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I had ours shipped 2 years ago. $3500.00 540 miles.

1-732-470-8444.... godfather industries

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On the multi tool, use a carbide cutting tool. My carbide cutting tool has lasted almost the entire project

For any grinding, use a carbide grinder instead of sand paper, You'll love that!

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I left you a PM. I hadn't noticed yours until a few days after you sent it.

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I have progressive on my 1976 28' Bert. Its way to expensive. In my business I don't really have any issue with them approving claims, I do have issues with them sending a check. Boat US is the best, except on older boats. You have to be careful with who they insure you through. Sometimes the fisrt ...

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That blue/green color was the corrosion on the copper. I know your currency isn't the same as ours, but if you have a green American penny, you can toss it in some vinegar, and the vinegar will turn green, and the penny will be nice and shiny copper. My opinion is that you're not doing any damage wi...

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Shannon, I tell you that fiberglassing the windshield frame, means making of it a strong structural component, not screwed but bonded both on deck and flybridge; this brings a huge bonus: all deck deflections and bouncing on the bow, disappear. Not only: this allow cutting left/right part of the da...

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here's some shots of the deck where I was grinding out the rod holder, and started running into voids, and poor lamination

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Ironworker wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '25, 10:20 My boat is listed as manufactured by Halter Marine in Miami.

BTW, I have two 31 windshields that are free

I am fiberglassing mine in. I am installing a head port and forward, where the "dash" used to be. I cut the dash out.

Are they Glass? I thought someone claimed them already.

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Tommy, no ASS at all man, like I said, I'll take yalls word over my "assumption" any day. I appreciate all the information in here. The tumblehome shape, and the way the flybridge fits the boat, and the curved windshield are the line I absolutely love on the 31's. All the boats now adays look like F...

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I've seen decks, soles, bridges, and windshield frames being made aftermarket, along with other items. I have not seen a hulls being made aftermarket. The identifying thing for me is the old green polyester resin. I think my hull is original, I really think the deck is aftermarket, and the bridges i...

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drill some small holes around the boat, and see if its cored. I can't imagine it being cored through the entire boat, unless someone laid ply, then glassed over it. If that's the case, just lift the plug out

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Tony, when I found that documentation number, I checked the USCG records on it, and they did not have a hull number listed. The 2 part mold makes more sense to me. I've seen multi part molds utilized when the shape of the product being made cannot be pulled out of the mold. The barrel shape of the B...

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That's interesting that they built two halves, and joined them together. That explains why the center line is so distinct where I sanded the transom of the boat. I assumed that center line was a past repair or something. I have been taking measurements and checking what is level and true as I tear d...

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I have seen handcrafted boats not be symmetrical. I cannot say that I was aware of this on the 31. Is this difference because the boat was hand crafted, or is this by design? This would probably explain why it was such a pain in the ass to bunk the trailer properly. I cut each bunk the same on the t...

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The cap is not very strong. The various components were put in place with gobs of resin putty then a layer of glass over the joints. I give you credit for pulling the cap. I never would have attempted to do that. I spent a lot of time installing glass upside down. Regarding the stringers...I didn't...

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Not really a lot of deflection to speak of. The hull of that thing is tremendously strong. The sides did spring out a bit, but they will go right back in place when I reinstall the cap. I have mine sitting on a trailer, and did bunk it about as perfect as I could before really cutting to much out, a...

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Catching up on a few photos. I haven't been able to spend as much time on the boat as I would like, but slow and steady wins the race! I've been trying to get all these old repairs ground down, and searching for the HIN still. Hopefully I can start going back together soon https://i.imgur.com/GgchO0...

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I use CLR to clean calcium deposits in the cooling system. I do remove them, and dunk them in a bucket full of CLR though.

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no worries man, sorry it didn't work out. Mine are not in great shape, but they may have got you a couple more years... kick the can

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my engines are 6LYA-STP. I don't know what, if any difference that makes on mixers. See if these will work for you if you want them. https://i.imgur.com/Z41X8j2.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Do1phKR.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/8WHkqRR.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/whZlJcY.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/jhNuQks.jpeg ht...

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I made my own dry exhaust up and over the engine, then made my own mixer. AJ I will not need my original mixers anymore if you want them. I did drill a hole in one mixer for an egt probe. I will attach some pictures here shortly of the mixers. Karl Ditto on the turbos, I dropped around 7-9k on turbo...

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I've always used gelcoat for bilge coatings, and I've always rolled it out as opposed to spraying, that way you do not have to thin it. I've also always used a light gray coating because you can detect oil leaks, trans leaks, and coolant leaks because of the contrasts. Light gray also stays looking ...

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Yannis wrote: ↑Jan 17th, '25, 11:50 ...or, how to divert a thread on boats to a thread on cattle feed!! LOL

Thanks guys.

i thought the same thing... I hate to hijack a thread, but that tickled me to much to let it go.

