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Capt Dick Dean

Wrong! This is a steal. He's trying to throw us off. Last yr I came to a marina on Long Island that was doing a complete make over on a 31. He knew we both had 31's( me and another one of the faithful whose name skipps my mind) and the operator asked how much do you think I paid. Well a loaded quest...

Capt Dick Dean

Another great American Family ... What a pic! Long live the Faithful We gotta' be God's choosen Now , coming back to reality, my two grandkids, Maureen and Elizabeth (twins) are after me to take them ocean fishing. Maureen wants to " catch a sailing fish" while Elizabeth is going for sharks. You sho...

Capt Dick Dean

I still haven't found a calling. Some say they can't believe that in fifty yrs that I still don't know what I want to be. Hell, I know who I am but what I want to be is a question mark. I'm writing a book on repairing and installing drive trains in boats. Should be in the book stores in time for the...

Capt Dick Dean

O.K. ..... I'll telll you what's be going on -- behind your back. this site is a sub site so to speak of the real Bertram31 site. It's a sleeper for those that are not true BELEIVERS of the TRUTH. "The Best Boat Ever Built". You, my friend don't believe it. So you're in the dark. The real posts on a...

Capt Dick Dean

Last night's cocktail hour got a little out of whack. I was telling Maureen who just happens to be the title owner of the Irish Wake, about the up coming trips this season. There are two long trips,ie AC and Montauk. I should say that before the drinks were still yet to be mixed, I mentioned that th...

Capt Dick Dean

The boats usually come in on Friday and the dinner is Saturday. As I recall the last time I made it, dinner was in the clubhouse at about 50.00US. That very well might change as nothing is in stone. Getting past Friday night is the biggie because you might wake up dead Saturday morn. The drinkin' co...

Capt Dick Dean

That Captain Happy Pants ... He's a Great American!

Capt Dick Dean

I have a 65 gal aux. tank just forward of the engine bulkhead. I should of said "had". It was made from alluminum, coal tar all over and looked great from the outside. It lasted 14 yrs. It let go during winter storage. The gas was in the bilge and dripping out the forward drain plug. After all the r...

Capt Dick Dean

The hynautic 50 went down in a high speed stbd turn coming thru some rough white water in Jones Inlet, Long Island. I could feel the pressure on the system and then I felt a pop and then nothing. Pumping the system back up to 25 lbs dockside, it went down to zero in an hour. The fluids' in the bilge...

Capt Dick Dean

The kid's a winner like his Dad. Nothing but good things for the Faithful.

Capt Dick Dean

Seems good things come to things BERTRAM! The kids a Rock Star ....

Capt Dick Dean

The Hynautic steering went down last night travesing the Jones Inlet(NY) as I had to make a hard stbd turn. I felt some thing go( pressure resistance and then nothing) but where? This AM I pumped up the pressure from zero to 25 lbs. An hour later it was zero and looks like steering fluid in the bilg...

Capt Dick Dean

I will do it! My cell is 631 678/8756 --- My land line 631 665/6783.

From the Manasquan Inlet to Montauk (straight shot) and then on to Newport is about 170nm.

From the same starting point going the Long Island Sound route to Newport is about 205nm.

I have done the Point Pleasant Canal.

Capt Dick Dean

Gerry, you make Dick Bertram smile.

Capt Dick Dean

Who are Karen and Fred? There're great Americans!

I'm in.

Diesel Dug, thanks for the heads up!

Capt Dick Dean

I did the barrier coat myself after the hull dried out. Used the more expensive Interlux because of the lower temp drying time. April on Long Island, 50/60F. Purchased the rollers from West Marine that go with the product. They came apart and had to used 2 for each coat. The job is so important that...

Capt Dick Dean

Gentlemen, ahem!, the phone # for the Montauk Yacht Club regarding the rendezvous August 3rd - 4th is 1 888 692 8668. For me, the time is now. I'm calling. On another note in the same song, I'm bringing a bottle of rum that I received as a gift. On the label is printed "Military Rum", fine rum from ...

Capt Dick Dean

Boy, what a great pic. I have a new grandson and I'm in a count down mode for age. He's eight months old.

But we have 2 twin granddaughters who are eight yrs old.

Hey, CWJ - Please let me know when the big ones arrive!

Capt Dick Dean

I was going to suggest that the boat be left in Jersey and forrgettaboutit. But now a gentleman has stepped forward!

Hey, who is this guy?

Capt Dick Dean

Taking a straight shot from SC to the Shinnecock Inlet is by far the shortest way. Be aware that you must transverse the Shinnecock canal and the current can get to seven kts. That's if you don't want to go around Montauk Pt. Going thru the Canal, the boats get in single file because it's tight. Goi...

Capt Dick Dean

So the Mothers Day trip will be made in two trips. I cannot push the envelope on this one.

Thanks for putting me on track.

Capt Dick Dean

Sunday is Mothers Day and for the past 26 yrs I take the family to Fire Island for lunch. This yr there will be 21 people on board. The trip is 6nm. My bro-in-law thinks I can't carry that many people. My wife wants to make two trips. I figure the weight will be two tons. Yes, I will have life jacke...

Capt Dick Dean

I too have a DYTEK and had to get a new transducer. I kept bumping the electric wire as it comes out of the transducer.It finaly broke off. So last month I got a new one from Defender Industries. The electric wire as it goes into the guage doesn't fit. Too big for the connection. The question is ......

Capt Dick Dean

Very impressive! Can we get a walk thru @ AC?

