # written in ...

In Memory of Vicroy

Bob - I crawled all over some Cabos at the FLL show for several years. My view is they are all hype. One of my biggest gripes is engine and mechanical access.....you can't get to anything. Changing filters would take Plastic Man to do it. Plus they look worse than a Hyena Boat, just sit wrong in the...

In Memory of Vicroy

I took a ride on a 31 Cabo once, and it beat out Andre's old 27 Whaler as the worst riding boat I'd ever been on. Hey, he's now a convert, has a great B31 and kicks ass. On another note, me, Andre' and Lyman the G-man went to a lunch today where Army General Russell Honore' spoke. He's the Army gene...

In Memory of Vicroy

I've got real big internal Groco strainers on AJ (no external) and seldom get anything in them other than back flushed parts of the crappy Sherwood impellers before I switched to Tony Athnen's super aftermarket ones. We have a lot of pine stuff and duck weed in the Tickfaw area but it never seems to...

In Memory of Vicroy

Fred, don't thank us, we thank you! And got the cool stuff for the mini UVI/CX next week, thanks. I'll make sure it all goes to the winner......... As some of you know, Fred is with Bimini Bay Outfitters that distributes Tsumni tackle, first class stuff. He very generously supports us, and sent my s...

In Memory of Vicroy

Bertram 31s do not blister enough to worry about, what you see are all gel coat or paint blisters. The quality of the resins Bertram used to build them assures no blisters. AJ has been in the water for 35 years and has no blisters. Quit worrying about blisters on a B31, not gonna happen in our lifet...

In Memory of Vicroy

Ole Fart, you hit the nail on the head.....the late guy (to you yankees, the guy be's dead) that I got AJ from "moved up" from a B31 to an Osh*t 48 with 6-71 TIBs. My son ran it for him a couple of years. I remember sitting on the tackle center in the cockpit with my back against the aft cabin bulkh...

In Memory of Vicroy

Guys, the passport crunch is due to the new regs that went into effect last Jan. 1 that you cannot enter the US from anywhere outside without a passport....exception is a cruise ship that leaves and comes back to the US, and that goes away Jan. 1 of 08. This means that all travel to Carib. islands, ...

In Memory of Vicroy

Indeed very interesting. Plus you can catch all the huge redfish right under it you would ever want. Thanks for the straight scoop. You are right about it getting rough there......all that river current pouring out against a south wind will have real big & nasty brown standing waves 10 miles offshor...

In Memory of Vicroy

Capt. Dave's observation about the effect of an increase in db gain is very important to understand how VHF radio waves work. Sure, it's line of sight most of the time, but the more db you got, the better it works. I use a 21' 9 db and get a lot of range out of my old Icom 125. Now, with a good radi...

In Memory of Vicroy

The process that Tom uses is to first strip the original anodizing off with an acid solution, then re-machine the parts to closer tolerances than original, then computer engrave them, finally re-anodize to whatever color you want. The new anodizing is over the engraving so no corrosion, and of cours...

In Memory of Vicroy

Correct, Professor. In my youth I used to haul my B25 behind a broke dick Bronco down I-10 from BR to Venice, some 150 miles thru tunnels, over bridges, etc with no permit. Me & Capt. Brent got stopped by the overwide Hwy. Dept. cops one time between BR & New Orleans. Made us go back to the weigh st...

In Memory of Vicroy

Fred - I guess Andre' saw that the sweatshirts are hooded and may want some so he don't have to wear a bandana when robbing the likker store. Hooded shirts are not real cop-friendly in this part of the world.

Fred, thanks from all the Faithful for taking on this, we appreciate it a lot.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Maybe a replacement is not in the cards....like the solar powered call boxes along I-10 in the swamps that all got destroyed in Katrina....Gov't decided not to rebuild them since someone reminded them everyone has a cell phone now. GPS...do we need lighthouses that big or just a few lighted bouys? B...

In Memory of Vicroy

Clay, had not heard that, but it got whacked pretty bad in Katrina. Have noticed the automatic weather has been out since then, now comes from a new Pilot station just up the river. Has the USCG said what, if anything, they are going to replace it with? I think you ought to move the whole thing 15 m...

In Memory of Vicroy

Tell the sneaky little a-hole I'm changing my will....... We will be staying on Garry Jordan's old house boat (now fixed up) at the "T" of the B dock, come see us Monday afternoon. The Surgeon General will be on the 58 Bertram 'Miss Mary' - think they are talking about fishing Sunday and overnight o...

In Memory of Vicroy

OK, I'll be the sucker....what's a PBR?

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

No, it was part of the wet t-shirt contest. USCG used to monitor the taxi boats to make sure the drivers had a 6 pack license to drive them...maybe a 36 pack? The Prop Stop, just 5 miles down the Tickfaw from our place, as da Judge says, abuses the privilege of being stupid.......on the other hand, ...

In Memory of Vicroy

Walter, glad to hear you are now fully bionic and gonna whip their ass in Panama......TSL fishing report last week: they T&R 405 sails. My son in law gave me a pair of sandals with bottle openers built in the soles, no kidding - open those Panama beers in the fighting chair with either foot. Hal, ye...

In Memory of Vicroy

CX sent me a bunch of promo give aways for the little tourney two weeks from tomorrow, so see ya there. Anyone that wants to come fish and bring a boat, let me know. I spoke today with Buzzy Scarabin, the operator of Port Eads and he is reopening the place very shortly. The power co. assures him tha...

In Memory of Vicroy

When I installed my Icom 802 sideband a few years ago Icom wants at least 100 sq. ft. of ground plane. I used bronze mesh in the bilge areas connected with copper stripping. I ended up with about 400 sq. ft. It is OK to loosly fold the mesh to increase the area. It needs to be as low as you can get ...

