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I notice a lot of guys discussing using titanium on your boat in place of more traditional materials. I have a lot of experience designing, machining, and fabricating with titanium. So, i just want to share a few points with you guys. It is fantastic for use on boats, for all intents and purposes it...

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JJ where are you in Bermuda? I have some friends down there. Been twice and enjoyed it, stayed at The Reefs.

Can't wait to see pics of the boat.

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Whaler1777 wrote: If you would have read what bob wrote, you would have realized that the titanium is a backer that goes over the plywood, not a total replacement for the ply...

Whaler, do you just troll here to hassle people?

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Sorry, still just my opinion, but for cost, material availability, shock absorption, and strength, epoxy glassed plywood , is still king for the strut pads.... That is one important consideration. The Capt is correct, if you use titanium, or any other metal really, you will have, for all intents an...

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Claims of NASA awards in 2008- http://pesn.com/2009/01/13/9501512_MassiveYetTiny_Engine_to_Production/ And a few doubters who list the admitted problems with the engine, like how it has never run on fuel because of cooling issues http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?s=46a978306c1421ce99fdbc01a48...

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CMP wrote:Not sold on them, but am considering putting them on a flats boat I'm building and got to thinking...

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They will work great on the flats boat. It changed that Chincoteague from a mobile saltwater shower to a pleasure to run.

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cwj wrote:randall
outstanding again
what is you web address cant find it thought i saved it

It's under any of his posts. Just click the WWW button next to the PM button.

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Put them on a Glass Works Chincoteague we ran around the bay in. Worked great until the boat sank.

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I'm about 6 miles from LGA (as the goose flies). The geese are thick around here. Canada Geese are pretty well protected, and even the special January goose hunt doesn't put a dent in their population. There are very few goose hunters up this way. I guess that no one really cares to spend any time ...

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Those damn liberal NY fireman and cops. Let those passengers save their butts.

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all in, I owe Capt P some doe.

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Holy S--t. Thank God they're all right, that is scary scary stuff. I would like to blame an inexperienced boater but it was a tow boat no less. What were they doing on that boat? No one as a lookout, especially that close to the beach?

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John here is a pic of Carl's insert.

Take a look at this thread, http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?t=3580

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Is that a real tin ceiling?

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Sure Bob, not that there's anything wrong with that....

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raybo you see that picture of those girls well there is a stock 31 bertram that comes out of fire island pines the cockpit has the same show.i saw him in the distance one day drifting foe weakfish.i pull in the line fire those engine but he duck into the pines looks the same age as me but must have...

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Sincerest condolences JK

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Raybo Marine NY wrote:

Have a few friends up in Leland Michigan who do this every year. I've never had the nerve, maybe a couple of our Michigan guys could elaborate on berging?

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Therein lies a comon misconception about the purpose of cotter keys. Except, as Tony points out, unless a perfectly fitted castellated nut is used... The only thing a cotter pin does is keep a nut, washer, or spacer from coming completely off of a shaft. I once had an outboard wheel spin completely...

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Called Frustration due to Pending/Existant Cabin Fever . Seldom fatal, but always nerve wracking... I've got a mild case of it today, gonna' get worse by tomorrow afternoon, but should be cured by Wednesday when yhr temp is projected to be back into the mid 70s... The BB always get hot and steamy o...

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Charlie The 31 also came up about 30 to 50 gallons short on gas for run to the hudson. I can still see the extra fuel we used to carry on board and yelling please, no smoking. That was before I got older and wiser. Two 55 gallon drums full of petrol on the way out. Would stop and transfer, then sin...

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Absolutely perfect. Just doesn't get any better than that.

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Carl, actually his wife, will be registering onto the bulletin board pretty soon. I've talked with Carl twice since yesterday and he tells me that he's down sizing his operation and ready to enter the after market/custom parts arena. He has a number high end designs for the B31. I've encouraged him...

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randall wrote:rocky.....i actually broke mine.....no one told me you weren't supposed to see how high you could get above the water running full speed straight into a six foot swell. at 14 i thought that was the whole idea.

Bringing back memories you guys

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Extra points for the visuals Capt P.

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yachts101 good luck with your boat. Some of you guys need to take a deep breath and relax. I have posted many many pictures of Bertrams over the years. Most of them I took myself while your boats were in full PUBLIC view. Gee the guy said he was sorry and explained the Bertram pics were "placeholde...

