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The easiest way of doing the electrical is ripping everything out first. Agreed. I started just fooling around with individual circuits then just ripped everything out including all the engine harnesses. The second thing that I would suggest is to take a good look at the steering hoses. Those hydra...

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I believe I’m the one who gave Jack the windscreen? In addition I have a pattern made of lauan for the wind deflector that mounts 90 degrees on top of the windscreen. Anyone curious I’ll post a picture of my 31, so you can see, it’s made out of plexiglass. Also take a pic of the pattern and make th...

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Are you going to do the installation yourself? If you are, then buy it online. I tried two years in a row to try and get my Garmin local. Told the guy what I was looking for, asked him what would you recommend. He gave me three Choices, Raymarine, Furuno and Garmin. I said ok work up the numbers, n...

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jackryan wrote: ↑Jan 14th, '21, 10:45 Awesome posts guys. I'm heading over to the boat to take a look this morning. I'm interested to see whats below deck, as the decks have not been off since 1978 (when the boat was built).

JR

This might be the scariest post I've ever read on the INET!

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While your asking for an opinion, I have owned my 31 since August of 1986. She had a 6” Furuno paper machine. Next the Furuno 7000 and corresponding transducer. Moved from Bridge to Cabin as a back-up, still works great. After that presently have the TZT 9 and AirMar B275 LH-W transducer with the D...

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Nice job! What are you using to to form the mold for the water trough around the hatches?

I've answered my question. I see you bought the Marine Creations hatches.

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Very timely topic. I have purchased a sheet of Coosa 3/4" Bluewater 26 to replace sections of my boat that was rotted. Most is in pretty good shape and eventually will all be replaced if I repower. Right now I'm just replacing the sections that need to go. My concerns with various products other tha...

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I was looking for a reason to send another donation to the board. You've given me a good one.

I'm in.

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Nice Job.

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Merry Christmas to you guys!

I also wish that all the termites are dead in my 42 Bertram!

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most of the people on this board are influence by magazines, boat show salesman and the more people who fall under a trend the more reality is ignored.have you ever driven 1000 boats? after a while you will not be the least bit concern how many drink holders the boat has, but most important a 35' y...

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Short winter days are good for long winter projects Rick. Only 8hr 19min daylight today, I just finished pulling out the bundle of old wires run through the salon by a lazy electrician. Last week removed a 20' bundle of Hynautics tubing run through the same cut out by a sloppy previous owner. Next ...

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Rick Wish you asked me two weeks ago. The boat is covered for the winter. and in order to get a picture of the dam area I need to remove the back panel. Which I plan on doing in the spring since I want to make new panels. Sorry about that. No problem, I can wait. It must be terrible not to be able ...

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We use floor mounted kerosene heaters to bend all sorts of plastic stuff. This is over kill but something similar may prove useful. https://www.amazon.com/REMINGTON-REM-215T-KFA-Kerosene-Heater-Yellow/dp/B07LCGCQ3Z/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=kerosene+heaters&qid=1608152431&sr=8-4 BTW, making a new...

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You may have me there Tony. I'm comparing working on the old wood ply deck 15-20 years ago on a weekend project of recovering them, to pulling them up, moving them around during last years motor project. A project done after hours when I was beat before I got started. So...I'll retract the ply bein...

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Hmmmm, maybe we should just work a trade. You can move up here during the winter to use my house and boat and I'll move to Palm Beach to live in your house and hang out around your swimming pool. That might be a pretty good idea. I've got this 3 month plan for my retirement. We pick someplace and g...

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How long would it take me to get from N. Palm Beach, Florida to Seattle? How much would they charge to take my 31 through the Panama Canal.

Doug,

It might be cheaper for me to just buy your boat? How much?

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Thanks Doug. I'd love to do something similar to what you have. How much does your brother charge for a similar cock floor?

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Over the years I've had Furuno, Sitex and for the last 10 years Garmin equipment on my boats. Now I'm getting ready to outfit my B31 with electronics and I'd like everyone's opinion. A little background.. First, I've narrowed down my choice to just Furuno or Garmin. Two years ago I attended the MIA ...

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Doug, Thanks for starting this thread. I'm getting ready to finish out my cockpit floor. I have the old Bertram 3 panels which were refinished. While they look pretty nice as you noted they are just not very functional. I especially want to get rid of the side panels so I can store gaff's, harpoons ...

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I thought I'd add to this thread with my first experience with fiberglass. First I did not tackle the Carolina Reaper but thought I'd practice on a friend's boat first. His boat had a little trailer accident by departing a trailer on a busy highway. Actually very little damage but it was a good prac...

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Doug We have had our boat since 1975 and have never taken one over the stern. Also have never had water come in the scuppers, even with extra fuel, couple of hundred pounds of ice and 4 guys going off shore. When I repowered, the deck support at the transom was glassed and then we put a dam on the ...

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Spencer, You did a great job on your boat. I really like to detail of opening up the V Berth. I'd bet I've hit my head 25 times on the little door getting into the V berth. Also I very much like how you installed the Palm Beach controls. I installed mine with the control heads in plane with the stee...

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Spencer, That's are really nice boat! I'm just up the creek from you in N. Palm Beach although I haven't gotten my 31 down yet. I really like your engine box details. Would you mind posting some more pics of the cockpit, engine boxes and flybridge. Once I get my 31 Bertram finished I'm got a 42 Bert...

