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Brew,

Seincere condolences on the loss of your Mom, charish your memories.

Regards,
John

JohnD

Congrats on a great day on the water!!

JohnD

Mark & Lehann,

So sad to hear. Please know that you all are in our thoughts and prayers.

Condolences,
John & Melinda

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Mark,

Glad to hear Mara's making some progress regarding treatments. We're continuining prayers for Mara and your family.

If you find your travels bring you to MD, we're close to BWI and Hopkins.

Regards,
JohnD

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Thanks All, if feels good to do some fishing again. I'll see about getting some fresh wasabbi & do some raw. I'll eat it that way, but others want it cooked. Walter, Thanks for the marinade tip, that's my kind of simple. I do have some Itialian dressing and may try one with vidilia-onion dressing. b...

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Chris, sounds like you had a nice day, even got some heavier fish than we did.

I should have mentioned that ours were on green too both spreader bar rig and stright green-machine.

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I had the chance to fish offshore OC MD this weekend with a friend and with then canyon forecast a little rough, we headed to the hambone for Bluefin and were not dissapointed. Though most around the 30in size we went 6 for 7 on the day and kept our 1 as allowed. So i've got BF Steaks looking for so...

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John, You forgot to include my dad as well.

Harv, I was just thinking of us 3 at the stern. Fishing with you and your Dad are some great memories. Hopefully life will straighten out a little and we can fish agan soon.

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Mack, I'm not sure about capacity, but I know me, Doug & Harv in the back of a detroit powered B31 is something that shouldn't be done for very long... btw, looks like Wednesday's canceled and the flyover on Friday at graduation may be as well... http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/05/navy-blue-angel...

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Durning my repower I didn't consider battery cable type/size, length, location and such. So I got real surprised that it was over $2500 just in materials to run the 5ft or so from the battery location in front of the motors with cable big enough to turn the 3126's. Just another one of those unexpect...

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Mark,

Thanks for taking some time to give us an update on Mara and we will contine to pray and pray harder for her, you and your family.

If you find yourself anywhere near Baltimore, please let us know. We'd be happy to help in anyway.

-JohnD

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Mack,

See if this is what you need...2nd pg diagram C.

http://www.egauges.com/pdf/vdo/0-515-012-020.pdf

If not here's the link to more setup info
http://www.egauges.com/Inst_PDF.asp

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Welcome Aboard!

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Mitch, I'm sure that others who really know will reply, in the mean time here's some food for though. I have no first hand knowledge, just some info on what I've read and the fact that I need to repaint in the next year or two and have been paying attention. 1st thought: if you're having someone pai...

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Oh yeah, that's looking good!! As for ideas, I'd suggest bolting down the leaning post ;) I was going to call and stop by this past weekend, just couldn't figure out a time when I was free. Stuck as a single parent this weekend and still had to make some progress on the B35. This weekend's Easter an...

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Hueso, Congrats and best wishs to Niurka and Nacioand your whole family!!

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Here's Capt Patrick at the 1st Atlantic City Rendezvous 2004, hopefully he'll make another soon. Lots of good memories and more to be made.

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Great Thread! Unlike most here I didn't know much about bertrams before I bought one. Anyway, I stumbled on bertram31.com the summer of 2000, a few months after I had just became the steward of a gas powered B35 (like I said, I didn't know much before buying) which was in need of a little TLC... to ...

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Mark,

We'll be praying had for your daughter, your family and for the doc's!!

Sincerely,
JohnD

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Merry Christmas!!

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Merry Christmas to my Christian brother's!!
and
Happy Hanuukkah to my jewish brother's!!

Happy New Year to all.

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Congrats and Condolences!!! Truthfully I didn't think it would go through, but must have been in the cards. Now you can give the B20 some luv... After all, you're still one of us and there are many years and stories yet to be shared and told. Who knows in another year or so I may be ready for a run ...

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Since my re-power I've used Interlux Tri-Lux with good results. With new shafts, struts, and props I cleaned pre-treated and primed according to interlux instructions and then top coated with tri-lux. The trick seamed to be the pre and priming as I had used tri-lux alone in preveious years with poor...

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Bob, Thanks for the clarity! I too had heard to use only single 30wt oil for the CAT 3116/3126 but not to the detail you explained. My motors are 1998 vintage, so I'm not sure if they have the updated turbo.. so as long as the single wt is working I'll go with that and may give the texaco oil a try ...

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Here's one from the Atlantic City rendezvous, you can see some of the interior, maybe someone else has more pics?

http://www.bertramrendezvous.com/lrgGal ... x?i=77&g=1

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Thanks all for the good advice! I think I'll just go with the rotella T1 30w for the winter change and see how things go next spring. I'll not use the older "T" oil I'll just keep it for emergency or something. Then next oil change I'll just go with CAT SAEO oil, Alban CAT is only a few miles from w...

