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JGomber

Since they're not too fast, how would they handle down sea?
Not like a B31...especially with Capt. Pat's rudders.
Hey Capt. Pat...there's another market for you!

Jerry

JGomber

Put me on the list...if I'm not already there.
I'll take it any way I can get it!

Jerry Gomber
Triton II

JGomber

Capt. Pat

Email sent to Tom Hart.
Thanks. Hope it works out.

Jerry
TRITON II
79 FBC

JGomber

I (as Bimini Bay Outfitters, Ltd.) would like to supply a batch of fishing tackle to the group at the NE Rendezvous but don't know where to ship these items. Unfortunately, I can't make it but can send the goodies to whoever is the lead person for prizes/raffle items. Please get back to me with a UP...

JGomber

Steve,
If you're the guy at the helm for the Northeast Rendezvous, I'd like to supply some tackle as raffle / door prizes.
Please provide a shipping address that can receive UPS shipments and I'll do the rest.

Jerry Gomber
Triton II
78 FBC

JGomber

Thanks for the opprtunity to learn from you, UV.
Take with you the love of your family and and all those in this sandbox.
You will be missed.

JGomber

OK. Done it.
Now, if this is at all political, how many times am I supposed to vote?

JGomber

I know the location and telephone numbers of the important people in my life. I know a few important email addresses. I can get onto the B31 site. THAT is all I need. No desire to know the hour to hour activivites of people I hardly know nor to share my life with more than a few important-to-me peop...

JGomber

Very Bondian. Did you study with Q?

JGomber

We should form an indelendent coastal and offshore flotilla with Capt. Pat as commodore.

B31s can easily mount some serious weaponry!
Twin 50s on the bow.
M60s on the bridge.
How about a 40mm in the cockpit?
Stingers under the Lico seating?
Now what about torpedoes....?

JGomber

Perhaps a bit extreme, Gert, but I had an accumulation of dirt and stains on the cockpit cushions for my Hunter 27 (yeah, I'm a clothset blow-boater but I'll bet I can read a down wind drift better tnam most!) I finally had to use a white vinyl overspray. It is like a vinyl paint in a rattle can. Ma...

JGomber

They're beautiful!!

Wish I still fit into a medium but then the "BERTRAM" would have been smaller, too.

JGomber

Harv,
Need shipping address for prizes. No response from email the Stephen kelly.
Glad to help if I know where to ship.

JGomber

Dug, It is obvious that JP has been there - done that where this project is concerned! Oh, the pain...pulling and stretching every spring. That was before the snap extenders (expensive little devils!!) As a side note, I'd suggest that you use the completed cover, with snaps properly located, for a t...

JGomber

Some kind of "pate" release coating should be considered, Bruce. One of the biggest problems with the bladed generators is bug splat build up. End result is loss of laminar flow and lots of lost efficiency. Sounds like on your scale smaller critters might be a bigger problem. How fast do you expect ...

JGomber

Welcome Lenny.
You have just begun one of the greatest adventures of you life.
This is the place to hang out!

JGomber

Nightime emergency repairs just got easier!!!

JGomber

OK Cap'n Pat...when do you start the RC B31 project?

JGomber

For anyone who might be interested...the translation of the word "OPERA" is Death by Music.

JGomber

Thanks all...
Is this a great site or what!?
I knew I'd get more info than I bargained for and lots that I had no idea of in the first place.
Now, it's back to the research for Db and permits and safe installs and base pads and...

JGomber

OK, enough spring...lets cut right to summer! Got caught by this weekends Noreaster in the metro NY area. Gusts in the 70s and trees taking down wires all over the place. Great light show in the sky Saturday night with the arcing and transformers lighting off! Lost power Saturday afternoon and the l...

JGomber

Hi Craig,
I have a '79 that is a good runner , mostly stock and easy to upgrade.
Send a PM for current information

Jerry

JGomber

Been using this stuff for several years. Saved me a lot of varnish that would otherwise have turned into a hockey puck in the can between uses. I've used it for leftover bottom paint, household enamels and even used it for latex paints. The wierd thing is that when you are used to feeling something ...

JGomber

Capt. Pat, Are you saying that our benevolent government would allow the plastics industry to collude with the bottled water industry to place a downright dangerous product into common use (by the hundreds of millions) at the risk of the health of the populace? I'm shocked! Nah. Not really. And, you...

JGomber

Bruce, Bought a Brita pitcher and three pack of replacement filters in April and the only plastic bottle around is the one I refill from it to keep in the car. Working on my first replacement filter for the past three weeks. Taste is at least as good as the bottled stuff but I guess that the quality...

JGomber

Just an idea, guys... I've ended up with spare pumps, too, over the years. One was the result of replacing with a Rule Gold (works fine, longer that the standard). I found most problems stemmed from the float switch. Anyway, I took one of the spare 2000gph pumps and mounted it on an epoxied wood bas...

JGomber

If you look close, you'll see that the BW business wasn't the big drag on profits. The debt to some of the camera/optics makers was pretty steep.
Watch for deals in the BW ads when the clear out.

