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John Jackson

Guy around here puts STP (remeber "The racer's edge?" on his and swears by it.

John Jackson

JP's dad just installed Rupps on mine. I replaced a set of Lees. the Lees were just old and since I redid the boat I wanted new ones. They both looked good in my humble opinion and you cannot go wrong with either. Personally, if you don't plan to fish with them I would put them in the expensive pain...

John Jackson

Tony, I went through the process recently, and I went with reman 270Bs. The boat runs like a sports car with them. If you are in the area again, I would be happy to take you out so you could get an idea of what they are like. Just give me a call 732-829-9853.

John Jackson

I put mine on top of the "wedge" on the front of the flybridge where the light used to go. It works perfectly there.

John Jackson

John, I followed the instructions that Capt. Patrick cited to build the deck in my cabin. I used West System with graphite for the seams and it came out pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. I built it over 1/2" marine plywood and I cut the teak strips myself with a table saw. I copied the origin...

John Jackson

My pleasure, and it was great talking to you about your boat too. I look forward to seeing you out there. I will post some pictures of the Hound when I replace the digital camera I just lost.

John Jackson

Ask JP about teak, he's the king of teak...

John Jackson

John Jackson

I will try and get the actual data sheets from the Cummins reps. It was 29.2kts top end and about 26 cruise. Came out of the hole like a rocket, I couldn't believe it.

John Jackson

I did my sea trial yesterday after a year in the shed and after doing a total refit, repower, repaint, re-chrome and de-wallet. I have learned that the hardest thing when rebuilding your boat is listening enough to the people who you should listen to and not listening too much to the people who you ...

John Jackson

I just replaced my aluminum replacement tank with a new aluminum one. The "old" one was about 14 years old (maybe 12? I kinda forget for sure) but the tank was pitting which was what got me started on my whole redo. I think that the life of the aluminum tanks is only about ten years. Call S&P Sheet ...

John Jackson

Sorry for the late reply, just got back from vacation out of Blackberry email range. I will try and send you some pictures during the week. JJJ

John Jackson

Mike, I just spent a little over a year with a complete redo on my boat, and if the weather gets better, I am supposed to splash this Weds. It has been a great experience, but the amount of work that can go into 31 feet is in the category of you'll never believe it until you've done it. The boat is ...

John Jackson

My Sportfish had the original head in the v berth. During my rebuild this winter, we added a holding tank to make it legal inshore. It was a difficult time consuming job. I will send you pictures of the set up. We used two thru hulls (which were there) and had to add a waste deck fitting and a vent,...

John Jackson

Thanks. The dash pictures were the first I posted because the directions on the sticky were the thing that finally penetrated my fat head. On Monday, I'll put more pictures up because I have them on my work computer. JP -just looked in your boat...looks great. I guess what Rob put on today was a whi...

John Jackson

One more picture of the panel and dash:

John Jackson

Here is a picture of the way we redid my original chrome instrument panel. I had it rechromed, and then Billy from Carvers got the new VDO guages from my new Cummins 270Bs to fit with about three hours of work. I was able to shrink down the two huge Cummins panels into the original by getting rid of...

John Jackson

Looks great! What is the password to look at the rest of the pictures?

John Jackson

Walter, I need the same thing for both sides if you know where I can get trim for it that will work. My old ones were shot beyond repair. Thanks, JJJ

John Jackson

Mikey; Chris is away so I cant ask him right away. I think he just said they were off an old lantern that he had lying around. As long as the pieces are big enough you should be able to make rough cuts and then heat them and reshape them. I have some Perko ones that dont fit that I was going to try ...

John Jackson

I had the same problem. Chris at Carver's in Point Pleasant fixed it by taking two lens covers from a different light and heating them and cutting and shaping them to fit. Glued it in with 3M clear silicone and it looks brand new and works great. I would have never thought that the plastic would be ...

John Jackson

Capt Dana: I think that the cracks near the midship cleat are from the flybridge compressing the midship bulkhead. When we fixed mine and took out the mid bulkhead, the deck had worked its way about 3/8 of an inch down on each side into the bulkhead. It was fixed by putting laminating 3/4 marine ply...

John Jackson

Don't be afraid to modify the engine boxes. With mine, we made them about two inches wider and then made a return to the bulk head on a Sportfish model to fit 270Bs. I will try and get pictures. The exhaust on the port engine goes underneath, and we had to notch out the engine box in addition to mak...

John Jackson

I rechromed my original panel and took apart my Cummins VDO gauges with the square covers and replaced them with chrome round ones that I bought from VDO. The guys at Carvers got all of the new gauges to fit in the old panel and I could not be happier with the way it came out. It is very compact and...

John Jackson

Be careful with using someone elses frames, they are all different sizes. I took the rims off of my curved windows and took them to a welder to fill all the holes and refinish. It came out pretty good. I got new curved windows from American in Pompano.

John Jackson

I have had good luck sealing plywood with West System before priming with an Interlux epoxy primecoat and then painting with Interlux perfection. I did this on all bilge areas and in the v-berth for under the cushions. On my cockpit panels I covered the new plywood ones I made with fiberglass cloth ...

John Jackson

Bruce, you do some nice work. Any reason you don't paint the bilge?

