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I always wanted a Bertram 31 SF and was fortunate enough to be able to buy one when I was younger and cash was tight. Now after almost 25 years of projects its set up the way I want and I'm happy. I'll stand pat with my current and last boat and enjoy the heck out of it. As for the crazy money, Bill...

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[quote=DanielM post_id=150776 time=1700580711 user_id=91 625hp outboards. I had no idea folks were producing outboards that large. [/quote] I have to imagine that as horsepower goes up the service life of these motors goes down. 627 HP is a lot of punch to squeeze into an OB cowling. Maybe measured ...

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If going poly- route, get with UV protection. In either case, it’s poly n will break down over time. I tried one, two, three screws… and not one budged. I did manage to strip the heads. The screws laughed n said “ SIKE” I”l give heat in vise grips a shot, then drill the heads off. That will be my p...

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In my years on the water I've seen ocean racers, always from a distance. They made a lot of noise and seemed to be running in circles. Didn't think much about them. Until a few years ago. We were running north in Admiralty Inlet on Amberjack on a bright summer day riding an outgoing tide in a 10-12 ...

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At this point it seems the extra weight and torque, the boat levels out. A couple guys moving around the cockpit doesn’t move the boat. Now a couple of overweight guys and some really heavy wind on the beam may change my mind in the future. Or if I put a massive fish on one side of the deck. As far...

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This is a short video of the boat-if it posts correctly. Whether it was a Bertram or not he was moving along on a beautiful day to be on the water.

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Is this a Bertram, maybe a 28 I saw trucking up he Hudson River Thursday? I just had time to snap a qipuick image before it was out of sight but it moved like a Bertram.

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Peter we travel with a roll up inflatable. When we reach a cruising ground we haul it out & inflate it. It stays inflated until we start the long trip back. Ours is 8’4” x 5’1” inflated. When moving it lives in the cockpit and travels well there but as Yannis said (what, I’m agreeing with Yannis?) i...

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Hybrid motors that basically are a standard diesel with an electric motor as a transmission for lighter trolling speeds. It’s fun to watch and cooler to see real world implementation on a 31 Electric trolling motors, I'd be all in! Trying to troll Amberjack with 5.5 k minimum speed and limited mane...

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I look at the sticker and say no way, but I also pass some strange boats at SI Yacht Sales that seem to be selling. Ugly European designed monstrocities with reverse bow rake, small hard top on a 40' boat...beats me but they seem to be selling. Then of course the 50' "Center Console" with 5 outboar...

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Doug- Cool shot of the lock. What is the crane for? Besides the obvious, lifting stuff. I thought for a second you were flying my Clubs burgee, it looks to be a very similar design with the same colors... Seattle Yacht Club? https://i.imgur.com/CbFkQK9.jpg Carl-The crane is used to drop in a tempor...

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We moved Amberjack into Portage Bay winter moorage yesterday. It was a brilliant sparkling day and a wonderful way to end the summer saltwater boating season. Waiting for the large locks gate to open onto the lake http://i.imgur.com/j50ljer.jpg Rain forecast for the entire next week, it’s good to be...

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no longer a simple lower in, or grab n lift to remove. It was a funky twist n my back said no no no. So out the shelfs went. Carl, I have outboard battery shelves in Amberjack's engine compartment. The boat came that way and since they were dilapidated I rebuilt them years ago. Always thought they ...

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Thanks guys, I'll take a look at Azek. The slats are on the bottom of the dingy which is flat and water supported so some flex is OK. They are for footing stability, not rigidity. Yannis, I did a lot of looking and there are only a few inflatables that deflate and roll up to a dimension that will fi...

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You have a solid glass hull, put the meter away. They are kinda of useless in the wrong hands. If worried have your hull sounded by a marine surveyor. A competent marine surveyor. I had an insurance survey a couple years ago and the surveyor told me he found wood core saturation in the foredeck whi...

