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bob lico

galley all finish with corian countertop. mahogany frame.

bob lico

needless to say with interior decorator wife and surpreme last word on design i used no gloss on interior after spending many hours on gel-cote had to paint over with matte (not building a mental intitution ) she visited relative an it left bad experiance and will never walk into a boat with shiny g...

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salon draws were easy just remove bogus formica fronts and build new teak fronts with E-pay borders to prevent wear on all draws,cabinet doors and floor board (strong as steel) and excellent for theshold in cabin and head entrance floor..(old interior) https://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/BobLico...

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11/2" cabin door so you use conventional hinges and insert detail on both inside and outside.

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actually the hardest part of building the pocket door and frame out of "Flame grain mahogany) was getting asked to leave at the lumber yard after picking thru 500 pieces of 5/4" planks trying to find the one that were crosscut by chance. "Sir you have to leave your anal" !!!!! the center piece inser...

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door in closed position.full mirrior on inside of door-------women!

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door in the head is a pocket door that slides to the right

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answer to the PM ,the tv is mounted on a pull out mount (hospital style) located in the V-berth on the wall of hanging locker facing V-berth. i will take photo when i get a chance also has X-box connected for the children.

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thank you carl i just like the open look actually my daugther`s view " dad this is like (walking into a cave in the ground)" . i love her and respect her opinion. funny thing is i loss no storage space by doing this. the hanging locker is very deep actually longer than my arm could reach so i routed...

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teak around gunnnel weights less than 20 pounds and about 1 1/4" thick. any weight after the main bulkhead is "good weight"

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running to the inlet at 34 knot cruise with A/C and refrigerator keeping food and cabin cool and low humidity.please highlite and click on photo

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a little more photo to starbord

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new blue leatherette interior no more vinyl. the open look of V-berth and still retain hanging locker on port side. salon A/C outlet shown above salon seat. cool air in salon at all times.use your arrow to highlite photo and click for total view https://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/BobLico/IMG_05...

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highlite photo to get entire view.

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pete finally went to boat for photo as you can see glass on door due to angle allowing more sunlight to enter cabin in combination with triple the size cockpit windows exceed front windshield due to light be deflected by fiberglass above V-berth https://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/BobLico/IMG_06...

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all that money and a stock bridge with dated hatches on bridge and no pod i would go with the capt. patrick designed bridge anyday.

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i totally diagree peter. i love paying LAND taxes .number one that was my children and now grand children in the Sayville school district. the surronding towns hate hate out policy because we do not share fire dept,gorgeous library,great school district only for Sayville residents, SCPD. COPE headqu...

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the real deal was (no names ) Cummins northeast representative had heard about my boat from cummins techs on long island and then witness the boat running offshore at 30 knots. he contacted me and i allowed the two techs to board with instrumatation. friendly people and were litterally stuned with b...

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port side before cold air induction installation,90 degrees ,straight pipe,90 degrees, in hot pipe than sprinkler head in 5" SS than 70 degrees fitting, blue silicon and muffler.

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the starboard side adapter off turbo from 3 3/4'" output ID. to 4" ID at90 degrees than another long sweep 70 degrees to outside to straight pipe (all hot pipe wrapped" then sprinkler straight down WILL last 100 years this position and about 15 years or so OEM 5" exhaust sprinkler installed at 45 de...

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carl you are going to have to open that book again for A/C and this one is over the top but people get crazy when you get off subject i have no idea why ' IF YOUR GOING TO SHOOT THAN SHOOT" but computer people get excited some day i will reveal a huge inovation in air conditioning in a 31 Bertram. t...

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1920 would be a new house on my block,most are 1860 thru 1910, most have rounded basements with coal shute from late 1800 era with 200+ frontage and 600' deep from street to back street of which was a dirt road some years back to bring horses to barn (weird being in a house with garage the one time ...

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how ever when you complete the window modification the two cockpit windows and glass door allows more light than winshield because of the cut off from the v-berth extension ceiling into the cabin and most of all for my wife with vertigo a clean even 180 degree viewing area around the entire cabin wh...

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mike the cummins guys were standing there in amazement. i feel it was a foolish act but i was determine and never do it again. two cumminn technicians and northeast rep. were in the cockpit and i took boat into bay. i put the boat into reverse with the rudder indicator at "0" then push the throttles...

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STOP,STOP,STOP you off on a tangent!!!! step one you use the gasket to the turbo output and take to machinr shop----ha ,ha ok take it to your shop the ID with match turbo at 3 1/2" ID and the od will be 4" put a neck on that piece about 1' .so now you have flange with bolt patern (4 bolts) and a 1" ...