In Memory of Vicroy

JP, amen.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Hueso - Amigo, I was like you years ago, had been scared to take down a Penn Int'l, had visions of springs and stuff flying all over. First take the screws out of the handle side plate and pull it off and prepare for a belly laugh.....it's built like a boat trailer winch. Nothing much in there at al...

In Memory of Vicroy

Try calling Minnie's Yacht Surplus in Newport Beach, CA. I was in there a couple of years ago and they had a crate full of new & used Dynaplates for short money. Google them up.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Dytek makes two good models, one about the size of a tach and the smaller one size of a dash gague like oil pressure. Mine is the small one and fits in the Cummins panel, wired to one of the ignition switches.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Sean, I like that idea, sort of like the Sherwin-Williams paint logo??????

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

That sucker makes a Hyeana Boat look sleek.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

I'm in for 3 or 4 short sleeve t shirts, large, tell me where to send the check and how much.

Really like that pix.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Dave, glad to hear you are on the mend....we are all gonna go room temp bye and bye, so enjoy your time. Couple of the Faithful that went to Panama with us last year were pretty sick puppies, but went anyway. They both looked 100% better at the end of the week. Shrimp Pimp, the one I got from Northe...

In Memory of Vicroy

Yeah, its a one pull deal now with the new plug. Have a 15 hp Honda 4 stroke outboard on the Goo Boat I got from Bruce a few years ago and it always starts with no protest. Good stuff. But I will stop by Pep Boys tomorrow and get a spare plug to have. Threw the bad one about a city block up in the w...

In Memory of Vicroy

Thanks guys, it was the spark plug.....got a new one and it cranked on the first pull. I like buck 89 problems.

Harry, I owe you a bunch of clears....at Pt. Clear. I'll be at the Grand Hotel with the whole family on July 3d thru the following Sat....let's get together.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Doug, No. The Racors have check valves in them, and if your fuel system is tight, even without the Racor check valves you won't get any bleed down. Rule of thumb is the 250s start on about the first or second starter rev if the weather is halfway warm. Keep it simple...

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Harry, I will take the plug out and take it to the Pep Boys by the office tomrrow and get a new one. I took it out and looked at it under my big time electronic blind guy magnifier for cracks, saw none. But the engine seems to be making compression, put my finger in the plug hole and it blows it out...

In Memory of Vicroy

Dave - there is no interlock, they just don't want you running it dry for any period of time since the pump is cooled by the water going thru it. These pumps are ceramic piston pumps, not impellers, so running them dry for a few seconds is not going to hurt them. Some of the small Hondas (and Briggs...

In Memory of Vicroy

Well, let's apply logic to the problem. A fuel gague works by passing a small amp 12v DC current thru the sender unit, which is nothing but a variable resistor (some call it a reostat) that makes more reisstance (ohms) when the tank is full and less when the tank is empty. Most use a float to move t...

In Memory of Vicroy

The Brown Truck brought my new pressure washer from Northern Tool today. "Requires some assembly with simple hand tools" it said. Got a inch & 1/16 socket and open end wrench ?, well I did, but it was a pain in the ass to put it together. Anyway, the 5 hp Honda horz. shaft motor was assembled to the...

In Memory of Vicroy

Most of the small Bertram vents were Perkos and they still make a lot of them. Or check with Danny at High Tide in FL, he has a lots of original stuff.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

The rule of thumb is the distance between the rear of the strut cutless bearing and the front hub of the prop should not exceed one shaft diameter.....that ebay 31 Bahia must have a foot & a half....never seen that much shaft hanging out of a strut. The rudders ain't Patrick's, but they got the surf...

In Memory of Vicroy

Yep, can ship to a business thru FedEx ground, but it costs a little more to ship than DHL. Shoot me an email of what you need, VLR@RKKDLAW.COM Minimum orders will be about $50.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

There are 6 of you that have ordered CX aerosols that have been hung up with the shippers. Your orders will be shipped direct from the CX factory today or tomorrow, and I'll mail you an invoice. The new (?) regs restrict even ground shipping of aerosols to residential addresses, go figure. In the fu...

In Memory of Vicroy

I spoke with Steve Moyer at Soundown FLL yesterday and ordered some stuff. I must say Steve is up to snuff on sound proofing and a super nice guy, very informative. His # is 954.761.9188.

Thanks, Steve.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

I continue to have problems shipping CX aerosol due to some new regs, some of you Faithfuls stuff is hung up. Non areosol stuff like Rejex is going out. I have talked to CX factory, all the shipping co's, and if I can't solve my shipping problem by the end of the week, I'll ship what is hung up thru...

In Memory of Vicroy

Stainless is generally considered too brittle for a half tower, plus its heavy. Cracking will occur unless each joint is gusseted, and then no guarantees. I'd go with alum. and paint it with Awlgrip and use liberal amounts of CX and you should be fine.

UV

In Memory of Vicroy

Steve - thanks for the info and welcome aboard. On another subject, I installed 1" lead core Soundown in the engine boxes of my B31 about 12 years ago (Cummins 6BTAs) and it works great. However the mylar edge tape is shot and I need to replace the tape and maybe get some new mechanical fasteners wh...

In Memory of Vicroy

John, good questions, good answers from the Faithful. I have the Cummins 6BTA 250s, same as the 210s but with an aftercooler. Bruce has been on AJ a number of times, and simple is what they are. Sure, they smoke blue when cold at idle, leave a little black haze at cruise, but they run, run, and run....

bertram31.com

Search found 2285 matches

Glass Tech hatch sealing material

Breezy UVI/CX tourney

CX- mini UVI

UVI/CX & Port Eads

Need help - 5 hp Honda pressure washer

CX shipments

Soundown

CX shipment problems