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Dug,

Dan, (don't recall his last name), owner or Fiberglass 1, Inc. in West Palm Beach is the best fiberglass man in southeast Florida...

Fiberglass 1, Inc.
13805 87th St N
West Palm Beach, FL 33412
(561) 204-4028

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Mike, Toe in or out is needed only to keep enough water pressure against the rudder blades to reduce or eliminate chatter throughout the linkages. 1/2" to 3/4" total is sufficent. Length of boat isn't important. See: Bertram 31 Rudders - Wear and Adjustment http://bertram31.com/parts/rudders/toe_out...

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Russ, About the only reason to change oil when it's hot is to lower the viscosity, making it easier to pull through a smaller orfice and/or less resistance to the pump. If a vane pump is utilized, it is not necessary to heat the oil because a vane pump is positive displacement. If the engine is run ...

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Charlie,

I may be wrong, but I think this is the one:

Rotary Vane Puppy Series Pump. Go2Marine seams to have the best current price that I've found...

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Phil,

What's your gear ratio?

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JP.

That it would! Too bad that I'm not up the paint stage yet....

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JP, Yer' pissing in the wrong direction... The pissoff belongs entirely on industries, and management, out-sourcing to KNOWN crap producers... Ya' gets what ya' gets by choosing the lowest bidder. It's one thing to buy Chinese, knowing it's Chinese, but to buy "Made in USA" should't mean "Made in US...

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Brian, No big deal here... At 7pm Tuesday it peeked at 6.4 ft, (10' is base flood stage), and at 7pm this evening, it was at 5 ft. I think it may have gone to 10' or 11' last week, but the real downpour was about 30 miles east, around Marble Falls. The thing that crushed them was 19" of rain hitting...

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Yup, but there's a couple of "tricks of the trade" that I can share after I get back from Panama. Gettin' down to the wire & I leave here tomorrow morning...

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Damned cool, Randy...

Look forward to seeing it & the artist in person...

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The outer shell is fiberglass & molded from a 2 part mold. After that cures, I bed the core in, (takes 6 fitted pieces), and cover the core with a layer of 1208 biaxle fabric. All done before removing the console from the mold...

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Was searchable by author, (RussP)

http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?t=1400

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Mack,

Click an image for larger format...

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Scot, Hands down, Coosa Board is what I'd use... The factory is located in Alabama. I also use it for bulkhead replacement when the panel is going to be tabbed into the hull at bilge level & for coring my consoles. Far lighter than plywood, never rot, higher density than Klegecel or Dininycel, no vo...

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Scot, I've looked over their products at a couple of shows, both IBEX & FLIBS and wasn't very impressed... Their stainless is 304 & seemed to be way over polished. By that I mean that the items didn't seem to have a clean crisp look, just looked over worked... Some of their designs, especially the R...

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Mikey wrote:Ken,
If you want bigger scuppers check these out.

Mikey,

It's an optical dilussion... Those are 2"x5 1/2" I.D., the stock Bertram units are 2"x6" I.D. They just look bigger because of the O.D.

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Ken, The actual scuppers in the transom, (not the inside panel), should be quite easily enlarged. The transom, unless you have an I/O setup, is solid fiberglass. If you have the original scupper guards, (chrome rectangles w/ rubber flaps), you'll probably see that the rubber flap is considerably lar...

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Capt Pat... You said the magic word.. "purchase"... I have no idea about software or other costs associated with running a forum... It is midway through the year and I was considering sending another $$$ infusion your way.. is this a good time to send some? (Hell.. maybe ANY time is a good time! Gu...

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Craig,

That would have been true, especially pre-1972 with only 173 gallons of fuel & a pair of small block gas engines...

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Phil,

Congrats, She looks great! If what you're saying about being low on WOT rpms is that you can't turn up fully, you are way over propped and need to address that immediately... On the 6LPs, you need to be able to get at least 3,900 rpms at full throttle.

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Bill, The problem with the search function has turned out to be the overall size of the data base... Basically, the DB has gotten too large for the search to deal with. The only fix will probably be to again switch software for the bulletin board. I've found a very good software solution, but probab...

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Mikey, Look back at the post "Lead in your bottom" Look back through the images, I think that you'll see that those with low exhausts are also low at the chine & vise-versa, indicating topped off fuel or low fuel, and possibly other loading factors. The rule of thumb for longitudinal loading of a B3...

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Peter, As usual, you've done your homework while I generally shoot from the hip... Good info! Carl, I'll stay old school and will never use other than stainless steel nuts for my stainless steel shafts. The trick to keep stainless from galling is to coat the threads with TefGel , and to run the nuts...

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Bruce,

Seen that clip a couple times before, gets more hillarious each time... But ya' gotta admit, if he hadn't of shot himself, the lesson learned by the kids wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective. ROFLMFAO!

