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I've been quiet on the boat lately but some good news, I pulled the trigger today on a 300 Suzuki with the fly by wire controls. The marina is a small mom and pop shop about 1/2hr away from where I do my boating. The motor should be ready 3rd week of april - let the race begin to have the boat ready...

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Mike, I like the pics, I've been doing a lot of photography over the last 3-4 years and been "progressing" from digital back to film. A trip like the one you took is on my bucket list. I'm hoping to do a 3-4 week trip with a small camper in tow camping as much as we can and only staying in a hotel w...

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I don't do anything the easy way - and this involves more machine skills to build, a skillset which I am definitely lacking in :) I've got @3 weeks to get it to come together before its full time boat, boat and more boat. rough outline - alum C channel extrusion, linear rail bearings on top, it is s...

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The ones I bought won't fit a mid-size gatorade bottle, I'm happy that they fit a dunkin's cup and store crap that usually falls all over the boat. I also have something like this but the suction cups are suspect to loosen if you use them under way https://www.buckwoodcraft.com/double-beverage-holde...

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My buddy re-did a seacraft and he added 4 cup holders into the top of the center console, when fishing on his boat, I found that they were perfect for holding cellphone as well as a temp storage space for lures, fishing plyers, etc I've added 4 to my boat in a similar fashion and hope that they are ...

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what is your end game for the use of the boat? fresh water or salt water? if it's fresh water I would not see a problem staying with I/Os but I might look into doing brand new 3.0L packages as you've stated that you are replacing your outdrives and transom assemblies. If you are going into salt wate...

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Nothing wrong with the T-handle. I reused the hole for a thru-hull to supply my washdown/live well pumps then drilled a new hole on the transom for the drain plug.

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Your transom didn't look that bad, I'll bet that even though the wood was wet, it was still solid. When I went through those steps it was a royal pain in the backside, the small stainless ring nails were a killer. During my project Cam mentioned that some boats had delamination in the area which you...

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Rawleigh, I've gotten a couple of quotes on 300hp Suzukis with the full electronic shifter. The quotes from multiple dealers in MA all around 5k more than what I am seeing out of one of southern dealers for the motor alone. the last time I bought an outboard was over 20 years ago so I don't know wha...

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Seawater, kts or mph - some folks confuse them, 1kt is 1.15mph 45kts x 1.15kt/mph = 51.75 mph, which is awful fast on the water. Are you sure you want a high 40kt cruise? with the concept that it is a cruise speed and there's quite a bit more to get to the top end? If you look at the beautiful boat ...

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Hi All, Its the middle of winter and I've got time to research stuff so I've been thinking about ways to improve my projects and get more accurate and professional cuts. It seems like there are quite a few consumer grade CNC routers out there and I've convinced myself that I want one. Of course I am...

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I do not know the distance and it would be tough to give you an answer based upon needing to have the boat in the water to measure. What I can do is share some photos I've collected over the years which show the bow to waterline ratio and you could make a guess and measure that on your boat. It seem...

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5hrs ride - not bad my family's camp in Maine is 6hrs - we go up a few times a year. heck - when I bought my Bertram, it was in Waukegan, IL which is just north of Chicago. I packed up the truck, hooked up my trailer and left Massachusetts at 9pm, we got in to Chicago early in the morning, got the b...

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When I removed the one I had in my boat originally it lived well protected under the pump for over 10 years. I highly doubt it got hit hard any time based upon where it was located. https://photos.app.goo.gl/TGdcAajq4Sq6Wr6b9 When removing the motors, I took the seacock off and then took out the str...

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I'm curious here.... I thought the whole purpose of the backing pads for thru-hulls were a place to mechanically bolt the seacock to the hull without putting bolts actually into the hull. The goal being to protect against the possibility of you going hard aground against something and it scraping of...

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30-33mph = 26-28.7kts I will be psyched if I can cruise in that range, I'm starting to think a 300HP is a luxury and I might be able to get by with a 250HP motor. on the other hand I'll be happy if I can cruise at a solid 24kts and have quite a bit more left available if I want to use it on a FAC da...

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Thank you for the pics.

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HotSpot,

Can you take an overall pic of the original hatch / door? When I got my boat it was gone, I am curious what the original setup was.

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Rocky, please stop telling me stuff that I don't want to hear............................................................................ I went out and looked and it is leaking The truck has been "using" at least 1 qt of oil each oil change since fairly early on, I thought it was the PVC valve sinc...

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I am quite familiar with the TSBs on the rear axle bearings, I'd like to shoot the jacka$$ who thought it would be a good idea to drill a hole in the bearing area and put the wheel spin sensor there - direct path for water to go directly into the bearing as for the TSB - my dealer wouldn't cover the...

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Nice work - love the wood.

How heavy are those slides rated for the yeti? Those coolers are heavy and once you put weight in them get even heavier, never mind the any movement when on the water

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Cam,

That is not a list of items I would like to deal with, hopefully this year will go better for you.

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I have no affiliation with this ebay seller, I bought all new full spools of anchor marine wire from them this last summer, I think the prices from the vendor were quite good and they had free shipping 16/2 100' $42 14/2 100' $50 12/2 100' $65 2/0 heavy battery cable 25' $125 https://www.ebay.com/us...

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Rocky, I didn't replace the snorkel, I won't own the truck by the next time the valves fail.... I had expected and planned on purchasing a new truck last year and I would have already gotten rid of it if covid didn't come through. There is no sense of buying a new truck and have it depreciate sittin...

