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Brewester's crew made me lunch when I was up there and he gave me the grand tour. The food is great and the place is spotless. This is a rather large opperation with numerous live tanks for the Lobster and shell fish and a giant smoker downstairs. It's well worth a stop.
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Last time I was on a 34 Hatt Linda & I were kite fishing for Sails out of Ft Laurderdale. The dam thing rolled so bad the mate got sea sick and wanted to go in but we made him suffer. If i remember correctly his name was Tim! They are one of the nicer Hatts but I'll stick with my trusty old 31. Welc...

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Mikey,
I'll keep my eye out for one down here. So far I found 4 of them in the salvage shops.
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Tommy, I'll ship it out tuesday.
We wish you a happy & healthy New Year,
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Tommy,
My address is
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Tommy, I get down to my warehouse & dig it out. Please foward your shipping address.
Happy Hollidays,
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Mikey, I have a old style chock with the holes in the top that needs recroming and bulb sockets. I paid $50.00 for it and its yours foe a site donation to Capt patrick.
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Doug, she looks great!

I'm meeting Doug from Aqua Lights Flordia today to pick up my lights. He made us a great deal at the Boat show. I plan putting one out the transom and 2 out the bottem for swordfishing. They will be on their own battery bank with independant switches.

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Before we yanked the 454's we would burn around 100 gallons on a off shore trip proably around 25 to 30 gals P/Hr. A trip to West End Bahamas From Stuart Fl, cost $804.00 @ 4.50 P/Gal and it's a 70 mile trip. If you buy the boat right and are handy It's not a real big deal to rebuild her, you'll get...

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Bruce, it was from a distance and as you know it's hard not to see the local color when cruising in the Rivera.
How are things going down there?
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The last time I saw Maggie she was with child, I wonder if she is still turning tricks.
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http://www.propspeed.com/ This stuf is like CX for your running gear!!! I've worked on many yachts with this on the running gear and never seen marine groth period. I have it on my props and so far so good. The running gear has to be completly clean and application instructions have to be followed a...

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I believe there are different pumps for the slow & fast hardner. The cap size on the cans will be different sizes. The pump kits come with 2 pumps for the hardner, make sure you use the right one or you will get failure. I'm speaking from experience.
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I recieved the package this afternoon, Thanks! I'm headed out to the boat right now to get started. We have some heavy winds forcasted for the weekend, seas to 12' winds to 35k out of the NE so we'll run her inshore and maybe dip some shrimp by the inlet. I'm really looking foward to pulling my new ...

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I have my Strat & P-Bass ready to go. I'll even break out the old Tascam 4 track to record the event.
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Liberties are made in beautiful downtown Rivera Beach and I had the oppurtinuty to work in the factory on a Tow Boat US boat in their barn to get out of the rain. They are beautiful boats but I don't like the rudders hanging off the transom Blackfin style. I guess if I had the money it would be on t...

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Linda & I had a great time as usual. I'm sorry iIkept the Donzi woman & Lyman up Friday night but Andre wanted to talk politics and Doug & Chick were egging him on.

Till next year,
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JP, Linda & i were also amazed when we tore ours apart. i used the rocket launcher as a balancing post in some rough seas thinking it was mounted to the deck properly. When removing I found they used cap bolts that were too short and only caught by 1 1/2 threads on the mounting plate. i'm sure glad ...

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The Brass ring rules! It also has the best burger in town. Just make sure you lock your truck and have your Doberman in the back.

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UV, I just changed out my 900's to the petcoks. Racor has a direct replacment and it comes with the seals. I had to change out the plastic bowls as they were old and devolped hair line cracks and split when it screwed in. I could pick one up @ wholesale from Lewis Marine and bring it to FLL. if you ...

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Ernest,
I would start with the hatches and wings first & see if it helps, which it will. Insulating the bulkheads probably won't help in the cockpit. I just did my engine boxes and it made a huge difference.
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Thanks Patrick,

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I have enough old flares left from the previous owner to light up the sky for a few hours, some dating back to the early 80's How many of you guys keep a few of the recent expired flares just in case and how old is too old. The last time I changed a water heater the customer said "boy it looks brand...

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Patrick,
When you get off the plane in PBI you'll blend in with all the Blue Hairs showing up for the summer season. Better look out one of those rich widows may want to take you home.

See ya soon,
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I stoped by a comericial fishermans place a few years ago to check out his B25 single diesel inboard repower. He cut the lower v section of the hull and inverted it to create a pocket for the shaft. The glass work wasn't pretty but it worked. He dropped in a Cummins 4B and mostly fished near shore f...

