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Micky, you are making me look bad with all the slow progress on my boat, you get way more done than I could dream of.

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I went out and took a pic - it was quite dark and my phone's flash isn't great

starboard side
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mgrimXbC2TyU7SmU8

Port side - I got interrupted before completely finishing this side
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jDfUSkxs47t24oik7

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- Post Board Migration Cleanup - I removed the sub domain forum.bertram31.com and the test forum I used to test the migration.

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Today's festivities - - Started the day finishing up grinding the insides of the hull sides forward of where my doghouse will sit port https://photos.app.goo.gl/tZLZpjo8TcpVHjXKA starboard https://photos.app.goo.gl/tn5XtUjny5pJnvBn6 then glassed one layer of 1.5oz mat - crappy pics, can't really tel...

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Hi Folks,

The upgrade has completed, enjoy!!!

Please post any issues you may find and I will address them as I can.

Matt

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Folks - I downloaded a copy of the database and used the migration tool designed by the board software makers and migrated the site. I uploaded the migrated database to the sub domain test forum. - Post Board Migration Cleanup - I removed the sub domain and the test forum - removed link from this po...

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Bruce, out of the 23K of older posts I have matched up old user name to new user name on roughly 21000 of the posts, those users make up the bulk , probably 100 more with only a few posts. I am still trying to figure out how to organize the data to present it, been messing with it in excel but the s...

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Hi All, been going through old posts and trying to map out users from old board to new board, there are a whole lot of posts that user names haven't matched, I've been able to match up quite a bit by email addresses but there are a few names with a lot of posts and names or emails don't match. so so...

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I have no advice on upgrading, you'd have to search out products and find what you like. As for filling In, Captain Pat's article is quite good - http://bertram31.com/proj/tips/hole_patch.htm Since the area is larger - I wold bevel out the glass on both sides, then construct a board and wrap it in p...

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I saved these pics from someone else's B25 in my Archive when the boat was up for sale, not sure If I will make the top hatch cover the top frame or not, but similar thought on the doors. The interior of mine won't ever get that fancy.... https://photos.app.goo.gl/RH6R7xW5yqHqxzz17 view inside the c...

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As a family of 4, our days of my wife and I sleeping on the boat are done, with twin daughters having a cabin for a porta-pottie / Changing room is an essential item. The old hatch covering the porta-pottie still works and I left enough room to make it still use-able. The cabin is big enough for the...

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That's a no go on making the cabin entrance smaller, I think the opening in the top of the cabin makes it easier to get in and out. I'm 6'1" and don't fold up all that well so I need all the extra space as possible.

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I'm not sure what happened to the boat in the past to convert it to a single, the hatch in front of the motor cover does not look stock, looks like something was done to redesign the deck there.... as for fuel tanks, the original bertram fuel tanks were fiberglass, when ethanol was introduced in to ...

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Cabin door frame pics and design - I am thinking out what I am going to do for my cabin door and frame. Here's some pics of the area as it sits right now. Some background - When I shortened the cabin area to make more deck space (removed 22" of cabin space) I cut the cabin top and removed a portion ...

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I sanded out the top of the doghouse roof and put on 2 coats of gelcoat @30 min apart. It was coming out quite good but at the end of the 2nd coat I had a bit of extra gelcoat so I was trying to spread it on with the roller and it started to fall apart. I decided not to mess with it wet and let it c...

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I sanded down the area in the transom to prepare to put 1.5oz mat over everything and transition over to using vinylester based products so I could finish up with a gelcoat surface. It took a bit of playing around with the grinder and vise grips to get the screws I was using to fill the holes out be...

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another idea similar to mine and what was referenced by snipe, cut the engine cover where it would interfere, add the cut out section of glass back to the outboard wing section. quick drawing - - I am assuming that only a portion needs to be cut out to get past the tower leg, showing ideas #1 and #2...