John Jackson

Mikey, give him a break on the suit and tie. I signed up for the site with no picture and Capt. Pat robbed my web page at work and put me on in the suit and tie. I think it gave him a chuckle! Needless to say, I changed the picture as soon as I figured out what happened. I would bet he did the same ...

John Jackson

My experience with 454's was about a statute mile per gallon overall, at the end of the tank. My GPS tracker was on at all times, and I would do the math using my flowscan total for usage when I filled up. So the 1mpg included drifting for fluke and believe it or not waterskiing and whatever else I ...

John Jackson

Have you given any thought to making a teak deck?

John Jackson

I have a feeling that I am going to have to somehow modify my port engine box to fit the port engine exhaust elbow on the 270B It's going to be close. I have looked at about five boats with 270bs, 250s or 330s and they all seem to fit in the space. I'm almost at the point where I will know for sure....

John Jackson

Thanks for the invite. I'd love to go. Last year, my last striper trip on the Hound was after Christmas. For the past few years the action has been great until the end of December. 732-829-9853

John Jackson

Vince, I'm getting 270B's put in mine right now. I've been watching pretty closely and it seems like a very complicated job to me. Seems like the type of thing that would be really hard to do for the first time. For example, the yard where I am has done dozens and they have mock ups on the engines t...

John Jackson

Dug, I just got to watch two yards do mine. Two summers ago, Rick and Jimmy at Southside in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ replaced mine on both sides for about $1,200, if I remember. It looked like a pretty straightforward job. Seems to me like the hardest part would be getting the struts in line. They p...

John Jackson

Where is up here? I got mine from S&P Sheet metal in Toms River, NJ. Seems like the do them all up here. I got it through Carver's in Point Pleasant and they put it in. Are you going to put yours in yourself? It's a pretty big job. Just getting the old one out of the boat is a project in itself.

John Jackson

Mine has "Boat #168" written in what looks like black magic marker on several parts (the forward bulkhead, the insides of the flybridge support covers) along with someone's initials. My hull id is a page from a desk calendar from October 23, 1961 with "Boat #168" written in pencil and then laminated...

John Jackson

Yous guys are killin' me! I won't be in the water 'till March if I'm lucky...maybe the Spring run??? Neil, got any room?

John Jackson

JC- I took a look at the shaft logs that just came off of my boat. They look like they are in very good condition. My shafts were 1-1/4, but I don't know if it makes a difference, or what size shafts you have. I also don't know if the original brass shaft logs are something you could buy anywhere or...

John Jackson

I just watched Carvers install ones in my boat that look just like Capt. Patrick's. I do a lot of work on my boat but I think you would be out of your mind or way above average if you tried this job on your own. This is a major job. I think screwing it up could lead to disaster. With all due respect...

John Jackson

I have a friend who put a big four stroke outboard on a B25 on a bracket and made it into a sweet custom center console. Nice boat, the Sportscaster docked at Robinson's in Manasquan. You really have to look to recognize it as a B25.

John Jackson

Do you have zincs on your trim tabs? I have found that they get eaten away at the same rate as everything underneath, but they are easy to see and monitor from the dock. If the zincs on the tabs are shot, you probably have to change them all. Just make sure you put a scrub brush to the tabs to keep ...

John Jackson

Dwayne, saw your boat at Pickel's when it she first came up. Looks like she's in fundamentally good shape. Good luck. Stop by Carver's and say hello. I have a good radar arch with six rod holders, a brand new enclosure, etc, if your are interested. It has a 4kw Ratheon dome and a decent radar that g...

John Jackson

J.P.: Magnificent. How do you like the spreader lights fixed in like that? I have Gulfstream doing my hardtop right now and I'm thinking about going with the pivot mounts so I can point them around. I don't think they look as nice but my old ones could move and it came in handy for lighting up the d...

John Jackson

Looking forward to it.

John Jackson

Just to the outboard side of the flybridge support, the narrow area of what I would call deck (it is only about a foot wide at that point) where you would put a mid ship cleat. It is right over/on the center bulkhead. I will see if I can find some pictures.

John Jackson

What I want to know is how did you get the pictures on the discussion board? I'm too much a greenhorn to know even how to do that???My Flybridge on my Sportfisherman was a little wobbly and Carver's fixed it and reinforced the mid bulkhead, fixed where the bulkhead was trying to punch through the mi...

John Jackson

They are in the middle of doing my boat there right now. I don't think there is anyone in the area who does not hold Carver's in the highest regard. Last winter I think there were about 15 31's in the sheds and in the yard.

John Jackson

Did you search the internet to get an idea of the market? If you go to most broker's web pages they have a link that says "search the internet 4 more boats." If you hit the link and enter the B-31 info it will give you lots of listings with lots of details. I just did it from Brightwater Yacht Broke...

John Jackson

This boat is very similar to the one I have which is also a Sportfish but is a 1961, hull no 168. Be careful of the gel coat. Be careful of the direct drive transmissions. If you repower you will have to upgrade your shafts, and all running gear unless you replace with right and left engines which t...

John Jackson

Call Art McClelland, 215 826 1214. He is a Cummins rep or dealer and he can probably answer your questions.

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