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I keep a MarineWest roll up dingy under the cockpit on Amberjack. It has marine ply floorboards which make up about half the weight of the entire dingy so I’m thinking about replacing them with something lighter. Would Coosa or Starboard work for this application? It needs to be somewhat rigid altho...

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Tony, you must have seen the clip of the USCG motor lifeboats shooting the entrance in bad weather. Yes, it is pretty crazy. If I had a marine insurance company I would never insure a boat with Depoe Bay written on the stern.

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Tony, When I want to frighten someone, I show them footage of yachts entering the Barnegat inlet... Depoe Bay, OR. Its the only harbor on that long stretch coast so they have to use it but its an extremely tight blind dogleg entrance which always has ocean rollers. Columbia River bar gets all the c...

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When I dial up to order a reel they offer left handed and right handed reels. I’m right handed, do I need a right hand retrieve reel? I hold the rod in my left hand and reel with my right hand and the reel in the up position.

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Yannis you have heat Issues outside my experience but it seems to me your best way forward is to intercept the sun energy before it reaches the aluminum frame. Something like an awning to shield the window from direct sun would be logical. Being separated from the window frame itself would allow amb...

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Doug - Interesting thought with the solar showers under the flybridge overhang. Image of the shower curtain deployed. It is purely for privacy when at an anchorage and does the job. Everything drains into the bilge and it attaches to the same snaps I use for the cockpit cover. This is I think only ...

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http://i.imgur.com/zVzzqYr.jpg This is what we use on hot sunny days when the sun comes at us from the side. It’s an all or nothing device but it makes a substantial difference when we deploy it. Most of the time it lives under the forward berth. Yannis, when it was up a couple days ago I did a bar...

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You could just be running out of range for the chart package your unit is authorized for. I have a similar problem with my older but updated 840GPSmap. Beginning last year bottom contours dropped out about 20 miles north of the Canadian border and chart detail dwindled to nothing as I got further no...

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View through the solid glass side window

Corner window frame cut. The machine screws go into a custom bracket that secures the corner.

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Tony-I had it done by a marine glass professional. They removed the old plexi sliders, undid the bracket in the upper forward corner then removed the old fasteners and took the frame out. I don’t know if that open corner is original design or if it was cut in later to allow replacement of the glass....

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Cooler climate up here but it still gets hot at times. We replaced the old sliders with solid glass and like it. When it gets warm we open the forward hatch and the companionway door which provides great airflow. Our issue can be radiant heat in the afternoon so I cut a piece of reflectorized bubble...

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Put the contaminated water in a vertical clear plastic container such as a gallon jug. Poke a hole in side near the the bottom. Collect the water which will drain out first in one container for easy disposal and then the contaminent in a separate container for hazardous waste. If hazardous waste dis...

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Hmmm....interesting. I've seen pet parrots before but never a pet lobster. Do you think he gets nervous when your stomach grumbles?

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Carl wrote: ↑Jul 6th, '23, 10:06 You could hang a picture over it...
Or add more speakers???

Engine ventilator? Stock Bertrams are deficient in air flow for modern engines.

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Thanks Neil, just what I was looking for. Ordering one today.

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Tony-I mounted an arch and was able to keep the grab rail by having the support members attach behind them in back and outside them on the front. But this was a bit more of a commercial look with larger diameter members. Not for everyone. http://i.imgur.com/1vvooabh.jpg Side deck/foredeck safety pri...

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This looks like a clean boat and apparently well kept by the former owner. So many of the projects we see on this site are old and run down suitable only for a complete tear down and rebuild, essentially for the hull only. With the boat apparently useable and looking good (important) replacing the m...

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I’m going to give salmon trolling a try this summer and need a reel for one of my old rods. Can anyone recommend a decent, simple trolling reel? There is a big jump from $80 dollar reels which I think may be junk up to $250-300 reels which are more than I prefer to spend for a “proof of concept” tes...

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Although this roller looks similar, I have never seen anything like it! I have never seen two forward rollers and the anchor stem passing between them. The top one is probably stopping the anchor from jumping over and out of the track. Your rope security harness has to be checked periodically so as...

