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Charlie,

That truly would terrify people!

JB

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Hey Tommy,

We were on at 7:30 am, not pm. Hope some of you were able to find us, it's pretty awesome to be on Discovery this year. Thanks!

JB

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Hi Guys, I'm still providing content for the Bertram website so if you haven't sent photos and info about your boat, or the Bertram of someone you know, please do so. The people viewing these posts on the site really like reading about your boats and your experiences with them. Many thanks! jbrownle...

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Thanks Neil!

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Good morning guys, I need some more boats to feature on the Bertram website. If you're interested, please send a short writeup about your boat and a few photos. Once again, it can be fishing stories, how you redid the boat, repowering, just about anything is fair game. Thanks for the help. JB jbrown...

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Thanks Bruce, a sad day.

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Happy trails Patrick. You've been a good friend for a long time.

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With Michael Peters.

http://www.bertram.com/news-events/QA-w ... Peters/121

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This one's for Dug:

http://www.bertram.com/news-events/A-Pr ... wes-31/119

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http://www.bertram.com/news-events/A-Pr ... ia-Mar/116

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I'll call you guys, thanks!

JB

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Good morning guys, Our company is working on marketing with Bertram and that includes creating Web content for the Bertram website. I've been put in charge of creating and organizing this, and one of the ideas we're going to pursue involves posting stories from current Bertram owners. These can be a...

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Eric,

Good to hear from you. Please give Margot my regards. I ran into her at TSL about five years ago.

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Pete, Had the boat surveyed to renew insurance last August and it's still for sale. I've showed it to a lot of people but all lowballs so far. Fine by me because I still love the boat and it's running great. But the fact is, everybody wants triple engine outbaords that cruise at 50 mph and they will...

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Thanks Frank! It's going to be a lot of fun. Just got back from a great shoot in Charleston, SC, and I'm off to Key West today to shoot another show with RT Trosset. We're hoping to put together a shoot at Tropic Star in the fall as well.

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Abaco Yacht Services on Green Turtle is an excellent yard, I've had them work on my boat before. On the left as you enter Black Sound. And there are several great yards in Man-O-War too.

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Bob, I don't think QSMs will fit in the 37. I looked at repowering mine with 450C recons and even that was a very tight fit. Length is the issue: the engine room in the 37 was designed around V-block engines and is short. To put in the 450Cs, we would have had to cut 7 inches off the shafts and the ...

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I have a 37 with the 450 hp 6V92s and at 1950 rpm I'm cruising 22 knots and burning about 35 gph. The Cat boats are decidedly slower. I've had great reliability from the Detroits. It's true they like fuel, but I've put a lot of hours on mine without a single major failure, and the 37 is a truly grea...

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I thought you guys might be interested in this...

John Brownlee · Re: New YETI Cooler Even the price is a pretty clever joke: $411.50 — 4/1/15

Even the price is a pretty clever joke: $411.50 — 4/1/15

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Pete, Have not done the survey yet. We've been working on the boat for a year and have installed new electronics, a new generator and just finished rebuilding both mains. I wanted to get all of that done before a survey, so now we should be ready. I know you recommended someone down here but i don't...

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They had to choose between that and the toaster.

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We all need one of these.

http://ridicooler.yeticoolers.com/

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Rickysa,

My son took the Merritt photo at Cat Cay. He was mating on the boat at the time. That's one of the shots they don't have permission to use.

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Thanks for posting this Steve. I need to contact these guys as they are using several of my copyrighted photos without permission.

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You can't go wrong with Cheeca.

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Cheeca is fabulous but big money. There are lots of good, affordable choices here in Islamorada. Here are my favorites: Breezy Palms Resort — I've been staying here my whole life, my Dad started coming here to fish in 1950. It's the classic old Keys-style resort on the oceanside just north of Bud-N-...

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That is the boat Gert, thanks for the link. I stand corrected, I thought they only built the one. I know they had structural issues with them and most had to have aft cabin bulkheads installed to stop the house from flexing (and breaking).

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Gert,

Is that the 37 originally named Hot Chili that was built without an aft bulkhead, as a day boat? It's the only 37 I know of with forward salon windows. It ended up in Southern California where a friend of a friend owned it but I have not heard of its whereabouts in many years.

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Kevin,

I would love to do it, let's talk.

JB

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Mark,

You won't go wrong with Bruce at MBY, he's a good guy. He'll shoot straight with you, whether you decide to go with him or not.

Bill, let's get together while you're in town.

JB

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Good observations Peter. Without question, the center console is the fishing boat of choice for most people for lots of good reasons. The versatility and simplicity of a boat like that can't be topped by any other design. Now that doesn't mean center consoles are right for every fishermen or every s...

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CaptPatrick wrote: Ahhh... Such innocence

I don't care who ya are, that's funny right there.

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Bruce Popham at Marathon Boat Yard runs a top-shelf operation, he can advise you on just about any subject.

bruce@marathonboatyard.com

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Thanks guys. A man of my advanced age is supposed to be slowing down, but I seem to be going in the opposite direction. Having fun, though! Hope to see some of you in Lauderdale next week.

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If you really want an inboard boat, this is the guy: http://southpawfishing.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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We could fish my 24 Yellowfin if you'd like to.

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Guys,

Unfortunately I won't be able to get you out on the Poppy B, we are having to replace the port aftercooler and that engine is currently disassembled. Sorry about that, maybe meet for a drink this week?

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Hey Kevin!

Good to hear from you, love to have you come with us, although you're used to four-outboard Midnight Express boats that cruise at 50 these days. You might have to adjust to the sedate side of life! Look forward to fishing with all of you, let's discuss dates.

JB

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Done deal, lets look at dates. Buju, you in?

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Buju wrote:Maybe we all need to take the Poppy B on a test run..?..

Let's do it! Why don't we get all together and fish on the Popster that first week of April?

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According to the documentation website, this is the current owner:

CHARLES K SCHOENEMAN
1238 ROYAL TERN DRIVE
PUNTA GORDA, FL 33950

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I'll bet some guys on here would have argued about the order!

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A note about the list: We never called these the "best" fishing boats built. It's the "top" boats built, in the opinion of the SWS staff and contributors who voted. Another group might come up with a completely different list, but I'll bet that many of the boats we picked would make any such list.

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There's an old joke about owners of the old Whalers:

"How do you recognize the Whaler owner in the shower? He's the one whose balls hang down to his knees."

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The 23 Formula was a very influential boat. Nick Smith, the Palm Beach (now Pacific flyfishing) sailfish ace owned several of them a few years back and was meticulously restoring them to the point of blueprinting.

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The 38 Special was a cool boat but ultimately a marketplace failure for Bertram, too expensive. I remember being at the 1986 Miami Boat Show and they were handing out fake bullets to commemorate the boat's debut. Imagine trying to do that these days. Eric, I ran into Margot at TSL a few years ago. I...

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Eric,

Good to hear from you! It's been a long time. How've you been?

JB

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The 26 Mako did not make it? I owned two different Mako 261s over the years, great boats. http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/jdbrownlee/sc00082432_zpsfbd15139.jpg Many different Makos were nominated, but in the end, we felt the 25 was more influential. It was the first big offshore center con...

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The Dolphin was a great skiff, but the Maverick took shallow water fishing to a whole new, national level. Almost no one outside of South Florida and the Bahamas had ever heard of Dolphin, and that's still true, really. That's part of the problem with a list like this one, there are many great regio...

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