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Not my boat a friends and he was trying to bang it out in 1 day to save on yard fees. I became a human jack stand as he scrambeled to get the stand under the chine.
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A word of caution. If you move the jackstands and blocks when the paint is wet, you stand a good chance of droping the boat. I only know this from experiance. Most boat yards want to move the stands them selves to avoid liabilty. Take the time and let the paint kick. You could jack up a 31 with the ...

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This is one prime boat, I can't believe there is only 105 hours! Linda & I logged around the same hours in the last 30 days. I hope this doesn't de-value other 31's on the market.

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On our Garmin plotters you could scroll down the menu and it tells you the battery status. It doesn't seem to matter down here as the fishing went to S@#& lately and it doesn't matter where you go even the old hot spots resemble a dead ocean. We were in the Keys last week and all we could muster wer...

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David, we have Brewesters old 6-354 Perkins in our 1963 Sportfish and couldn't be happier. Were running 2 to 1 ZF gears with 20X22 4 blade props. We are a pinch under propped but it works for us as we load heavy for Island and Keys trips. I believe brewester was running 22X24 3 blade props. My next ...

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Brewester head on down. We went out for a cruise yesterday and heading back down to Marathon next week. The Sails are just starting to move in and the Snapper Grouper bight has been pretty good.
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Winter down here too.

Heres a link to our inlet cam, I haven't see any boat traffic all day.

http://www.stlucieinlet.com/StLucieInle ... tFull.aspx

I have a nice prime rib ready for the Big Green Egg.

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I have to agree with Bruce 100%. I can't remember how many times the go fast CC's and smaller Sport Fish boats would follow us in the inlet at 16 to 18 knotts and after they are in protected waters the horse power comes out. Most of the time when the fishing is good it's blowing and even making 12 k...

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Linda & I still talk about that Sushi Fest. Randall I'm sure glad you wondered into the green water.

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Dana, when I preped my 31 for paint this summer I found all kinds of gelcoat crazing under the old paint that I never knew was there. This was a 10 year old Awl-Grip paint job. Everyone says the crazing will eventually show through but I've seen several painted boats that showed no print through. Pe...

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Tom, I'm around the pocket all the time give me a shout 772 485 5485.

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After you work with the stuff long enough you become immune to the itch.
Shorts & T-shirts works for me along with a high quality dust mask. Just blow off the dust during the grinding, sanding process.

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Try the crab cakes!!! A+++

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Brewester, we have 100% confidance in the old iron but things happen that are beyond our control. We also might run into someone with a nice mega-yacht that will tow the old 31 as we sip umbrella drinks on the lido deck while on the way to the islands.

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I think I will add a Toe Eye on my next haul out. If you ever had the displeasure of being towed in heavy seas being pulled from the bow cleats makes he ride that much more unbearable.

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I will keep Dave and his Family in my Prayers.

Remember everyone Life is short and there is no guarentee you'll see tomorrow so enjoy everyday like it's your last.

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If you would like to work on your own boat or just brush up on things you forgot Nigel Calder's Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual has some good info in it. Espically if you have a old 31 with a half mile of unknown wires haging around under the flybridge from previous owners.

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I made the insert myself out of divincell foam. http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/17/window1_2.jpg I used the two corner pieces from a old frame as a template and and installed them first. I then installed the two flat pieces and covered the hole insert with 1208 Bi-axel cloth useing epoxy...

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Thud, spoken as a true Hatt owner. I personally wouldnâ€™t set the glass in with out frames unless you remove the flimsy front frames and use a fiberglass insert. We noticed a marked difference since we glassed in the front windows. The hole boat seems stiffer and the sound changed as you hit on com...

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I've installed dozens of the PSS dripless seals and the only failure I've seen happened when a suveyor had the owner change the nylon fitting for bronze. I was called in because the carbon block was leaking and as soon as I touched it it came apart. The warentee was void and the owner went for a rat...

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It was a typical SE Florida winter weekend blowing 20 to 25 out of the NE with 6 to 8 foot seas. The ICW was especially busy as most boaters stayed inside so we were cruising at a reasonable rate dealing with the potato patch conditions. We slowed down to go under the Stuart Causeway which got this ...

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Tomorrow will be 10 weeks in the boat yard and I could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/17/logo_2_2.jpg http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/17/Fresh_Paint.jpg http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/17/port_side.jpg If it would s...