JGomber

For all interested, Ritz Camera, the owner of Boaters' World, has announced that BW will be liquidated. There are no plans to reorganize the chain.

JGomber

For what it is worth... I've use the heavy duty silver tarps for a couple of seasons. I've built a 2x2 support frame for the cockpit and fore deck to "tent" the tarp for water drainage/snow slide. Get abunch of the add-on rope attachment loops and put them wherever you think you'll need them. And, t...

JGomber

Cap'n Pat,
Just another example of "a picture is worth a thousand eloquent words".
Now I get it. Worst Marine has the screw outs on sale for Fathers' Day. And, I need som more resin. Gonna get on this before it is too hot to hang in the bilges.
Thanks!

JGomber

Capt Pat, To install the screw out port would mean opening more of the bulkhead than the relief gap now in place. Is there another alternative if "making bigger holes" gets me nervous? Since the midship bilge would then become the principal water trap, is an even larger capacity pump (over 2000gph) ...

JGomber

Charlie,
Try EasyOff oven cleaner on paint. It worked well on the name painted on my transom
Easwood has a rubber disk that chucks into a drill for use on tapes.
Careful use of a heat gun (real careful) can work on tape, too.

JGomber

Thanks, Harv.
Appreciate the help.

JGomber

May I have the phone number for High Tide? Can't find it anywhere.
Thanks.

JGomber

Thanks, all, Charlie, let me have that 220 circuit diagram! I'll rig it up as winter protection. Harv, I miss Hudson Point for a lot of reasons, including a much quicker run to the open ocean. Wonder if I should visit a few if the local flea markets with a baseball bat? With the Canadian dollar wort...

JGomber

Some SOB decided to steal the BERTRAM name plates from Triton II. Left the 31's, so it wasn't a steward, of course. But, the easy conclusion is a Bertram owner. Miserable security in the yard. Anyway, I need replacements, preferably stainless steel. Where should I look for 'em? In the meantime, the ...

JGomber

Walter,
Let me have a UPS shipable address so I can send some prizes for the attendees.

JGomber

Used Bristol Finish on the teak side panels in Triton II's companionway two years ago. Still looks good. Of course, I sanded to bare wood and laid on a coat of thinned epoxy for starters. Then multiple coats of Bristol Finish. I'm satisfied. Oh, yeah, very good ventilation is a requirement. Did my p...

JGomber

Obviously there was no "standard" location for the intake seacocks. Mine are under the companionway step on either side of the keel. Pretty good access even though there's a strainer right above them. Now I'm looking into crash pumps. If one was relocating theirs, where would be the best location fo...

JGomber

Joe, Bomar makes similar hatches. I've had the Tempress 18 x 31, watertight, locking hatches in place under Triton IIs gunn'ls for over four years and no problems. Just have to keep them cleaner!. I added their Tackle Hatch at that time and added another 18 x 31 in the transom panel two years ago. A...

JGomber

Luis,
I would be interested in the AS2-73C manual, too. Please send to
jgomber@aol.com
...and thanks!

JGomber

Maybe I should have pointed out that these are individual tips and not to be combined!?
At least alcohol can be extinguished with water. Volatile solvents are another matter entirely, each with their own dangers.

JGomber

While repairing the ply deck core of my Hunter, (yeah, got a blow boat, too. It helps me set up drifts better with the B31 when fishing) I found that spraying some alcohol on the wet core sped up the drying. Alc is hydrophyllic and sucks up some of the water in the core. This mix evaporates faster t...

JGomber

Niel,
Send a shipping address to me. I'll get some goodies off from Bimini Bay Outfitters.

JGomber

Try plumbing supply or automotive supply houses for sheet gasket meterial in the appropriate thickness. They might even have cork but the synthetics should be tougher. Cut the material to the size you want and pick your adhesive. Oh, yeah, up north we build rods with "cork tape" grips. That would be...

JGomber

Cap'n Pat,
I always thought that 1800 plus copies was a real healthy production number. What comparable boats from that period were built in greater numbers? What about today's production numbers ( not that there is anything comparable!)?

JGomber

Although Triton II has a teak pulpit and the chock can no longer be used a board...I want one, too. It'll look great on a teak base on my desk!

JGomber

Theoretically, components sold to "registered" manufacturers are not taxed until they are assembled into a finished product. Then, the tax is applied to the value of the completed item when it is sold.
But you just gotta love the idea of customer-manufactured lures in the shop! That's great!

JGomber

The 10% excise tax on fishing and hunting equipment (and boat fuels) is paid on the first US sale, regardless of where the item is manufactured. IRS has cracked down on imported goods that are brought in by brother A and sold to brother B for a lowball price to minimize and, in truth, evade the true...

JGomber

Hey! No aluminum strip trim around the cabin roof.
How difficult is it to do that? I was planning to replace my strip (ugly, now) but that looks much cleaner. Do you fill and fair or glass over everything?

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