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That is a NEAT Christmas present! We all know our wives are patient and understanding with our expensive B-hobby, but she wins the prize!

I'm even later than Kipp (I'm on vacation for the holiday and haven't looked at the site in days), but I'm in. I'll put my check in the mail on the 2nd.

Happy New Year,
Pierre G. Villere
Mandeville, LA

Thank you for the advice, Harry...Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! This has been a wonderful and informative site for me, as my trusty mechanic, talented maintenance man, and I kick off the upgrades to my 1989 B28. I am repowering the boat with a pair of Marine Power gas engines, and want to add a gas generator at the same time. I have looke...

Bruce:

In your prior reply, you said you had installed a number of Kohler gensets in B28s. Equipped with CruiseAir, what size Kw do I need to specify to run everything?

Thanks,
Pierre

Hi Scot: Things in Venice are really, really tough, and it is coming back very slowly. The marinas there are under construction, and I believe Venice Marina is back in operation. As you know, ground zero for Katrina was Buras, just up the road from Venice, and everything there was literally flattene...

The boat will be kept at Grand Isle during the summer months, and in Mandeville in the winter (Marina Beau Chene). Chris Schouest had a B28, the "Crawdaddy", and had a diesel generator installed next to gas engines. He had the saddle tanks which allowed him to store diesel separately, but I don't ha...

Thank you, Bruce... I have the information and I'll try to get by. Vic also provided me with his cell phone number.

Thanks,
Pierre

The tank is fiberglass, and I made at a particular point to ask the surveyor to pay particular attention to it. He reported that it appears to be in pretty good shape, and there is no ethanol being sold down in this neck of the woods yet.

I am a new Bertram 28 owner, and have been scouring the Internet for resources and found this terrific site. I am heading to the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show on Thursday to look for parts, contacts, and people who have been up the learning curve on updating this particular boat. My boat is a 1989, and I...