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When we repowered we moved batteries from under the cabin sole floor to a shelf high under aft deck outboard of the fuel tank. Where they were was damp, sweating under there, were subject to a lot of movement in a head sea plus were low (ish) in the bilge. Interested to know why you are wanting to m...

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Yeah they got her off, massive anti-climax, she floated and away they went! No grinding of metal or tearing the hull. The publicity hound Minister for Ports was holding a dopey press conference carrying on as if he were the tug-boat captain in charge at 9.30pm when the press had to tell him to get o...

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Thanks guys, we're going with an Airmar 600w cut into the hull, with a custom integral fibreglass "fairing block", part recessed so almost flush low down on the port side, forward of the shaft log between the engines. I did not like the look of the plastic hi-performance fairing block that came in t...

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Their plan is to swing the bow around to face the channel out through reefs off the beach. They've got the bow around 90 deg over the last 4 days, pivoting on the stern which is on rocks, broken three cables. They are hoping to get her off tonight on the tide but oil is leaking. I think they'll just...

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Guys, Need some advice on whether we can use a sounder transducer that mounts inside the hull. I have been told that we need a 600w to 1Kw transducer for the sort of fishing we want to do but due to restrictions of space and access I would prefer not to use a through hull transducer if at all possib...

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Scott, I trusted my source - my attorney! but now you mention it even though the colour and size is a good match the mast at the bow in the pics is higher above the cross trees than the upper section of the bow-mast on the ship on the beach. I'm going to refer it back to him - charge him with false....

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Doug, Funny you should ask.....these just came in. Bear in mind she is running with the sea, so you are seeing the backs of these waves. Ouch! http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z239/TennesseeB31/PashaBulker1.jpg Is this it? http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z239/TennesseeB31/PashaBulker2-1.jpg Lif...

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We had some weather here over the last two weeks; I ventured out in the Tennessee on the worst day: 45 -50 knots gusts, 8ft (face) "chop" on about a 15ft swell on Sydney Harbour at the Heads was as far as I went. The wave bouy that night off the Heads registered 45ft waves. Very, very impressed with...

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Gary, We use Propspeed. It really stays on where other paint has blown off. It comes with the caveat that you have to use your boat a lot so it washes clean, the yard that puts it on for us swears by it and so far, 7 months, it seems OK. They tell us not to touch it but I've had to clean the props, ...

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Bruce,

Congratulations, beautiful job & result.

Could you pls provide the prop details?

Thanks

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Vince, We used to get this sort of thing all the time from engine manufacturers, particularly European. When we wouldn't buy their engines because of this nonsense they came up with a "tropical rating" and everyone was happy. I believe it has more to do with giving them an "out clause" when the new ...

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I can just read those other sites already.......nice boats those Bertram 31s but those guys are mean!

Keep up the good work.

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Great link, thanks. Dislocated shoulder was the worst injury, luckily. Was a stock Marquess 55 for the Dubai boatshow. Where they lift Tennessee the lift-straps are three to four times bigger than that, and then they have the heavy duty straps! Very light gear and note that the straps are not secure...

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Thanks Capt., We did everything except the finger tight first, we went straight to max with Sikaflex 291. We will certainly take it all off again & redo with 5200 Fast; when first back in the water there was no leak, only started to leak after 20 hours or so...which was about day 4!! I think there i...

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Just about to haul to attend to minor refinements on the repower and I want to fix a leak at the rudder post. JC I borrowed your shot, http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z239/TennesseeB31/RudderPostLeak.jpg We put a load of sealant on the underside of the hull and the external plate but after runnin...

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Well Randall, that's my local Dee Why Point. It's a fairly short right, with a regular barrell section.

You can paddle out or rock-off. Here is a link to a day when paddling was a better idea.

http://www.realsurf.com/dy_070301/skittled01.htm

Oh, Harry.....well done with the youngsters!

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I went for a surf. Nowhere near though.

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Captain, As long as you don't tell anyone I can let you know that a certain clandestine consignment left an unkown location bound for an unidentified destination some time last night. Some things get funnier the longer they go on. And I had a friend arrive in San Diego yesterday who said he would br...

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Thanks Dan, I'd read about the proto-type being produced quickly but did not know it was Willis Slane. By the way, I was privileged to meet Jack Hargrave one time. A proto-type twin diesel patrol boat in 12 days then 120 patrol boats in four and a half months - talk about "can-do"! I wonder if that ...

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The PBR is the only other 31 that you might want to restore.

http://www.unifliteworld.com/navy.html

Was the hulk of one on a riverbank here years ago. Let me know if you are really desperate and I'll track it down.

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JB

Danny at Hightide will get you almost anything you need for your Bertram.

http://www.hightidemarine.cc/indexin.htm

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Hi, Bruce on this site will be able to tell you exactly what should be done. As a new owner of Yanmars that have just had their 50hr service I would be ceasing operation of the engines until the secondary filters were examined/replaced and all fuel in the tank removed and the tank thoroughly cleaned...

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A Hunt design built here in 1971 had encased shafts that repeatedly broke until they re-engineered the casing to allow water-cooling around it. I remember being told the water became de-oxygenated was the final theory. After this fix there was never a problem.

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Day, Hull No. is usually under the port side bunk in the form of a handwritten number and date on a piece of paper glassed in there. Hard to see sometimes so wet it down. We just re-powered to diesel and it's chalk and cheese in my opinion so maybe take Capt. Pat's words to heart. Good luck Nic (Tha...

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Bruce may be right (about the wife not the Luhrs) and in the interests of full disclosure....yeah I am divorced. But I prefer the new lady and she loves the 31.