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Down here in Florida you could expect 7 to 10 years for a properly applied Awl Grip paint job with clear coat.

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If your going to spend that kind of coin on a 70ft'er you would expect that kind of thing, even Ocean Yachts 73 has a circular staircase inside to get to the bridge. These are excersion boats and most owners have the captians drag a 300K center console behind them to fish off. The new 410 still look...

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John, you could save some money and do it yourself.

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They are keyed, just slide the curved piece up from the flat piece.

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Use a hair drier or heat gun a fair distance away and the bubbles will just go away. Be carefull with the heat gun espically as it starts to kick.

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We've had great luck with Interlux Micron 66 alblative paint down here in Florida. We use the boat almost every weekend, if the boat will sit idle for long periods of time Trindad SR hard paint is the ticket.

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Were making progress, front window is glassed in and prep work for side glass is almost done. Final fairing next week then prime & paint.

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Bruce, If I rember corectly Morgan 2 had the Yanmar, Bravo jackshaft setup.

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Thanks Harv!

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A while back someone was talking about a chrome plater on long island that did a good job and was affordable and I'm tring to get in touch with them. I did a search but came up blank, any help would be great. The EPA clamped down on platers in Florida and the prices are through the roof. Thanks, RussP

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We hit a big semi submerged tree a while back, it was a pretty big bang as it bounced under the boat. Linda slowed down but we did'nt feel any vibration so we went on our way. We hauled out on Monday for our annual refit and after pressure washing I noticed a nice gouge in the port shaft tube right ...

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If I'm in conditions bad enough to blow in a side window I'm allready screwed! I guess I'll go with tempered glass and put hurricane film on it.
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Side windows, the front windows will be fiberglass. I will be bedding them from the inside with Sikaflex. We would like to go with the Limo dark tint. I will be making a template for each side, only want to do it once.

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Tim, were gettig ready to glass in our front window and replace the side windows and I was wondering about how much the glass should cost and is there any special kind of glass I should spec. out.
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John, this is probably a foolish question but how old is the gas? Todayâ€™s gas doesn't last long and new mixed with old and some conditioner is just a patch job. You may try running one on a five gal can of fresh and see if it helps. I had similar problem last year and after a month of frustration ...

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Bill, they did help. I'll call you next week and see if your around.
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I'm preparing to haul out and glass in the front windows and do a bottem job here pretty soon. Here are some pics of the curved windows so far http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/4/window2.jpg http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/4/window1.jpg It's just too dam hot right now to keep y...

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Here are a few links

http://www.wunderground.com/global/BS.html

http://www.bahamas-weather.com/

My Favorite

http://barometerbob.com/

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They are Perkins Fish Killers from Brewesters boat model 6-354. It's suprising how smooth they ran even with an injector dumping fule.

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I noticed my starboard engine was smoking and leaving a nice soot layer on the transom after running. The engine ran fine and turned up full RPM so I pulled the injectors and figured it out. After testing the injectors # 2 injector wasn't popping just sending out a mist of diesel and dripping after ...

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Wow, 30 gal's in 7 months not bad. last week I noticed we were sitting pretty high in the chines and headed right to the fuel dock and took on 150 gallons in a 170 gallon tank. Linda & I put on almost 3000 miles since the diesel repower according to the GPS. With no kids to worry about were going to...

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If the head is installed properly with a vented loop there should be no foul smell. This is espically inportant if the lectrasan or holding than is above the head and is more inportant to prevent backflow and flooding the boat when the Y valve is in over board position. It sucks working on a head so...

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Here is a link to one of the most amazing B20 re-fits yet.
http://simplifying.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=239

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Brewester, cool video. I'm assumeing that was taken from the camera mounted on your hard top.
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The work looks great. How do you acess the rear bilge pump? I espically like the cabinets behind the glassed in window. Im fabricating my curved pieces right now and after installation we plan on something simmilar. I hope your doing this for your personal pleasure because history shows you won't ge...

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I don't know if any of you follow the 25bertram.com board but some of the guys are turning out some real nice 25's conversions. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u9/eliclau/1.jpg http://www.25bertram.com/4images/data/media/4/bow1.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/Tynaje/Bertram%2025/Pictu...

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This is a interesting issue. I found most yards charge you for things they don't do. Keep the line of communication open and maybe use a paint pensil to line out where the work needs to be done on the boat.
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