Capt Dick Dean

"engine steering doesn't work to well trying to make 90 degree turns at idle speed" In response to Capt Dave : Three yrs ago while in winter storage, I came across a B28 with an extentsion on the trailing edge of the port rudder. It was made of the same prop metal and it was bolte4d on with 3 1/4 in...

Capt Dick Dean

The plan to save the 1975 raw water cooled engines is outragous. Think about it! This may be another idea. Get in touch with Hyena Love. He's a nice guy. Tell him you'd like to take advantage of the engine and both trannies. Then round up another simular engine. You can go to the salvage yard. Five ...

Capt Dick Dean

I do exactly the way Randallll does with the intake hose in a five gal bucket. Fill the bucket, stick the water hose in the bucket and start the engine. Make sure you've got plenty of water coming out the hose 'cause them BigBlocks will suck it up in a New York Minute!

Capt Dick Dean

Lee's, 22', double spreader

Capt Dick Dean

And I skiped cocktails last night because I thought it was me!

Capt Dick Dean

I wonder if this works for other nameplates, such as 'silverton'?

Anyway, when the first light breaks I just say "Bertrams For Life".

Capt Dick Dean

Well, I didn't have that much fun but a fine time never the less. The Irish Wake is the only boat in the water at the Club so I can stand anywhere on the dock and admire a beauty. Soo pretty in the noon day sun. Summertime is coming to New York. Temp @ 65 and climbing. Visibility - all the way South...

Capt Dick Dean

Does she have a sister? Not for me of course but does she have a sister?

Capt Dick Dean

Timmy, get over it!

Capt Dick Dean

I got the Polish ... no Panish

Capt Dick Dean

Went down to the boat with a extra drop lite and a print out of this advice. Look and peeked. Nothing. So I fired up the engine and from the tower all was fine. At the helm all was fine too. What the hell is going on? So I came out of the slip, made a few low RPM spins and a couple of figure eights....

Capt Dick Dean

It was nothing like the tv said it was gonna' be. Yesterday I doubled on the dock lines. The wind was SE and this is not a good place to be but it's my slip. I did see a marine forcast with seas to 18'. The tide was maybe three ft above normal so it was of no consequence. Only 1.5 inches of rain.

Capt Dick Dean

Bruce, thank you for the quick come back. I must say that I stared the boat up from the helm, went above to the tower and the throttle was good. THen coming down to the helm, put the boat in gear and advanced the troubled engine. Everything fine. But as I got out of the slip, I had to go in reverse ...

Capt Dick Dean

The stbd throttle is stuck. Bahia Mar. Big Blocks w/72c's trannys. Engine starts, goes into fwd and reverse but cannot advance the throttle with the transmission engaged or if the boat is in neutral. With the engine off, the throttle is also stuck. But on the tower, I can bring up the RPM at will. O...

Capt Dick Dean

Sean, it looks to me that you painted the rudders and then installed the zincs. I would never do that - I put the zincs on right to the bear metal and then paint around them. Like everyone else, have them on the rudders, shafts and trim tabs. And another thing. I don't buy the ones made in Canada. T...

Capt Dick Dean

I have a 232 that's maybe six yrs old. One of the first to have WAAS. I like it so much that I bought the adaptor for the car and also can plug it into my desk top so I can play with it in the winter. A few yrs ago we got the MapSource Blue chart for the NorEast use it all the time on the desk top. ...

Capt Dick Dean

As far as I can see, the advice on this board is priceless. So much better than having some half ass boat mechanic guessing at the situation.

Thank you, Capt Patrick!

Capt Dick Dean

23 kts means I'm turning 3000rpm. But that's not my cruise. I go slower at 18 knts. WOT is still classified and it's a fact that I go a hella' lot fast than Capt Harv. The weather has been so good in New York that the Irish Wake is in the water as of 1100 hrs this morn. Margarita mixed will be on th...

Capt Dick Dean

There is a Bertram 28 Bahia Mar in the Brightwaters canal(Long Island, NY) that I've been looking at for more than five yrs now. The owner is very happy with the boat. It's on the south end, west side. No name on the transome. It has gas engines. A neighbor pointed the boat out to me and it just did...

Capt Dick Dean

The test is in four parts. A fifth part was just recently added- Ethics- because of the Enron situation and such.
How many times did the boy take it? He had a rough time with the auditing section. It took three times. Tax,law and problems he got thru the first time around.

Capt Dick Dean

Capt Patrick said, among alot of other things, "it ain't braggin' if its' true".

So I'm braggin'. My son in San Diego just passed the C.P.A. exam.

We are very pleased!

Capt Dick Dean

I'm having problems with the FloScan Cruisemaster 5532-264-2 0-32GPH Twin. They don't work. So what to do? The flow sensors didn't just "go out". One went gradually and the other did the same thing. That's the way it looked on the gauge in the dash board. I'm thinking that the sensor got cloughed wi...

Capt Dick Dean

Very glad to hear you're doing well. And yes, these Bertram can make your heart pound a little faster. But take it easy - don't over do.

Hope to see you at Montauk.

Capt Dick Dean

I frequent the big flea market held weekends in the Keys just south of Marathon (?) when I'm down there in February. Alot of fishing gear changes hands and I always come home with a bag full. This is part of the underground cash economy that is so rampant in New York and around the country. The taxe...

Capt Dick Dean

The expert on this is Captain31. Wait 'til he comes in on this.

Capt Dick Dean

Looks like the beginning of another lawyer joke. Like " the shark now has bad breath".

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