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Capt. Mike Holmes

I would have put the pumps in front of the Racors, to use them to refill the unit after changing filter cartridges, but the pump manufacturer was pretty adamant about wanting a filter in front of the pumps.

Capt. Mike Holmes

We had a lot of rain and thunderstorms over the weekend here in Freeport, Texas, more predicted for today. Still, I saw a lot of trailers at the boat ramps, lots of cars in the marina parking lots. It has been pretty slow, maybe everybody wanted to take one last shot? Of course, seas not in thunders...

Capt. Mike Holmes

I have Bosch injector pumps on my 6B's, and large electric boost pumps between the Racors and the mechanical lift pumps. The electric pumps will push fuel past the mechanical pumps, so can be used for bleeding up to at least the relief screw on top of the secondary filers. After that, however, I hav...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Don't want to cause myself bad luck, but I haven't had that problem with the impellors on my Sherwood pumps. Being sort of African engineered, my engines have the pumps mounted on the cranshaft pully on the very front, and it is fairly easy to get to them for service. I did have problems with the pu...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Mark, good luck - and welcome to the group.

Capt. Mike Holmes

That's why it's a mystery.

Capt. Mike Holmes

I'm also pulling for Bruce to get it, love to see it when he's finished.

Capt. Mike Holmes

If I don't answer at the house, try my cell (281/814-1464), got to splash the boat this morning.

Capt. Mike Holmes

The one piece box definately has an advantage when total acess is needed. I modified my original express boxes so they rest on a frame and can be unsecured and moved completely out of the way fairly easily. Not as easy as yours, but better than they came from the factory. No experience with kidney s...

Capt. Mike Holmes

John, I hauled at Tempest today to install that transducer, asked Jim about putting enignes in for you - he said bring it on. Ran up the creek to look at my new lots, 2700 rpm on both engines, 25 knots.

Capt. Mike Holmes

A mother pigmy sperm whale and her calf washed up on the beach at Galveston last week. The mother died pretty quickly, they kept the calf alive for a few days. Very rare here.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Did he report it as an incidental marine mammal killing, or did the whale survive? I got that brochure and form to report how many whales, porpoise, seals, etc, you had to "accidently" kiill during commercial fishing operations again this year, after returning it last year with a note explaining I d...

Capt. Mike Holmes

When I worked for Shell in the 70's, somehow a can of this stuff found it's way from work to my home. One night while gar fishing in the bayou behind the house, I ran out of OFF, and the skeeters were eating me alive. Out of desperation, I sprayed the Aero Kroil on my arms. I may have been drinking,...

Capt. Mike Holmes

The 1961-62 expresses are heavy. Pete Fallon has weighed his 1961, with gas engines, and gets around 15,000. He estimated my '62, with diesels, genset, AC, etc, would go 16,000, loaded weight.

Capt. Mike Holmes

MUCH better shape than mine was in!

Capt. Mike Holmes

Not a bad looking boat, a hardtop express, like Mikey's. Somebody spent some time and money on the interior, and the window frames, etc look original and in good shape. Harry, did you look at the engine boxes? These are the "normal" express boxes, with hatches on top that are hinged in the middle. T...

Capt. Mike Holmes

The cabin and cockpit of the express are the same size as the FBC, but the wide open feeling is contained somewhat by the side things (Capt. Pat would know the proper term) that extend from the cabin area to the ends of the engine boxes. These also keep a lot of spray out of that area. The FBC is th...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Hasselman has a pair of 6BTA's in Boats & Harbors now, except he has them described as 8.2 liter engines.

Capt. Mike Holmes

John, it looks VERY good., some interesting concepts in the interior that I really like.

Capt. Mike Holmes

I think Bob was saying 27 - 28 inches is a lot of pitch, and I fully agree - although I don't have his knowledge and experience. In the old days, "squared" props were considered the optimum - such as a 20 x 20. I understand now that on the newer, higher hp and rpm engines, it is recommended to go ab...

Capt. Mike Holmes

If you have any leftover Whooping Crane in the freezer, throw that in, too.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Capt. Randle, if you come to the Houston area and have any spare time, give me a shout at 979/415-0535. If the hurricane doesn't wipe us out next week, come by for a visit.

I need to fill up with fresh diesel soon, but hoping I don't have a tank problem.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Two years ago Bertram had the 36 there, but you'r right, it's been sadly under represented in larger boats for a long time. I remember seeing a 31 Bert there in the 80's, when they were still being produced. It had factory installed 3208's, and I later sort of knew the guy who bought it. I watched i...

Capt. Mike Holmes

I visited with Noe Martinez at Dos Amigos Boatyard down the creek from me this morning. He has the molds Cabrerra used for Bahia Mar control pods and engine boxes, plus the entire hull mold for the "Classic 31". They are preparing to trick out a Bahia Mar wrecked during Katrina, and expect to displa...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Great! my email is captain31@peoplepc.com.

