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Kudos to Lin Spears and Tommy Drake and everyone else at the great rendevous who made Charlie and me feel so much at home yesterday. This is my second time attending this event, and both times I had the feeling that while I might not have known everybody I was certainly among friends. The venue at t...

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Tommy... Was with Charlie today and then spoke with Lin Spears.. he said you had given him a heads up that the two of us would be coming up for the Sat festivities, so thanks for looking out for us. Charlie and I will be sure to get to to the causeway Marina on time to hitch a boat ride Sat AM. We a...

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Doug...

I didn't call you yesterday because I suspected you were away enjoying the holiday. Everything looks OK now.. thanks for calling David.

Have a great summer!

Frank

IRGuy

Here's to you, UV.

IRGuy

Once again, the Bertram 33 site has been hacked.

IRGuy

I am not much of a drinker but Monday evening at 20:00 hrs I will be here with a glass of scotch to join you guys and pay my respects to Uncle Vic. I just wish I had been able to meet him.

IRGuy

Bruce... For the past few years I have been volunteering with a local group called "Step Up For Soldiers".. we do a variety of things to support both wounded and non wounded active and retired military men and women, as well as their families. One of the things we sponsor as a fund raiser is a "Mud ...

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The juxtaposition is chilling to me... On the one day of the year when we "officially" thank our veterans, the wounded, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. so we can remain free .... We see in the news that our government has screwed over many of our veterans who need medical treatment and ha...

IRGuy

RIP UV
We miss you!

IRGuy

Yes, I said one of the weirdest!!

Fugly boat!

http://newlondon.craigslist.org/boa/4448521599.html

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Thanks guys.. I was concerned something might have happened since he has been absent so long.

IRGuy

A new $10 million 90' Northern Marine Expedition Yacht capsizes when launched.. Watch the first link to see her before completion, and then the second, which shows a pic after capsize. Before launching... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2-oDTZHvVM Upon launching... http://www.goskagit.com/news/loca...

IRGuy

As I was posting my latest "You can't make this stuff up" yesterday I was reminded of Randall, who posted the first one I read here a couple of years ago.

I haven't seen anything here from him in a while.. does anyone have any info about him?

IRGuy

It has been a while since there has been any activity in this forum's "You can't make this stuff up" department.. so here is one....

http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex- ... ine-456932

I wonder if the guy got any change after he made his deposit?

IRGuy

It looks as now. if the hack was short lived.. all is back to normal on the B33 site

IRGuy

I signed on about mid morning and all was OK.. signed sign on a short time ago (15:20) and found a hackers page instead.

IRGuy

Beautiful!!

I started reading the string from the beginning and was taken up short whan I read Uncle Vic's post.. then I saw the string was staarted in 2011. I miss his straight from the shoulder comments!

RIP UV!

IRGuy

MarkS...

Can I come to your house and play with your toys?

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Amazing!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschoo ... 04706.html

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Bob...

Please let us know what Harry and his family need.

IRGuy

I think I would do a couple of test runs with sacks of potatos first.

IRGuy

Some guys have all the fun!

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Bruce...

Thanks for the info! I assumed it was important because they didn't want to run any longer than necessary without repairing it.

IRGuy

I am watching "Deadliest Catch" as I type this.. The Northwestern just had to stop fishing and return to port because their centrifuge motor failed.

What does a crab boat need a centrifuge for? Seperating water from lube oil? Cleaning hydraulic oil? What?

IRGuy

The world's most interesting man!

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I had started to post something in response to bbtiller's comment above, but thought better of it as I am not comfortable sticking my nose into someone else's business.

Glad this issue has been settled.. now lets all get back to playing in our sandbox!

IRGuy

Peter... Get better soon! The years haven't been kind to one of my knees (rugby injury 42 years ago), and I am looking at eventual surgery. Everyone I have spoken with, from Drs, to friends who have had that sort of surgery, to the physical therapist next door all say that following the prescribed e...

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Bertram Brothers... For the past 6 or so months I have been going to a website that features fascinating presentations on incredibly interesting things. The topics vary from illustrated talks on deep sea creatures to overcoming personal challenges after losing a limb and adapting to an artificial on...

