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The 50 is an awesome boat, I sold my 31 last year and bought a 50 in Southern California. It was almost a trade for a perfect 31 for a nice 50! The boat was incredible running up the coast to Seattle, through BIG wind storms and huge waves. It is a great boat and an amazing value, every time I am ab...

Love my flo-scan 9000 series. Tack, fuel burn, and gpm! What a great tool to find the " sweet spot " and engine condition.

Carbon is not that big of a deal to work with, it is nice to bag it but I have done plenty of wet lay also. I have found it to be no differant than glass, just make sure you get it wetted out fully. Kevlar..... does not grind worth a damn and has a HUGE water absorbtion rate. Before my Bert I raced ...

I have kept up boats since high school, back in the '80's. (got me through school) Hatteras used to only use Imron, now they have changed to Awl Grip. The only boat I continued to maintain was a '88 65' Hat, it was repainted for the first time three years ago with the Awl Grip because that is what H...

I have used the West System blister repair and the interlux systems. They failed in three years. Sea Hawk makes a barier product that has worked great for the past four years. I filled the blisters with 3M vinalester filler, all is good.

Flexi-teak was instaled on a boat I skippered two years ago. It was removed last year. It failed at the joints, every four inch or so. This was on cockpit of a 65 Hatteras sport fish in Seattle. Since then I have looked at more boats with it and found the same pattern.

Great to hear that we may have another 31 in the sound! Please call me and I would be glad to have you down to my boat. It is in a boat house near West Seattle, I can show you anything you would like to see. My boat is basically new. It has rebuilt over the last few years, paint, power, wiring,cherr...

I did the same last year. I found a local reputable machine shop near Seattle, did all the RnR myself and was into the long blocks about 2k each. These are board 40 over w/new pistons ballanced and blue printed, we also resized the rods, turned the cranks replaced the valve train including cam and l...

Great choice, I painted my 31 nine years ago. It still looks great! I have also maintaned a 65 Hat. for the past 20 years. That Imeron paint job lasted tell two years ago out side in Seattle and still looked great, but it was wearing through from all the polishing. My 31 is in a boat house, I am thi...

Any body know the part number for the Perko light socket in the bow chalk nav. lights. One more thing, I have rebuilt my engines and Trans carbs alt all the stuff, the port engine is burning 17 gph stbd 10. I swaped carbs port to stbd, checked timing idle and advanced, shafts are not bound. What els...

Sounds great lets keep in touch.

Nic, that is my dingie. Nothing wrong with a dingie being half the size of the boat. I fish it a lot in Canada and go skiing with it, it is my sport utility boat. I will be getting some pics of my friends boat. What kind of a budget do you have and what years are you looking for? Have you looked int...

Trying to get a 31 meeting together in Desolation sound at the end of July. Please E-mail Dave at Goodgrief31@hotmail.com. We have a private dock available to us on Mink Island.

Hay Nic, I must say you have great taste in Boats! I tow a Montock behind my 31. I knew you were missing somthing when I was aboard, a dingie. I have a close friend selling a spotless 17 w/a 115 Suzukie 4 stroke. It is gaurage kept ( that is a shed) all of its life.