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The only reason my 52y.o. B28 is insured, is because I had started the insurance a long time ago. Otherwise, if you step into a new plan, no insurance covers any boat so old. They cover alright all third party liability, injuries and pollution (compulsory by law), but the boat itself cannot be cove...

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Tommy wrote: ↑Nov 11th, '24, 16:19
I look forward to taking a ride on her with you at some point in the future!

Tommy:
I’ll take your word for it!

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I know the family you purchased her from, my wife's family also have a house on Santa Maria. I've been out in Eta Beta a few times, what a boat but it was in dire need of a lot of work. Dove fai i lavori? Olbia? The charming ‘Ingardis’ are one of the nicest chapter of Eta Beta’s history and I just ...

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Francesco, I don’t know about the first project you asked about, but the owner of the “Hei Hei” used to post here some. I suspect you’ve already found it but he posed under the name Mizerita. He posted a bit about the boat He kept the boat down in Key West but I saw it go up for sale a few years ag...

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It's not a video Pete, but I hope you enjoy: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54051674033_35fb04d041_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54051689153_36c35c4b9c_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54051673998_70989c6176_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54051749639_76c71eee03_h...

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I'm perfectly aware of my OCD and I do apologise with all of You Faithful, but digging into some amazing thread on this board, sometimes I wonder: How this spectacular restoration ended?!? One in particular meant a lot to me, due I saw some picture and I undertook the investigation that brought me t...

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I am assuming my frames aren't original, and that they were made by Cabrera. I have the windows, and trim rings available at the moment. Hopefully this will answer your question This is more than a clue Shannon, that left side flybridge structure is an inch longer than right one (mine is one inch);...

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Do You Faithful have some evidence that port window frame is some 1" longer than starboard one? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54028096454_c9b7132251_3k.jpg We made the two molds (P&S) identical even though my original frames were different, but I would like to figure out if this discrepancy is...

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Years ago Walter said use the boat a bunch and figure out what you want to do..... One thing I've said for years is I'm not going to die in one of those $3 life jackets, so I only carry the fancy Type 1 offshore vest, 6 or 8 of them. What I did was remove the cabinet and door in the galley under th...

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Yannis, At the moment I keep my boat in my facilities north of Athens at Metamorfosi . I love classic old boats from 11” and up😀 so starting first with my boats I have created a fully organized workshop and with experienced personnel for all the fiberglass, metal, glass ,thermosettings or thermopla...

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https://imgur.com/a/xxIOrRU These are some fotos of the UPVC rub rail that I produce now in Greece . Stav, Your rubrail looks like the profile offered by Capt. Whitaker on his website (http://www.31bertram.com) I bought the last set from him 6 months ago and he told me that in order to have it agai...

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Even the very Best sometimes forget that 'the devil is in the details'

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In any case, the picture above is not an Express but a sedan, the helm is too far forward. The express has same FBC Cabin, but the helm is just aft the head...my steering wheel pump is just inside the head with controls above and just forward the bulkhead with me standing above motor. You're right ...

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I'll do for sure.
Thank you Pete!

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On a side note, does anyone have a set of flybridge side steps they would be looking to sell (rare as hens teeth, I know) Had looked for a set for my last 31, but sold the boat and forgot about it. Appreciate any and all help. Ron A fellow Member of this board wrote in a thread about these 'Perko s...

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...I would think before ordering measurements would need to be taken. I think they did a great job on the mold. The finished product should look great. Express upper windscreen Tony, as I could see from pictures, has a completely different shape from the original front frame... Different from this ...

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trace elements wrote: ↑Sep 23rd, '24, 08:25 Windshield looks great. How did the boat run with the 6.2 small blocks?

When I sailed the boat to the shipyard where I loaded her on the truck, she made 24ktns @ 3.300 RPM.
Boat was empty and low fuel

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If I remember correctly, the frame for each 31 seems to differ slightly, so I would think before ordering measurements would need to be taken. I think they did a great job on the mold. The finished product should look great. Tony, I will take measures of 2 further aluminum frames that have been dis...

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Wow, looks amazing! A thought on reducing crating and shipping cost may be to cut the two side sections at the pillars. They could easily be lined up and glassed on site, may even make for an easier install. Anyway, I'd be interested...only need the front section for my upper Express helm. Carl, I'...

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Well: It seemed to me like an elephant pregnancy, but finally the frame came out from the mold. It has been quite a journey, scanning, engineering, making math and putting the mold together, but it seems pretty like the frame that was made by Broadus Rose once, unfortunately not available anymore. T...

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DanielM wrote: ↑Sep 20th, '24, 21:22 Sorry for the imperial units. I looked for my tape with metric units but couldn’t find it.

Sorry for the Imperial units?!?
Thank YOU for spending your time to help me with these more than accurate measures!
I'm grateful, but not surprised since it's the Faithfuls Signature
francesco

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Mistakes as in the 31 or mistakes as in the original 35? As far as I read, apart from the wet issues the new boat inherited from the 31 and rolling problem, which increased with raised centre of gravity (thanks God there's Seakeeper), complaints are addressed to small cockpit, combined with engines...

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https://www.instagram.com/p/C__MrBLRsex ... ByYXk5YzZy

When the cure is worse than the disease…

“Our 35FB demands attention from every angle. With a new beamier and a longer hull our 35FB blends innovative luxuries and fish-rigged capabilities”

In other words: “We made few mistakes”

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Apart from some minor cosmetic touches, like engines compartments and some touch ups, for a boat after 20 years since her refurbishing, she's in very good shape; not to mention she's the sublimation of Patrick's heritage!