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Cam, I might make the studs and cut a couple inches of material off the bottom of the board to make strips to attach to the back side and have the board stand off the console 1/2". The wire ties I put on so far have 4 washers on them to make up the gap for a 3/4" screw, I would like those on a stud ...

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Good looking work!!!

How many passes of the fairing compound did it take to do the deck and the inside of the hull?

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Cam, Over the years, on my boat and as well as on several friends boats I've run into too many fuel related issues so I am somewhat paranoid about making sure I can easily service the fuel filter and pickups. Am I going to add a lot of components, yeah but most will be threaded connections. On the e...

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Another fuel line related question - does the fuel line go in the bundle of wires that go to the outboard or do I need a bulkhead fitting like this to pass my fuel line through my splashwell? https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-6rtev5owwo/images/stencil/500x659/products/236896/129158/033210-10__05550.15...

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I did some searching looking at what trawler owners did to manage their tanks and do fuel polishing and searching on the term manifold came across this person messing with an outboard and he used a series of 90 degree fittings to make up a manifold. I'm thinking that I could make up a similar piece ...

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My B25 had twin 3/0s and got pretty good gas mileage some where in the 1.5-2 nmpg range but I did not have a lot of fuel capacity so I never tried to run to the canyons up here in the NE in my boat. I'm guessing that the inboards are not as efficient as the I/Os and the 318s are more thirsty lastly ...

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I'm trying to figure out how to setup my fuel lines from my tank to the outboard engine so I can purchase the parts needed. Here's my set of goals 1. Had my tank made with 2 pickups - want to be able to run off either pickup 2. Want to be able to shut off fuel before and after water separating filte...

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my internet went out yesterday around 10am so I could not connect to work to get any of my work done so I had to take 1/2 day PTO and with that I worked on a visio diagram for the wiring of the boat. I was able to finish off the diagram today. The diagram done in visio spanned 4 pages, when saving a...

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Before you get too much further with the 2nd steering station, why leave the gap between it and the side of the boat? knowing my luck, stuff would fall down that gap and be a total pain in the a$$ to get out never mind trying to finish the area in between. this is my opinion, place the console up ag...

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Carl, Last Summer I got a re-charge getting out on my buddies boat and during a few trips we got into some really nice stripers. He out-fished me handily all of the trips but it got the juices flowing and I got out of my funk and started working on the boat. (his big fish of the day) https://photos....

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I Hope all had a Merry Christmas

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No not really, in my area it will be too cold to do any glassing work until mid to late April. I don't have a decent way to heat the shrink wrapped boat so I have to wait. it doesn't help that I've got plenty of hobbies, such as hunting and photography so I've concentrated on those. Black powder Dee...

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I do remember one term about the B25s being powered by oil slinging fork truck motors

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a$$ dragging hyena
RLDT - rolling little death trap

some terms I seem to remember from Uncle Vic about the B28, I'm not sure if they were both about the B28 or others, thankfully I don't remembering him having too much bad to say about the B25 other than his experience with volvos.

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I wish you good luck with your new Bertram. Please post lots of pics when you get her home.

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I did the Taco rubrail kit with the plastic insert when I did a Hiliner 222 gypsy over. In that project I needed to remove the top cap to put in the new deck so I had to remove the original rub rail which on a 10 year newer boat than my Bertram looked like crap. I have to agree with some of the poin...

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Rawleigh, Hopefully there are no issues with cleaning the back side of the throttle body, I sprayed it down with the cleaning fluid repeatedly which got most of the gunk off and to get the last bit clean, I gave it a gentle wipe with a paper towel. The truck did get better gas mileage after, I had b...

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Last weekend my Tundra went into limp mode and wouldn't come out. I reset the battery and it went back into limp mode 3 restarts later. So I got a code reader and found out it was the secondary air pump valves and I started to cringe. The Tundras are known for problems with this air injection system...

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Prizes showed up today, I'll have to think about the positions of all the switches before I start making up wires.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Vy1fkjF93DgG8tTz6

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After looking at the pics that Cam posted in his thank you post and finding more online of what they look like at night I ordered up the plain white back-lit switches.

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I like the dedicated screen real estate of 2 screens to have Radar/GPS on one and Fish finder on the other. In the past I've had a Raymarine C series and a dedicated Fishfinder. Going forward I am going to go with a pair of Simrad GO9XSE. They are almost 50% of the cost of the same sized screen EVO ...

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unlike last weekend, there is no snow in the forecast, surprisingly the forecast says low 60s so I am going to get as much done as I possibly can while it isn't too cold. I've gotten a lot further along in my project than I would have expected at this point and I thought I was pretty much done with ...

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Lunch time fun, cutting holes in my boat and test fit the VHF and stereo. https://photos.app.goo.gl/P1vDTMxkQ1nobHF59 I didn't realize until I opened the box that the mic for the VHF came out on the left side so I put the Stereo in the center and the VHF on the left side so the mic cable would not h...

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In the past I had 2 small LED lights on the bottom of the radio box over my center console, it was easy enough to turn it on quickly see what I needed and turn it off. I found a hella led light strip https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?id=3711643 which can either be white or red and was going to mo...

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It was fairly warm today so I went out after work and cut holes for 4 cup holders on top of the dash as well as made paper templates to see how the dash would look with electronics and switches https://photos.app.goo.gl/JBq1aqgcPsKZSjUAA I'm not worried about the doghouse falling apart - here's a pi...

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I made some templates and went out after work to see how they would look
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cg2YLy2mPe8YZkpm7

center of dash is 2 rows x5 carling switches
upper vhf is 1 row of 6 and the fusion radio in the center, I didn't do a template of the vhf but that will go starboard side up high

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