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How about cutting and hinging a portion of the top of the motor box in the area which would hit the tower leg? You could start to raise the engine cover, once you are going to hit the tower leg, fold the obstruction portion away and continue opening the cover Could you take a pic of the engine cover...

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Adam, I don't know, Whomever put the carpet in my boat didn't spare the glue..... my experience with the grinder on it was that it started melting it first and it would build up on the grinder and come off in blobs, the sticky mass holds a lot of heat so you don't want to get that on you. After the ...

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Bob,

You want to talk about ugly............. try commercial bass season off race point
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xywUADfLVSr1QuU67

Shortly after taking this photo we were in the rip and I had a fish on, one foot in my boat, crotch on the gunnel and my second foot pushing off another boat.

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I let the top of the roof dry out and had 5 min to run outside between meetings so I put the roof on top of the doghouse so it would get more sun, I like how it is coming out but think I could screw up the looks if I don't get the windows right. I'm thinking I will need to spend more on the side win...

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smaller boat, I run 1 size up anchor, 12' chain and have (2) 300' lengths of rope, the 1st section is on the chain, 2nd is on board in case $hit happens. I can handle most anything inshore, if offshore I am probably screwed and need more rope. If I get my project done and start fishing offshore more...

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30-40 min tasks are great to knock out in this covid stuck at home stuff if you can keep your calendar clear over lunch

I flipped over the roof and sanded and mixed up the same filler as last night.

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the glass was still somewhat tacky so I put a 500 watt halogen on one side at 7am and switched it over to the other side at noon, should be good to go onto the next step tonight after work.

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Since the topic of carpet came up, what about removing the glue used to hold it down? When I got my boat the carpet was NASTY and I promptly pulled it out and bleached it down but haven't done much since then. At some point in my project I will want to finish that area and I would like advice of get...

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Hi Tony, I agree, When the plates were bonded in, I did a rather large fillets on the outside. It may not show up well on the screen but I put a 45 degree fillet on the edges, it probably extends the size of the plate by 1" towards the middle of the boat, on the outside you can see the curve of the ...

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one other thing, to get the glass over the bolts with the heads cut off, I gave each one a couple light taps with a hammer to press through the glass and then needed to also use a utility knife to make small incisions to open the holes a little bigger so the glass wouldn't distort.

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I somewhat answered my own question when I went out after work and saw that the surface of the roof had somewhat filled in by just painting on a layer of straight resin. https://photos.app.goo.gl/VyGFke7Tfz6Y41C59 I cut the excess glass from glassing in the front edge and then sanded the panel to ge...

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I added 3 layers of 1708 on top of the cleats set in epoxy. I have to say I dislike epoxy when working with 1708 as I spent an enormous amount of time bubble busting and even with that still ending up with a bubble in the upper part of the starboard side. It won't affect anything but it seems that t...

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looks rough, I'm not sure I would trust the statements about how long it was sitting based upon the look of the turbo. What was the gash in the bottom from? did it go aground hard and rip out the prop support? this part is in jest.... good candidate if you wanted to convert a B31 to outboards a lot ...

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I've got to figure out a way to get weather reports that I trust... I don't watch much tv and using the app on my PC is messing me up. I look at it and says rain for days, next day, cloudy, I don't know what to think as it is sunny right now. Last night it rained pretty hard and the cover on the boa...

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Not much to report for last night, I re-cut the edge of the doghouse roof so I could put a nicer curve on the corner and glassed the edges again. There's still a small section in the center of the front and back of the roof which needs some glass. https://photos.app.goo.gl/XVqvq1STtK8UhN5s7 I also c...

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I sound like a broken record but I didn't get as much done as I wanted. This time it was the fairing compound gumming up sanding pads. The morning was cloudy, cool and very humid, it seemed like it was going to rain even though the forecast said it wouldn't. I started early trying to knock down high...

