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Well, what would a boat be without issues. On our run out last week, one of my tachs was bouncing around giving bad readings. Figure that's probably a bad ground, and should be easy enough to fix. More concerning, once we got out of the harbor, my high stbd transmission light came on. I limped back ...

Image of the shower curtain deployed. It is purely for privacy when at an anchorage and does the job. Everything drains into the bilge and it attaches to the same snaps I use for the cockpit cover. This is I think only going to work on a 31 FBC or SF. http://i.imgur.com/qM0QrF5.jpg You can see the ...

I use the 943xsv, but if the 942xs is the same, there should be a button you can press on the left side of the screen that says "stop navagation" when I'm looking at the map - that might get rid of the line?

I think learning to glass is going to be the right call here - right now my super duper marine military grade white duct tape covers it well enough you don't immediately notice it, so that'll give me time to do some research and figure out how to fix it correctly. The speakers are all the way aft, o...

Over the last few weeks I've been installing speakers into the old girl, with mostly good results. When I was working on the stbd rear speaker though, I put a hole in the wrong place, and that now needs to be patched. I figure I can make a replacement piece the right size using the scraps from where...

Radar arch got a trial by fire this weekend! We had probably 3-4' waves in Long Island Sound yesterday, with 20-30 knot winds, and I had to make a 12 mile run back home. Compared to the old boat, it's incredible how well these hulls handle the waves. We were able to chug along at 14ish mph the entir...

Yannis -

Probably a pretty fair point there. Wonder if I could make do with some heavy duty zip ties? The “joint” shouldn’t see much lateral force.

The bimini ended up being easier than I thought it would be. I figured I'd start by getting the frame to sit under the arch properly, and then deal with the canvas after. I cut 12" out of the middle of the bimini frame, and connected the the sides back together with stiff tubing, and secured with ho...

Yannis, I'll have to look into something like that at some point - I like the idea of having hot showers and being able to cook at anchor, but wasn't sure if I wanted to utilize the alcohol stove/run the engines to warm the water/bring a generator. Having a propane heater seems like a elegant soluti...

Doug - Interesting thought with the solar showers under the flybridge overhang. We have some sort of shower curtain rigged up from the previous owner, but I've got a feeling we're going to have a similar experience with water going everywhere. It also looks like that for the water to get the the rea...

Behind the ball a little bit, but here are a few pictures when we got her, the first picture showing her next to our old boat:

Appreciate the insight from you guys! It really is incredible how much knowledge is lurking around on these boats. I'll definitely check out your shower thread, Yannis - I think I should be able to get under the floor by removing the toilet and then the floor itself, but that'll be lower on the list...

Hey all, Last year my wife and I bought an '86 28 Flybridge from a gentleman who had owned the boat since 1987, upgrading from a 23' cuddy cabin. When I first saw the ad, I hadn't really heard of Bertrams before, but a mechanic friend pressured me into looking at it, telling me I'd be hard pressed t...