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Spencer,

Yes I do. I'm hoping to get the 31 over there in the spring for the dolphin run.

You know Spanish Wells?

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Lets go old school... https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrc04w65gzb193z/IMG-0690.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/c44a65h7a0ma2gd/IMG-0695.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/p093yowi4wdh4of/IMG-0696.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/au71231nb9bnn0k/IMG-0697.jpg?dl=0 These are temporary wheels until I get...

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apparently I still haven't figure it out.

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox ... d-p/235974

this should help

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Finally got to check on the boat and got some photos. ETA is being a little bitch. First rolled through south florida and now through Bennett's Point where I've got the Carolina Reaper docked. I will say the Glendinning controls are super smooth. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrc04w65gzb193z/IMG-0690.jp...

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I appreciate the advice. I'm new to fiberglass, but have done quite a bit of research. So much in fact that I'm beginning to think my GF may have a crush on Andy at Boatworks Today.

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The top of the tower to the waterline on my boat is 20'. I was thinking 31 or 32' was a little long for this boat but Rupp seemed to think that was the magic number.

Which is exactly why I started this thread to get your opinions.

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Wow, those outriggers cleaned up great.

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Apparently, I can't figure out how to post photos but here is a dropbox link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/76p2lsazo0cv7 ... 7.jpg?dl=0

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I will add some photos to the thread when I can get back to the boat next week but for now, I'll pass along my experience with installing Glendinning Engine controls on my B31. First the folks at Glendinning were very helpful although I did run into a few snags along the way and still have a Tach se...

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happy too.

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I'm strictly a offshore fishermen. The boat will be used in Florida and primarily in the Bahamas for trolling etc. I spoke with Rupp this morning and they were most helpful. They recommend the 31 to 32' double spreader riggers. They are fairly pricey but then boats are cheaper than airplanes by a fa...

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That's a pretty good solution. I'm getting ready to install the Sound Down so I've got to make a decision soon. Very likely going with modifying the engine covers at this point. The one thing I've learned about B 31's is that they are all different. I've learned a lot from seeing photos of your boat...

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I'm planning on calling them tomorrow and may run up to Stuart to check out the goods.

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My 31 had a set of old Rupp outriggers that are in pretty bad shape. Its likely going to take about $1000 to replace parts etc and I'll still have an old pair of riggers on the boat. So I'm looking for new outriggers. What are the best outriggers for this boat that I should be looking at? I apprecia...

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I spoke to a fellow 31 owner who repowered with used Volvo KAMD 42 engines. He said he got 2.5 mpg! Thats pretty damn impressive to me.

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Bruce, I appreciate the info. I don't know what I don't know so I'll make a run at it and hope for the best. Originally, I wanted to get the minimum done to the boat and just get it to N. Palm Beach to finish is up but I decided for a variety or reasons to get the Glendinning engine controls and ele...

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I'm brand new to working with fiberglass, cherry intact. But I've watched some youtube videos and I'm prepared to screw up along with having to sand a lot of stuff. My question is can I do some work with the boat in the water on the deck and inside of the gunnels? I can set up a temp tent over the a...

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Tony Meola wrote:You can relocate the filters. If I see Greg I will see if he can jump on.

Whoa, I hadn't though about that.

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That's a good idea. The only issue is accession the filters on the starboard side. Of course to get into the area the side panel pretty much has to be removed anyway. I've got some photos of the hinges that came with the boat. I'm going to post them and hopefully someone has seen them before and the...

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Ironworker If Greg Thunnel (Thumbs Up) was still on the board he might be able to explain how he built a slide out deck area on his 30 ft. Chris Craft Sportfishing build. I have not seen it in a while but when he showed it to me a few years ago I thought it was pretty slick. I believe he made it ou...

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Snipe wrote:When my boat had the tower the corner of the hatches were cut off and permanently mounted to the l pieces on the boat.

Pictures would be great!

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i had the same problem with my bahia mar. got slide apart hinges. Open box part way slide inboard half an inch out of the hinges. i also had straps made up to clip off to hand rail under hard top Reelcrazy, Do you have a photo or even better a link to the hinges that you used? We don't have a prayi...

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Carl, Good ideas. I especially like the hoisting one. I though about splitting the engine boxes with a hinge, or maybe cutting out a section and hinging that piece. I've got cushions for the boxes so it wouldn't be an aesthetic issue. John also has a good idea of narrowing the boxes and widening the...

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I didn't see any hinge at the foot of the rear surface that would give it away. So, when open they rest standing tall on the rear surface? Correct. This boat has been under a 12 year restoration and I'm just now in the process of putting it back together and unfortunately seeing what doesn't and do...

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Yannis wrote:I don't have a 31 and I fail to understand in which direction these boxes open.
Could someone please indicate? Thanks.

Yannis,

The pivot from the stern side of the box and when open rest on the deck.

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Can you unbolt and move tower legs outboard a little to clear? You should be able to move leg an inch of two and still have flanges bolt flush to gunnel. As you said hinges that allow boxes to slide inboard before pivoting up. If not a lot to move can you install a spacer panel on the outside. I ma...

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