How was the event? Did ya'll do good?

Capt. Mike Holmes

I was afraid to mention those two in reference to this trip.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Twisters are not nice. We were hit by about the smallest, personal sized one last year, spent 5 months and about $65,000 getting the house back in shape to live in.

Don't want a big one.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Hope you do win it. Fishing your boat? I would dearly love to fish with you guys, but I am THIS close to being able to head for bluewater in my boat - no problems, just "remodeling" again. When I'm ready, I'll give you a call.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Rob, sorry I didn't reply yet, I wuz thinkin'. Would love to fish, missed the ROC, but I'm getting ready to haul my boat to install a new transducer, got a trip on the 19th. Also, Saturday is my birthday, wife wants me to stay home. Let me know how it goes, get some pictures. Anything hi-res digital...

Capt. Mike Holmes

I haven't talked to him since I hauled that cabin top off. Last I heard the owner of the Bahia Mar, who is the one who bought all the molds from Cabrerra, was planning on Deere's. Noe had also said they wanted to put Deere's in the express the cabin top came off of, when they figured out what they w...

Capt. Mike Holmes

The boatyard down from me has two 31 Bahia Mar's he plans to put Deere's in. I talked to a broker during my repower search who said they had squeezed a pair in a 31 being shipped to Puerto Rico. He said if you can fit them in, they run forever, burn very little fuel, and parts are cheap. I know a ch...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Traveling between Manvel and Alvin, Texas today I saw a nice yellow hulled Bahia Mar "project" boat in a storage lot on Hwy 6. Seemed to be a nearly stripped hull inside, had engine room vents cut in the hull, obviously in some stage of restoration. It is sitting on a nice looking 3 axle trailer, no...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Phil, I ran a 31 years ago that had large wooden spray rails, They weren't real pretty, but they did help - as we found out on the first trip after the owner removed them. John Cranston's spray rails are so big they almost act as an extended planing surface - they are pretty much a chine extension, ...

Capt. Mike Holmes

John, the 210's do have turbos, just a smaller turbo that the 250's and up - but you are right about no aftercooler. Most people I know have had great luck with them, but Durwood ruined a set fairly quickly, replaced them with slighly newer 215's that he's had good luck with. He gave up on the commo...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Interesting vessel. I'd love to do an article about it.

Capt. Mike Holmes

VERY interesting looking boat. I'd love to see it in person.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Sadly, they get to be fed by the state on death row a lo-o-o-o-ng time before their moment of truth ever arrives, and there are a whole bunch of them waiting in line, exhausting appeals.

Like the joke about one dead lawyer on the bottom of the ocean, though, it's a good start.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Good report, Phil, and great performance/economy. The weed has been so thick up this way it's coming in the passes with an incoming tide.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Randle, I just thought you'd been down in Timmy's area too long - "Yad" sale. I was at a party at a couple's house years ago who were from Baston, a friend asked them where his date could go "potty". The lady from Mass started racking up, saying, "the potty is heah, the potty is right heah!".

Capt. Mike Holmes

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Capt. Mike Holmes

Rob, Wish I'd known you would be fishing ROC, I had planned to cover it, and was looking for a ride to shoot pictures. As it turns out, I have to go to New Orleans Sunday, so that kills that one, but I'd like to attend the B31 event on August 11. If you have room for another who would try not to get...

Capt. Mike Holmes

John, a girl I used to know always bragged about the oysters at Gilhooley's, don't know if that was supposed to be a hint or not. How did the boat progress look? I did a quick haul on mine Tuesday, getting close to breaking the jetties. Want to go on the first marlin trip on Black Sheep? I'll need a...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Carlos, did you finally decide to replace the 453's?

Capt. Mike Holmes

I was lent a jig when I was mounting my 6B's, but didn't use it. It appears there are two ways to do it. You can mount the engine using the jig, best when keeping existing shaft angle and struts, or start from the other end, as I did. I roughly positioned the engines after bolting the new, larger st...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Scot, I've been to the marina on Pleasure Island, and I've been through Port Arthur in the ICW, but how do you get to the ICW from the marina, or verse vicesa? Do you have to go through the lake?

Capt. Mike Holmes

A vendor installing a distillation column where I used to work told me that he had just installed one in China. It used a rachet wrench and socket to raise and lower the heavy kettle holding crude to be distilled. The Chinese called and said they had the correct wrench to raise the kettle, but could...

Capt. Mike Holmes

Don't want to.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Great numbers, Doug.

Capt. Mike Holmes

And also American and Multi-national coprorations locate facilities in China because of the cheap labor, no environmental restrictions, etc. This includes builders of lareg yachts, like Marlowe.

Capt. Mike Holmes

Wayne, thanks for looking, anyway.

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