IRGuy

Any chance the engine had overheated in the recent past? On one of my Cummins 6Bs the PO had a belt break and the coolant pump stopped, over heating that engine and cracking the exhaust manifold. Coolant leaked into the manifold as the engine was cooling down.. my mechanic said the crack was so smal...

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Back in my sailboat days I owned a wooden 34' sloop. Every spring launch she leaked lots until the wood swelled.. I always slept aboard the first night.. just to be able to hear my high bilge water alarm. A friend with a similar boat but no alarm claims he slept the first night with one foot on the ...

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You all know you want one!

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/hear-koeni ... 04298.html

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Pete..

About 6 or 7 years ago I called the Bertram factory and got the Master Builder's Certificate for my boat.. I believe I spoke with Don Flippen.. not sure of his first name. Maybe he is Seth's father?

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Craig...

He has carried lots of valuable stuff, but his most expensive load (as far as he knows, because some stuff he carries he can't place a meaningful value on) was about 40 race horses.. all prime winners.. from one city to another in Asia.

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Carl... I was going to say "unbelieveable".. but I believe it! Bruce... When I was looking to buy my boat, it was in a city where I knew nobody, and it was the biggest boat I had ever looked at, so I asked around for recommendations for surveyors. I spoke with a couple, and was unimpresed.. all seem...

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Some of you might remember my mentioning a long while ago that my son-in-law was a Navy F/A-18 pilot (and later an instructor). He now flies Boeing 777s for FedEx. (So far they have never lost one). He sent this link to an interesting article written by another F/A-18 pilot..... Any of you who were ...

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Pete... Good luck with #16! Yesterday I was at an Orthopaedic Clinic with a Dr who does knees and hips.. I have a 43 year old injury to my right knee that has gotten somewhat worse and slightly painful over the past two years, and got a pre cortisone shot. Dr says he only operates after he has tried...

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A day late, but who is counting? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael O'Toole was walking on the beach on the coast of Ireland... he saw a glint of glass in the sand, and realized it was the neck of a bottle. He pulled it out of the sand and bushed it off....

IRGuy

Awesome!

I think I would have a V bow instead of a squared off pram bow.. and what is the guy pumping at 2:40.. maybe engine tilt/trim?

IRGuy

Having spent about an hour typing a long response and then losing it somehow in digital never-never land I will post below a much abridged summary of my feelings on the matter... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

IRGuy

Lots of great engine access!

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Watch this video and see if you don't get a lump in your throat and maybe even a tear in your eye...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/0 ... d%3D450297

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Read the short article and then watch the video clip!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/2 ... d%3D448631

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Go to the CoPilot product here to cut a larger hole centered where a smaller hole was originally...

http://www.centurydrill.com/Image/Catal ... 0Flyer.pdf

I have something similar and it works perfectly.

IRGuy

Where else but in the B31 forum can you find individuals experienced in boat maintenance, fiberglas repair, electrical troubleshooting, painting, electronics, engine troubleshooting and repair, boat handling, boat surveying, fishing, navigation, boat financing, woodwork and carpentry, plumbing, part...

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting part of USMC Camp Lejeune with my grandson's Boy Scout troop. My son in law (ex Navy F18 pilot) had set up a two day camping trip/tour of the base for the kids, through a Lt Colonel he knew when they both were in the Naval Academy. The Lt Colonel commanded an...

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Great video of a marlin chasing a dorado..

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/p ... in-attack/

Enjoy

IRGuy

I have had my share of "demons" to deal with, some I suspect inherited from my situation at home while growing up, some caused by my personal stupidity as a young adult.. But I learned early on that I am not the brightest or strongest individual, and I needed 100% of whatever facilities I had to suc...

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I have a good friend who holds the world's record for the longest single handed survival at sea in an inflatable life raft... 76 days. He almost died.. was skin and bones, lost most of his hair, and part of his eyesight. He survived on fish he was able to spear, and water from both rain and a solar ...

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For those of you who are interested in guns..

http://news.yahoo.com/beretta-build-fir ... 33943.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Harry... One of the problems I saw when I lived in the frigid north before I came to my senses and moved south was the damage ice could do to the exterior of the hull at the water line. Usually we didn't see the salt water freeze into chunks of ice, but in especially cold times thin sheets of ice wo...

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