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If you pick a stainless roller long enough, you don't need to construct a pulpit. You need to make sure,however, that the roller sits on a flat surface. You center the capstan, not the body of the windlass. http://i.imgur.com/zxkVMzKh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uFEpMIth.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VL9qUUph....

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Beautiful work Jason! I like the coral red boot top, I like the fact that your family was involved and supportive, and I really like the Bertram 31 moving at speed stern wake image.

Amberjack heading north in the Straits of Juan de Fuca

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Todd- As Yannis said you need a shipping cradle. If it is a current hull model shipped from NZ to the US on a cradle there may be used cradles sitting around the US port where they land. The East Coast dealer could tell you and probably be happy to sell you one for a couple bucks if he has any. I lo...

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Rick, your pulpit looks fine. Furthermore it looks much better than your back X-ray would look after pulling a 90 lb mess of anchor chain, anchor, mud and kelp like I did a few years ago. I installed my pulpit after my incident. You are smart enough to install yours before.

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Jack, I went through that process a couple years ago with Amberjack . It wound up costing about $25,000 and took 6 months. Various "experts" told me the blisters weren't significant or deep and to ignore them but they bugged me and were only going to get worse. By the way, boats dry from the outside...

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I am thinking of relocating them to the panel under the dash... Any downside to doing that? https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thehulltruth.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/img_4782_c0ad341c8497bab5145359d67dab7dbb4fa512d0.jpg Depends on how long your legs are. When we repowered Amberjack we installed the key...

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Welcome to the forum Fender. As this conversation has veered into showers as opposed to say, 'catching fish' I feel qualified to comment. We use our Bertram 31 Flybridge Cruiser for cruising during the summer and we anchor out a lot so a shower comes in handy. Amberjack has probably the same molded ...

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neil wrote: ↑May 3rd, '23, 19:44 Doug your interior looks great I love the simplicity

Thanks Neil, I got the idea from Bob Lico's posts. Bob, if you are reading this we miss you on the forum and hope you and yours are doing as well as possible.

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Does any one run a Webasto Diesel heater? If so, how is it exhausted? A friend with a 28 installed a Wallas Nordic DT and has been happy with it. The Nordic DT mounts as a countertop unit which can function as a cooktop with lid up or forced air blower with the lid down. His seems space efficient a...

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What is the stove you have installed there? Is that a chimney that pops up through the bridge as well? Any chance you can send the make/model? It is a Dickinsen diesel range and yes that is a Charley Noble. Still in production and you can find the specs on their website. The new ones have aluminum ...

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I know it’s hard to do but just forget about fuel prices and how much you’re spending to fill the tank. In the scheme of things it’s a surprisingly small part of the cost of owning a boat and always money well spent. Easy for me to say in retrospect now the kids are out of the nest and money is easi...

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Cole, your Bertram 31 is uncannily similar to Amberjack when I purchased it oh, maybe 28 years ago. 1969 Sportcruiser, Nautiflex cabin sole, plywood cockpit, all that cloudy walnut plastic laminate on the cabinetry, worn gas engines. Even my dinette was original like yours. All these years later, as...

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The Pacific NW has quite a few older wooden vessels, some of them still working. I can drive over the Ballard Bridge and look down into Fishermans' Terminal and see half a dozen large wooden halibut schooners, most over 100 years old now, on the halibut docks. That's a long time dodging rocks, storm...

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Yes, probably a small chunk of drift. I suspect it happens a lot more often than I'm aware. The zinc told the tale this time.

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Thanks Tony. The lower controls are disconnected but haven't been moved yet. My plan is to flip them upside down and mount them on the overhead. In retrospect it would have been a lot cheaper just to skip the AP and on the rare occasion run the boat from inside using engine controls only. I did the ...

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While Amberjack was in the yard for bottom paint this old timer came in for some new, expensive looking teak planking. I don’t know what the massive 20’ long center cut was for but it was an impressive piece of wood. The boat was so large I couldn’t fit it all into the frame and had to take two imag...

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