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plates drilled out, tapped,, junk screws with their heads cut off waxed into the holes. I cut 1/4" deep crosshatch patterns in the back of the panels with a grinder blade to add more surface area to bond. I mixed up a 16oz batch of Epoxy for each plate then mixed with milled fibers and cabosil. I co...

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the resin not curing set me back a bit today so I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but in the end most stuff got done. I'm keeping topics together but due to cure out times, I bounced between different tasks. The over catalyzed resin on the splash well cured out and I was able to sand ,...

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Yannis - no way - sadly I HATE AGILE project methodology for my real job but it works exceedingly well if I plan out 45min task to do over lunch. covid has me "working from home", I haven't gone in the office for 6 months so I can pop outside for an hour for lunch if project managers don't overbook ...

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I opened another thread on reinforcing for swivel rod holders in the stern http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14744 Over lunch I did a little sanding to get the filler pieces between the top cap and the transom storage panel I built flush. When bonding in the sides of the spashwell I fil...

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I worked on filling in the area and making a backer board last night and got it all bonded in. I used some scrap pieces of the boat which I cut out and cut them to size, I mixed up some goop and installed by screwing through the top cap to make sure everything is tight. raw parts fitted https://phot...

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I'm curious about the weight and the placement of the weight. I'm probably going to run into problems of being too light as well as I am most likely going to end up lighter than both of your and Cam's boat.

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No pics from last night - I messed around with trying to figure out how to reinforce the top cap for swivel rod holders then when it started getting late I glassed the inside top of my doghouse with 1.5oz mat to make a nice smooth surface for fairing and gelcoat and put a 500 watt halogen on it for ...

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I'll second the request. I'm no where near the point of messing with the cabin on my project but would really like suggestions of what will work going up to a 50 class reel.

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I'm sure a lot of you know this metal tapping tip, I am not as familiar with metalworking, this is what I learned last night. I watched a couple of youtube videos then did another test hole which seems to have turned out well. After turning the tap in a few turns forward and getting to the point of ...

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I didn't want to mess up where I needed it for real so I did a test hole and tapped it in the corner of one of the plates, the area can be filled in when I bond the plate, it came out ok but I don't think it is completely right. The tap was getting hard to turn by hand and I didn't want to snap the ...

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I got 2 pieces of 3/4" marine ply cut out for the backer boards and made them so they fit right up to the front of the transom storage panel. I am not quite sure what to do where the top cap changes height and the gap. I'm thinking about finding some scrap pieces of material which match the right he...

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Cam, I ran out and tried to take a better pic of the area https://photos.app.goo.gl/MS9UdfMHSeGMNf1c6 The storage module is glassed front side and back with 2 layers of 1708, I also have 2 layers of glass on the top cap, so one side is covered with your gusset, in the foreground there are 2 lines, t...

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Hi All, I did a fair amount of giant fishing in high school and college crewing for a captain so I get the game, it has just been quite a few years since I've done it. I don't have the gear myself but a buddy has a few bent butt 80s and someday plan on drowning some baits. This is all wishful thinki...

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Snipe - those aren't going anywhere without an extreme amount of force. Not that I would go down that path as I like the triangle hawse pipes that my boat came with in the top cap were you attached your cleats, I am curious how you added chaffe protection when passing the dock line through the side ...

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by 5pm, I had enough glassing and the doghouse and roof had cured enough to handle. I really wanted to see how the doghouse would look so I stood it up and test placed the roof on top side view - can see where I conserved resin by not adding it to where I will eventually cut out windows. https://pho...

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I took today off from work to work on my project - gotta love PTO - no vacation for me. I worked on a spashwell first fitting the base piece then working on the sides, the sides took me quite a long time for each piece because they are back beveled quite a bit https://photos.app.goo.gl/5w6vkerrgdhvQ...

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Saturday morning I really wanted to glass the outside of the doghouse with 1.5oz mat but it seemed too cold and my wife wanted to go to the cape for the weekend so I worked on other things before getting out of town after lunch........ like putting a notch in my transom. I really didn't want to notc...

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