Good luck,

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Mike, Get the 31! I agree with UV about being a day boat but what a day-boat! So versatile that you & your wife can enjoy nights on board, entertain a lot of people if that's what you want and fish hard or picnic easy for the rest of your life. As to getting real comfort on board a boat think about ...

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Thanks guys,

I wasn't sure about the Sea Stops, thanks for the skinny.

Danny at Hightide came back to me overnight, he has the originals in stock $94ea and with a narrower border they look like they'll fit so I'm going to go that way and see how they stand up.

I'll let you know.

Thanks again

Nic

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The cabin structure forms the frame by being recessed by the depth of the glass for about 2 inches all round ideally but usually more like 1.25-1.5 inches then the glass goes in from the outside into a bed of Sikaflex is how we did it. No it doesn't leak and there are no mechanical fastenings to ble...

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I need to put scuppers on the transom - you should see the water we ship backing up! Searching the old board seems to suggest: 1. Original chrome bordered rectangle with diamond pattern rubber from Hightide Marine (but they're not on his site anymore); 2. Sea Stop scuppers with the angled wedge but ...

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We are using Propspeed Walter and so far so good. The primer goes on one day and the top coat the next, doesn't need to be kiln dried and yes it looks like yellowy varnish. It only works well if you use your boat a lot as it relies on throwing all early slime and growth off the blades before it gets...

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Hello everyone! You can call me Tegaram I'm a fairly chill gryph from northern Illinois I've been into gryphons for quite awhile and my drawings tend to show it I'm still a student but i'm hoping t go with t! Or refrigerate the liquid, and use it to make caffe nated dramatic effect on blood sugar le...

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Thanks Bob, ordered 'em. Ours is white on white and that was my objection too. The shipwright won me over by saying he would tape it close and at most the black would look like a shadow line. He did and it does.

Good luck

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Bob, We went over to black "Sikaflex 291" (I think it is 5200 or something where you are) for all sealing including the boarding platform on the advice of the shipwright who said that black does not deteriorate from UV like white does. All our white Sika and white Mastic was UV affected so we'll see...

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I agree with Randall. I appreciate good sailboats and good powerboats. I believe Ray Hunt designed the Concordia Yawl, one of the prettiest boats ever. I happened upon one of the most successful artists in Australia yesterday, we were moored off his beach-house, he came over when I swam to shore and...

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I was always a no-water/no-sinker but I changed my mind. Easier to clean up after entertaining, ladies expect it and NOT having one in the galley starts a lot of stupid conversations.

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Neil

I've booked a room at MYC for the 3rd & 4th but obviously won't be flying the boat over so if I could hitch a ride one day on one of the boats that would be great (passengers supply the beer over there too?). Can't guarantee just yet that I will show but that's the plan.

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Bob, this site does it again, great idea - solves our problem for a decent sized effluent holding tank too, will we have to fit some adapter kit to the flow-scans? I'll let you know how it goes.

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Thanks for your kind words, and yes, for the first time in my boating life we had more lucky breaks than otherwise. So many things fell into place that we were all calling her "the lucky boat" - sometimes it was spooky, get this: we were staying back drinking on Sunday night when the crew of a major...

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Tip 238: Home Remedies for Colds decadent ? but much more healthful ? tofu version of a classic cheesecake the number of scientists that said they have actually been DNA is extracted from tissue by removing severe problem when the size of the target Heating formamide to 160 C inthepres Little Known ...

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We're in. Engines about to go in, very happy with progress so far thanks to this excellent site and all your information.

Thanks Capt Pat and all contributors.

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Thanks Capt., again! That's a bit spooky - that's the font I've been using for all my business correspondence for the last twenty years or so. In the middle of the engine refit, itchy and covered in black dust but we've turned the corner today and now we are putting all the new stuff back on board. ...

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Thanks Walter, yes exactly. We want "B31" to appear as it does on the boat logo, and per this site's logo which made me think it was an available font.

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Capt. Patrick

What is the font used for the Bertram name on the logo, my signwriter wants to know. We got "B31" as the registration No.

Thanks

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Bruce, That's what I was thinking, recessing the whole base plate. The fairing would have been a side bonus as the main reason was to reduce the shaft angle which I have noticed does make a difference. But looks like tip clearance won't allow recessing but having mentioned it to the co-owners I've c...

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Kevin, I don't think any performance change could be measured, as Bruce said on another post these aren't performance boats. BUT, we just want it to be as good as we can make it and fairing in the strut base can't hurt. Might give us a phsychological edge over.....um....., I can't think of anyone at...

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Just ordered the props today at 4 bl 20 x 23, no cup. My guys are concerned they are a bit "big" (?) but we'll take that on the chin. It's a good starting point and as the engines are rated at 300hp here because of a lower octane fuel being the national standard for diesel we'll keep the half inch o...

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Bruce, Those guys named a song for you and did quite a bit of work to even up for Earl's Court in the 70s. To the rest of you, I apologise, and you can take it out on me when I get to Montauk. But somehow I believe this is appropriate. "Bruces' Philosophers Song" Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who...

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The Fishing Capital of The World, and its got surf! I'm in.

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I've never been to Montauk, it looks very pretty. I'll try to come over and meet some of the Faithful. You mention Montauk here and people say "wear the fox hat". Is it cold that time of year?

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Thanks Tommy, We've got the aftermarket struts from Hightide which for 20" props look like they'll give us exactly 10% tip clearance mounted straight onto the hull same as what it looks like to me on Buddy Boy. I would have liked to recess/flush mount the strut base but we'll fine tune it for cleara...

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