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Thanks Capt P and Vic.

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If they have agreed to remove the images what law suit could there be? What would the damages be that brought the case to court? Especially a Federal court, I think that the damages threshold is pretty high for federal jurisdiction. Lawyers, please speak up. Bottom line is I does not make a very goo...

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I'll stick with a Dark n' Stormy- Ginger beer and dark rum.

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neil wrote:We are going sat in the am anyone else

Will anything be there?

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investor only. But it would have been really cool.

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Little side note: I remember in the late 70s my dad was approached by a group of guys who wanted to buy the molds for these. He thought about it and decided against, not because of the boat but because of the folks involved.

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I was looking at the very last page where it has copy right 1/69. Sounds like everyone was saying that up until 72-73 the boats were weighing in close to 15000lbs but if the date and specs on your brochure are correct it sounds like around 1/69 they were 9600lbs. Anyhow, I appreciate the brochure i...

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Andy- to answer your question about lower helm station: the f/b sportfisherman has the lower station, the f/b cruiser does not have one.
Good luck

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Paul that is tough, I look forward to reading how you decide to go forward with the repower. Good luck.

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Tommy - there is one for sale in the Baton Rouge paper, .44 cal., for $550....www.2theadvocate.com and look in the classified under 'sportsman's exchange'. UV Have hunted wild boar with the Ruger carbine in .44 Magnum. Great little gun, and reliable. Oh, and the .44M has all the stopping power you ...

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I suppose that it depends somewhat on the boat, props, etc, but the 3208T's on my B33 burn 20 GPH (both, so 10 GPH each) at 2400 RPM. So 7 GPH per engine at 2000 RPM sounds about right, but is way too low a number for two. Sorry, I assumed it was understood that was per engine. Making 14 GPH total.

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steve miller wrote:The guy I bought my boat from told me the fuel consumption was around 7gph @ 2000 rpms. I haven't run the boat enough to tell whether this is even in the ballpark. The engine is a 3208T 320 bhp @ 2800 rpm.

The 260hp 3208Ts in the 32 Blackfin burn at just about that rate.

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federales scare the hell out of me

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IDIOT ! ! ! Defense is the main thing that I think the government should spend our tax dollars on...........Noooooo ! ! ! They would rather avoid their major responsibilities and spend their time and OUR money on f$#king with free enterprise there by putting a choke hold on the folks that really po...

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Harry: My theory is it has do with the Golden Egg. 9-11 had many companies dropping their customer base to chase the Golden Egg, defence work. Since the products still needs to be done these guys who were dropped look elsewhere to have their products fabricated and thats when I started to see lots ...

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Good suggestion- Harry I will contact these guys as well. Hopefully have something in work soon

Very Very busy. Actually getting busier for next year and the following.

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Rawleigh- I have three of those that we use as a "Hard Metals machining cell". Those were designed for Rossingnol ski boots back in the late seventies. The original application was machining of molds for ski boots. Rambaudi had a novel idea, the heads will machine mirror images of each other. The re...

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http://www.automation.siemens.com/mc/mc-sol/en/df36a07d-441c-4444-819c-e7ba5a041196/index.aspx Siemans is not the direct Cheap route, but several of the guys I know feel they haved saved in the long run. That is when compared to the less expensive packages with half arsed support. I had a Centroid ...

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Bump- I missed IMTS but wanted to go. I need to retrofit a machine (miller) with a new control. It is an old piece of iron, Rambaudi Rammatic 800 Twin Spindle. But the thing cuts titanium, steel, inconnel, etc like it was going out of style. Right now it has a Fidia control on it. I am looking for a...

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walterk wrote:It was also at the NY boat show in January. Very pretty. I prefer a Volvo D-3 190 hp with it's Ocean series (graphite) Duoprop...but can afford neither. Walter

Walter I think I remember a few guys on the B25 board talking about those props shearing. Am I remembering correctly?

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That's just the worst. I hate seeing all these great boats going out this way.

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Since the time I was serving in the navy, I learn to attach everything on bord before going out, no matter where. However on a pleasure boat we tend to give space for things to happen. I relearn to do it on a boat I have before the 31, (a 8 mts. sailing boat), some years ago. Going out on a weekend...

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Those are built right near you in Holland aren't they?

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