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you want me to jump at 20,000' no problem you want me to kill people no problem you want me to deal with the FBI,SS FEMA and the air force no problem you want me to deal with the girls needs on my 31 Bertram BIG PROBLEM --------yes dear! https://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/BobLico/11958322_10206...

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okay i am going to walk away from this and chalk it up to differant strokes for differan folks. i use my boat 9 months a year number one and i cater to these brautiful women in summer sitting at the table in nightgowns in morning.daddy i want a beautiful bathroom with full mirror hot and cold water ...

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tony i had no choice look at this corner in a 31 it is not even a even radius. basicly slight curve then sharper as it make the turn . i see no reason why you could not do this on a large BBQ with hood down,every four minutes or so, keep temp at 375 and be patient the only problem is the BBQ must be...

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tony this is a clear photo of the inside trim around window. i remembered the reason i use epoxy encapulated coosa board was i wanted the lip to come down on side like a cap to give extra beef for a 10' wave hitting direct port or starboard when sharp turning huge waves at high speeds. Trust me it i...

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carl i never cut out boat time because i always do my improvements in the winter and early spring. boat is ready for water in 1st week in may every year.actually i have nrver paid for labor except the first hull side paint job after that i did all the painting also.i spent more time experimenting wi...

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i could have but i had the long pieces of coosa in the shop so i used it however good observation it would have save all the labor of filling all the pin holes and primer and paint. the use of Azek is a finished product but i painted interior all in one with the window frame. i would definitely use ...

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i believe your right Carl ,as i get into my golden years i really don`t have a opinion on other people choices but in this case i sit in total amazement. twenty years ago when i bought the boat and the three families boarded and were happy enought just to get to fire island. then they began to look ...

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OMG hundreds of hours i would go broke trying to make a living revamping 31 Bertrams.to add to this i build my boat never to sell and to make sure my son who will inherit the boat never will be able to sell,grandson can sell all the legal work in the world cannot prevent second generation sales. i w...

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the limo glass was about 6 times the price of tinted safety glass . i also used it for cockpit windows and cabin door. when you are inside during the day it as almost as bright as clear glass but offers a private cabin for the women at dock and overnight stays.you also have to be dead on with templa...

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robbie i have never wired a house in my life but it sounds interesting. this was not made as a play on your trade just came about it with sales rep. you can bent without breaking about 70 degrees if you need to top piece is one piece.

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robbie the ridiculous low price come from a rare experiance i came across.not comparing your trade to another.i came across AZAK brand molding at East Islip lumber with the company rep. he went on to explain his product and i asked "can i bend it in a arc" his answer was yes.unlike box store crap th...

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Carl i agree on your method for port side but in a FBC the starboard side you will have to remove frame.a piece of cake with a REAL Fein tool .first attemp to remoce SS slotted screws if they don`t come out cut with Fein tool. Again this is not my choice i would always replace with one piece tempere...

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assuming you have MSD 6A lets start with this. i am not a parts changer!

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like you with dramatic medical scare , all is well after hospital stay. moving on ;ok that window repair is a walk in the park assuming you are going with clear 1/4" plexiglass. mind as well do both sliders on that side at the same time. very close estimate would be $300.00 dolars but you would be b...

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i cannot show you the triangle i no longer have the OEM windows i built my own and used tempered limosine tinted glass. the rear bulkhead will not get in the way because you are only moving the window frame 3/8" toward the inside to allow the broken window to slide out then you insert new window bac...

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and the main bulkhead is also a factor.

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the Starbord Window; here is the problem two bulkheads up against the widow.this is going to be long DIY and there are opyions

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PETER----ouch!!!

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the front bottom of the window has a small hand made alluminum triangle with four tiny screws from the inside. remove the screws then triangle. the bottom track has a fuzzy covering # 6 self taping SS screws .remove screws but beforehand these flathead screws should be covered in PB-Blaster or Kroll...

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marine plastic inovation in west Babylon is quite a place actually the only people i know that can weld starboard (quite a interesting concept) however they are expensive for just a replacement go with Carls idea, incidently what window is it port or starboard . i asked because starboard can not be ...

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cannot remember the name of the glass shop but it is on the west side of route 112 south of route 27 in patchogue . he has the tinted lexan or plexiglass.

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thank you Pete and the Good the Bad and the Ugly of the under cockpit boxes are with the use of slam hatches there is no need to lift hatch to 90 degrees and no handle to turn to open like big Bertram ,so over a reef you just unhook, drop fish on cockpit and slide fish into box in 5 seconds, the bad...

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OPPS i through you were out of Shennicock inlet. wow that is a long way around.

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