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That was great to see Yannis' on the corn fed comment. Defiantly a southern expression.

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That's pretty slick brother. I am setting my bathroom up in the same area. I'm glad to see yours to get a general idea on how it will look.

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Shannon, I recall that Bob H. pulled off his deck when he re-did his Bahia Mar if that’s any help for ideas. The wood under my Bahia Mar gunnels are rotten, too, and I’ve been debating on pulling the deck… but I don’t think I could pull that off where I’m working on it. Jeremy and Rick, did you fin...

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Tommy,

Thanks. They did a good job putting that together

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I plan to cut out all of the wood, and was thinking 5 layers of glass.... Matt, Bi-ax, Matt, Bi-ax, then Matt. I was going to do coosa gussets for support (gunnel to hull), and running wires through. I debated doing rod holders, I have not made that decision yet.

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LOL. Don't PTSD out on my now, this will go great. I need to flip that deck to get to the underside, I've already tried once, and I am going to have to come up with another plan, it was flexing to much for my liking. I do have a question maybe ya'll can answer for me. Is this an original deck with t...

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its the snowball effect..... while I'm here, lol. The wood under the deck was rotten around the rod holders, and the bow has an incomplete repair from the wood under it rotting. Might as well get it fixed while I'm torn down this far. I told my son that he is getting this boat when I am gone. I don'...

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That's pretty dang slick. Nice article!

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I have a little to update. We are wrapping up our winterizations for the year, and I am slowly finding time to work on the boat. I just completed lifting off the deck over the weekend. I figured yall may get a kick out of this. https://i.imgur.com/D2egzHQ.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/PoNZtph.jpeg https:...

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I've tried to get udp plastics to make me windshields before. I have put in online order, and made numerous phone calls, and emails with zero luck. I finally got to the point that I had to learn how to make my own windshields. It is really not that difficult to do. I recently removed the windshields...

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make one, its not difficult.

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For the average newer boat a salvage title reduces value and will be tougher to insure. -- A salvage on a new boat can be one big can of worms. Repairs can be done 100% or made to look that way so that Salvage title is buyer beware. A 31 Bertram is already tough to insure do to its age. Value at th...

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Yannis wrote: ↑Nov 21st, '24, 00:13 On the other hand, an experienced friend suggests that when you see fire, jump overboard quickly.
He claims there is simply no way you can suppress a diesel fire.
I do not want to test the validity of this claim!

I'm down with that, Ive seen boats burn, I would suggest a swim too.

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Tony,

I've wondered if that would be the case. It makes sense. I've also wondered if you could use a halon system to actually shut a diesel down that was in a run on situatuion

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Carl, Mastercraft uses a ZF V-drive in their boats (or they did about 20 or so years ago) Within 250 hours, the input shaft seals would fail. I've replaced many of them. Just the was up into the 200 dollar range, Unbelievable. I tried to source that seal out to our local seal and bearing facility wi...

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very beautiful!

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what country do you live in and what fuel? here in the USA fuel tanks cannot be built into the boat itself. There are boats that are still built today that do this , how they get away with it I don't know ( never mind EPA requirements for fuel tanks in regards to emissions on new boat built). By bu...

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You also need one inspection opening per baffled compartment, wide enough to fit your whole arm in case you have to inspect and clean the tank. My issue with this is the potential for leaks, but a great idea non the less. When fuel injection was first introduced in my industry (inboard tournament s...

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That's a good call, there's no telling what these guys will add to fuel later on in life.

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its not working for me either at the moment

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I was thinking about a coosa build, then a heavy lamination with fiberglass, using a vinylester resin. It looks like seaboard marine did the same thing in shooter. Fiberglass and gelcoat work is not outside my abilities. The knowledge proper materials for this project is outside my scope though. I g...

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Has anyone ever built a fuel tank?

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well head home unless the bite is good then. lol

I lost an engine about 30 or so miles out. I turned around to head home, and made a slight detour to a wreck, and we dropped for snapper. we ended up catching a limit, and salvaging the day. I get not wanting to head home

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I have yet to use autopilot. I have used Garmin's electronics for about 4 years now. Previous to that I used Simrad. I love how easy Garmin is to use, very intuitive, and the active captain rocks. I do have Garmins compact reactor that I was in the process of installing on my 28, but now that I have...

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I cannot find those parts through my vendors. I did reach out to ZF this morning to see if they offer options to dealers to purchase parts at a wholesale price. I need parts for my gears too. We will see what they say

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out of curiosity, do you have the part numbers on those? I can get some ZF goodies from one of my vendors.

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No worries on the posting. My hope is that a good documentation will help someone out later on. AJ, I will more than likely re-glass all the openings, and relocate where necessary. Some things I like, some things don't make sense to me. My thinking today is to put the generator down the middle of th...

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