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Doug, You can do it no problem, 5K sounds like Rybovich prices. There will be some good old Bertram mud under the backing and you'll need a hammer & chisel to remove it. If one side has gone soft the other side isn't far behind and the rudder backing is also a close second. I hate to say it but all ...

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Greetings UV, I think starting with a polishing compound and working toward a rubbing compound will work, just don't be too aggresive with the buffer. I've had good luck with DeBond http://www.debond2000.com/ to remove some Awl-Grip overspray. I recieved the list & pesos, everthing is under control....

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Damm Patrick, that looks really scarry!!!
I glad I didn't see that under mine when I remover them. I must say the bronze backing strips backing the bolts were real brittle and came apart in pieces.
Glad to see your staying busy,
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Thudddddddd man,
How do you know a Hatt is a offshore boat? From what I understand you haven't mad it offshore in yours.

Just wondering,
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Drive savers are not a permanent instaliton. I believe they have a two-year life span before replacing but I may be wrong. You also have no bond to the shaft and need to run shaft brushes or run a bonding wire from the tranny flange to the coupling to complete the bond. They work great on trawlers, ...

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Walter,

It's been a few years since bertram25 has been up & running.

www.25bertram.com is alive & well with over 7000 posts to date and a photo gallery chock full of 25's

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Brewester,

Could you drop me a e-mail so I could send some pics. I can't attach them on the local B31 mail.
webmaster@25bertram.com

Thanks,
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Well after 6 weeks of hard work and gallons of sweat we splashed KAHUNA with diesels today. Just amazing!!! We picked up 2 Perkins 6-354 Fish Killer diesels from Brewester Minton (thanks Brewester) and 2 ZF 63A gears from Bruce (thanks Bruce) and proceeded to gut the cockpit and engine beds in prep ...

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He averages 2 years to do a repower so he really isn't in the game. We did in 6 weeks what he almost did in 26 months.

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I got filters from ZF in Melborne and yes their changed. The rebuilt one ended up un thr port side and they have been test run & ready to go. This was an amazing amount of work, not a day off ion 6 weeks but it's comming together well.
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Bruce, where's Tony going to park his truck? She makes the shop look small.
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When I removed mine the outside flatstock was so brittle it came apart in pieces. You may want to replace them when rebeding.
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We had a water fountain in our 63 SF while underway. I glassed in 3" fiberglass tubes and went with dripless seals. It brought the boat into the 20th century. I have the old bronze logs if anyone wants them.

A gallon & a 1/2 should be enough paint to do the bottem.

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Pete, were going to update the survey after the repower. I'm sure my insurance will go down with diesels.
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Rodger that!!!

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UV tell me this isn't so. US federal judge declares boating illegal in all US navigable waters In a rather bizarre ruling that has marine industry officials worried, Judge Robert G. James of the United States District Court, Western Division of Louisiana, has said that it is criminal trespass for th...

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I guess were out of inodes.
After we deal with Ernesto we'll get her going.
Thanks,
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Get 4 pieces of all-thread about 8" long the same size as your coulping bolts with nuts & washers. Find a deep socket just a pinch smaller than the shaft diamater and insert between the shaft and the tranny flange. Insert the threaded stock and tighten a little at a time to distribute the pressure e...

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In the last year and a half I've done dozens of survey punch lists and the only float switches I replaced were the Ultra Saftey System high dollar switches, 4 of them. When they fail it seems they stay on and run the batteries down or burn up the bilge pump. I know Robert would have a heart attack i...

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It's Sandy Bird. Happened a few years ago on the south jetty of the Palm Beach Inlet. She's still floating!
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Four boats,
B31 Sportfish ready for diesels
B25 Express repowered in 2004 w/3.o merCruisers currently for sale
32' Camper Nicholson blue water bloboat beat up by 3 hurricanes but still floating.
9' rigid inflatable

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I have a Cyteck control box in the overhead and a Autocop compass under the companionway step. Pete Fallon said it was a remote control autopilot but I'm totally confused. Are Ceteck and Autocomp compatible? There are a few cables with connectors by the the compass with nothing to connect to! I'm pi...

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I made my reservations today with the Babuska and she said there are only a few rooms left. The FLL Boat Show is just around the corner and I hear Bacardi is brewing extra rum to make up for last year.
Cheers,
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Bill Holmes @ Holmsey Co, Inc. in Jupiter has a mold for the two sided cored insert. He told me he could tweak the mold to fit the boat. You give him the inside measurements for the top & bottem corners and he'll push or pull the mold to fit the measurements. Price was $1900,00 fob Jupiter, Fl. 561....

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John,
I believe Bruce is in training this week and on his way to see Patrick.
I dont know if it's possiable to boost the HP that much from a 170. It would deafinatly need a new injector pump, turbo and timing gears to start with but I believe the compression ratio is higher in the 240.
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