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"Household" brass and marine grade brass Sorry, Peter, But I've gotta' take this one on... Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. There's no such thing as "marine brass". By and large, brass is brass and no place on a boat other than maybe interior cabinetry... ...

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John, I totally encased the original aluminum frames with ~3/16" of fiberglass layup. Each of the three sections were done individually leaving the designed slip joint for re-assembly. Revels were made with PVC Foam Board & were glassed in so that window glass and acrylic corners would be glazed in ...

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Gary,

I would paint them myself... Thoroughly clean with a degreaser, soap and water, followed by an alcohol cleaning. Dry & prime with a good epoxy primer, (2 coats), & then use Trilux for metal as the bottom paint.

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Scot,

The sleeves are made for the size of fiberglass tubing listed on the chart... The sleeve is actually smaller than 4" O.D.

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Rob,

I'm Master of only a few things, mostly baiting... (But even that is becoming a lost skill.)

All is well... Good luck on your tournament!

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Carl, While bonding and grounding are two different topics, they do share the same DC ground. Bonding ties all necessary metals needing protection from galvanic corrosion to various sacrificial zincs, which is grounded through contact with the water. DC Grounding is part of the electrical path to th...

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Rob, The red area over Bimini will have passed on by Sunday, but the cold front, now moving, across a line from NE TX through W NY, will be swinging down and aproching the Bahamas on Monday and Tuesday. The front line will be passing through and below the Little Bank on Wednesday. Once it passes, th...

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Randall,

If ya' gotta' roll yer own, use polyester resin, NOT epoxy... Epoxy will break down at about 240 degrees F.

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Randall, You can get a SS "Crush Sleeve" that inserts into the fiberglass pipe. Centek Industries has them, but not sure you can buy direct... On the linked page, scroll down to "ACCESSORIES". http://www.centekindustries.com/exhaust/product-pages/product-images/Crush-Sleeves-HPH.gif Br, Patrick

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Nic,

The wheels are 19x23 four blade Nibrils.

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Scott, The panel is in the overhead, forward and center to the inside of the bridge facing. Regino Cabrera & crew did the vast majority of the work in Miami over about a 2 year span. The housing for the panel is glassed in & the overhead is raised about 3" over stock height. Mike, Gerry's "Zero Cavi...

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Harry,

They're original, but later vintage than the original boxes for an Express. Same boxes as stock on FBC & SF models...

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Scot,

Portercable is the only electrical DA brand I'll use. Sweet machines, buy from a Portacable Dealer; the discount home improvement center models have plastic gears and cheap construction. They look, otherwise, the same from the outside.

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Vince, By the reto-fit comment, I only ment that installing an out side air system is much easier done back in the early stages of engine compartment design... Glassing up boxes while working over & around installed engines is a real pain in the butt. Not to mention containing all the fiberglass dus...

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Try Magnum Trailers in Austin... Probably more to choose from by doing a Google Search using the keywords: custom boat trailers texas

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He would like me to install vents/louvers (4â€x12â€) on the outboard side of the engine boxes. They would draw air from the cockpit area. Vince, In a word: DON'T! ... Unless you want the noisiest cockpit on the water. Where air can enter, sound can exit. Aslo another area that water can will find...

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desmoinsregister.com - Chief Warrant Officer Jim Funk His greatest frustration? The performance of the people who deliver the news to the American people. Ricky, This is exactly why I DON'T watch, or listen to, ANY syndicated news channels, including local... I find it hard to believe that even the...

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Giff, As is the case with most all paints & coatings, multiple thinner coats are more desirable then fewer heavy coats. Use a thin nap fiber core roller. They usually have a red or dark brown core for easy identification and are made to hold up under harsh chemicals. The nap is often red also and sh...

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i do need a little help getting some more gifts for the dinner raffle so if any of you can help please do. Neil, Give Don Jones a call at the Bertram Factory. Bertram and Marinemax are regular sponsors with the Mid Atlantic Rendezvous & have also offered goodies to the North Carolina Rendezvou. Don...

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UV,

McMaster-Carr has 1/16"x2"x50' adhesive backed neoprene for $12 a roll... Part number 8694K64

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John,

Just pump it out and dispose of it responsibly, no pre-additive necessary...

I've been running a little behind schedule due to cloudy weather & UV resin, but should have your air boxes finished within 10 days...

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Won't be long we'll be in Panama! Andre, Once we get boarded on the plane in Houston, we'll see if whoever is sittin' next to one of us will swap seats... You been there, done that, I'll hang onto your belt loop. Anybody else we know on that flight? Kudos to Carter, job well done & well earned. Br,...

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I found a old doc# placker with the numbers of 534272. what would be the chance that it is shownig me that my boat is a 72 model? Phil, No chance... A Documentation number is assigned as a slightly arbitrary number by the Coast Guard. Like a license plate on a road vehicle is tied to the VIN number...

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Nice catch, Randy! Some real good eating laying on that dock...

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Mike,

When you track him down, say "HI" to him for me...

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