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I guess this is the best picture of Capt. Patrick on Buddy Boy https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53963661666_2db92c5c5f_h.jpg He's definitely the GOAT as far as Bertram 31s. By the way: boat under the name of Legacy, is currently offered on YachtWorld https://www.yachtworld.it/yacht/1973-bertram-3...

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Hi Guys: During these final resting days (I'll be on vacation till Monday), I had to put some order in the ginormous quantity of B31 pictures I gathered in the last few years with the aim to getting ideas for my project and I found hundreds of nice vintage and contemporary pics of gorgeous 31s. I th...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53925242615_6f491d3371_k.jpg It happens to see some pretty nice job on these boats nowadays; more than often for less than those figures https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53925259700_101510ce7d_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53925260100_10e7ac7503_z....

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I've had great results with Worton Creek In Chestertown, Maryland. They do excellent work and are reliable and reasonable. Call them and ask for John Patnovic or Patrick Callahan. They will take care of you. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53894443277_3b04cd3844_b.jpg You're definitely right: T...

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Tommy!
It's great to hear from you!

Icing on the cake about this gorgeous Bahia Mar, is her home port is Portofino!

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Tony Meola wrote: ↑Jul 29th, '24, 21:26 Almost as good as this one.

https://bertram31.com/articles/tgiabertram.htm

it reminds me this one too:

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IMHO this is not the engine compartment somebody dream of...definitely not the engine shape of $1.15 MLN priced boat

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Click on Stav name on one of his replies in this thread and send him a Private Message...

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jayjays1 wrote: ↑Jul 24th, '24, 06:46 Hey Guys as always I am all in for a couple sets whatever the price! Hope this thread gets revived.
Sorry I have been a-wall for a bit and my project is stalled for the mo!

JJ

Did you get in touch with Stav with a PM?

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Ciao Luca, I recently bought a 1970 Sportfish with 6.2MPI DTS 320hp and I do confirm that at 3200 rpm, boat runs at 24ktns. I sailed from Maddalena to Olbia, put the boat on a truck and the truck on a ferry to Livorno. I'm now refurbishing the boat from stringers and since engines had no fresh water...

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Ciao Luca. At cruise speed, let's say 25ktns, you should burn some 24 gal/h (90 litri/h) for a total consumption in between 155 and 160 gallons (550-600 litri). What you should check carefully, is if your tank (that on a boat manufactured in 1976 shouldn't be less than 215 gals) is clean and the fue...

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Yannis: The pictured 28 is a gasser as well, equipped with 2 Mercs 6.2L 350hp each https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53867141536_4b3a3a33e1_w.jpg And yes, AKI stays for Akita as you may notice looking at the nice lady sitting in the cockpit :-D A SportFish 31, with the only limitation of a proper ...

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Yannis: First thing thank you for your kind availability. With a friend of mine who owns a 28 :wink: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53865698667_b9e669a2e7_k.jpg we're considering to work on a second 31, as a kind of assembly line, in order to cut all major project costs I'm bearing (rendering, ...

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Boat seems to be in quite bad shape

https://www.yachtworld.it/yacht/1986-be ... r-9180967/

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Franzesco, I have the same motors Yanmar 4lha-stp and they are declared as 240-250hp, depending on the temperature of the fuel used; the colder the fuel the more hp produced. But 260 hp for these motors, like this ad says, I have never seen before. Yannis, We pay diesel €2/liter; its due gas statio...

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I would be interested in seeing more pics of this stainless-steel wonder---more complete pics of the boat if available---seems like big investment was made. Craig, unfortunately I have few pictures of windows details, since I took them from the dock, while I was investigating 8) on the metal shop w...

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Those stainless window frames are amazing. I do agree Peter, but €25K plus €5K for boat transportation to Carpenter's Shop and 2/3 months without any chance to working on the boat, was too much for me. They even made SS rubrail [url=https://flic.kr/p/2q4xdNN] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/538...

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Francesco, Hurricanes are just part of the deal if you live coastal in a big part of the country and the Caribbean. It’s been that way the entire 40 years I’ve been on the coast. I love being near the water so, 'it is what it is'. We’re reasonably well prepared, and it was only a Cat 1. I’ve been l...

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Daniel: Nice to hear everything is fine. It sounds impressive here in the old Continent, how you guys are able to recover from hurricanes, assuming it happens almost every year. Honestly speaking and above all in my Country, we're not resilient to natural disasters and apart from a few severe floods...

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I do agree Carl, primarily due they had the boat refurbished by one of the most iconic custom sportfisherman Manufacturer. What I can't see here, with all due respect for selling Firm, is the marketing strategy to putting the boat on sale after less than one year since delivery. This may induce some...

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Boat is offered at $1,150 Mio...

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Yannis wrote: ↑Jul 9th, '24, 19:32 Has anybody called James yet?

You mean the Broker Yannis?

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Few days ago I saw former Buddy Boy, now Legacy, offered for 220 grand, OBO.
Call me nostalgic but I'd choose Buddy Boy 365 days a year and not for the price...

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Well, it looks like I might get to go back home sooner than mid-week. Going home Sunday night if the flight makes. Trying to get in before Hurricane Beryl. Looks like she might come ashore in my back yard. She’s only projected to be cat 1 and my place is just barely inside the cone of projected lan...

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