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Pete,

Congrats, looks like a nice ride!! Those 454's are some great motors and with a little tlc will serve you very well. I had them for 6yrs in my B35 and though the boat was under powered, the performed well.

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John..We are right across from Pasadena..North point creek..We have been trolling in the brewerton past couple weeks...Keep an eye out ,we are in a white 31. Thank, I'll keep an eye out for you, but may not fishing much more this year. I was out for vetern's day and saw a good lookin B31 out by ft ...

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don`t go near those cats with single weight! take it back or leave old oil in.!!!! Bob, What would you recommend? I have heard that the stright 30W Rotella T was ok for the cats and I have about 120hrs on the rotella 30w I'm draining out. I only noticed the difference between T and T1 when I pulled...

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Need some advice or opinion from those familar with Shell Rotella. I use Shell Rotella T 30W in my cat 3126's and have been happy with the performance. I just bought some to do an oil change for winter layup and find that I got T1 not T. When I looked at Shell's website, they show Rotella T is only ...

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Harv,

Best wishes for a speedy and FULL recovery!!!

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John & Melinda

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Randall,

One phrase comes to mind, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome...."

Beautiful work, just don't let the Treasury Dept see how well you did those bills.... (Hey, this may be a new way to pay for boat parts, or fuel bills!!)

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These work well, I'm not sure if another place has them but here's a link to worst marine.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=10638

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John,

Nice work, glad you got the steering straightened out. Maybe you should just hit the gym a couple of times a week and then the steering might not feel so tight ;)

I hear them rockfish shakin now, they don't stand a chance.

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I used Interlux Perfection on the bulkhead of my B35 last summer when I installed a new door. Over all I'd say the most problem I had was with weather, June in MD is fairly humid and unusally wet last winter. I had some problems with drips and the "tipping" process. In all I think when I was done I ...

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I think you need to ask them where's the credit for so many years of an accident free work place for you, your employees and customers. Congrats on almost getting off, but damm I hate to hear that you have to pay anything at all..... btw, pay it quickly by certified check and then lay low...... br, ...

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Looks good, what's for dinner?

I painted mine white and 3yrs later, kind of regret it as it really shows the dirty spots. A good cleaning and touch up is definately on the spring to-do list.

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I have a Butler swim platform it's nice and has served me well, the were good to deal with and I would use them again.

Go for the teak, it will complement the custom look you've got going.

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Peter, I have komacell panels in my cockpit, for probably 3 years before painting with no discoloration. I paid $80 bucks 3 yrs ago and cut cockpit and FB panels for my B35, a big improvement over ply but not structual at all. I painted the ones in the cockpit this some when I replaced my salon door...

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John, Assuming lines connected in the correct order, the system is somewhat simple. As walter mentioned, check the type of fluid, when I replaced my lines, I had some trouble using generic hydraulic fluid instead of hynautic's and found it was tough to turn the wheel. I wound up draining and refilli...

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Staged or not, what a great video, shows how effective the military sniper is and how marksmanship is still as important in this electronic age as it was 20, 40 or 100+ years ago. As we enjoy this holiday season let us not forget our men and women are still fighting a two front war which is just dan...

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Merry Christmas to all and a most Happy Holidays to our non-christian brothers!!.

-JohnD

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We got about 22 inches in good ole Pasadena MD. This pic is from Satruday around 2pm or so, it snowed until midnight... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm120/johndunker/Dec%2009%20Snow/DSC00823.jpg Here's a shot of the deck, later on Saturday night. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm120/johndu...

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Burce,

these guys sell hw as well as the doors.

http://www.aluminum2000.com/Dparts.html

I got a whole door assembly from Sams Marine for my B35, pre-hung swing door which was made by al2000 at less than 1/2 the price of new.

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Congratulations!!!

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Randall, Happy 'B'day, I couldn't help but notice that your b-day was 11-4, that my youngest daughter as well. I'm glad to know she shares the date with you, she's 8yrs old. I can't help but think that 11-4 must be the B-day for artists or at least those who are a piece of work, as most 8yr old girl...

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John, Have a great time this weekend and if you'd like lets fish on 11-11? I start work on 11-9 but have 11-11 off ;) anybody else in the area is welcome. If you'd like I'll take my boat to annap and we can go from there. Charis the time and obey the requests ( my Mom's 81 as well....) Shoot me an e...

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I had a great time on Friday afternoon, my friend Jeff and I met up with Doug and John at Pussers for a warm up before walking the docks. It was a chilly and rainy, generally a crappy day for a boat show. I only got on one boat, the Cabo 35 which was nice but at $469k "Boat Show" price I'll keep my ...

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Pete,

Sorry to hear what's going on, good to hear you still got your sense of humor.

Hang in there, this too will pass & we're pulling for you.

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Randall,

Here's a simple trick, you could always try swapping the carbs on the motors, if you swap and the problem follows the carb, have it rebuilt. If not then you can start looking elsewhere.

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