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Tony Meola

Actually I think old Billy Joel was saying:

What you don't want me anymore.

I think she dumped him for the other guy that lived off her money for a while.

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Harv

Keep at it. These projects tend to drag out longer than we would like but when they are finished it is well worth it.

Tony Meola

Now that is funny.

Tony Meola

Never saw that article either, and I know that this will not sit well with the faithfull but skip the Bertram article and re-live your youth and click on the tab in the upper right hand corner. Pick a year. I picked 1980. Heck Christie Brinkley looked damn good didn't she?

Tony Meola

For the thru hull fittings, I was always told you don't use anything because you break the bonding. Not sure if it matters once you get past that point.

Tony Meola

Really nice. Once she is painted she will be really pretty. I love the interior.

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Tia

Condolences. Way too young. You will find that everyone here will help in anyway they can.

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Tony

For my Morse single controls, running to 270 Cummins, we ran 16', 18', 20 and 21' cables. The longer cables run down the port side and the shorter ones down the starboard since the controls are on that side.

Hope that helps.

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Harv

I sent you a PM.

Tony

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I wonder how they shimed those pods to make up for the angle of the hull. On new boats you can design the hull so it all works. That is a lot of shimming on re-fit.

The performance numbers look really good.

Tony Meola

That is one pretty interior. I think you may have just up the anti. I don't think there is a 28 or a lot of other boats out there with an interior like that. That is just unbelievable.

Tony Meola

Not sure if this helps you, but I went digging through my archives and found an issue of the Old Bertram Owners club Newsletter from 1995. There was a 1966 31 FBC in there with the 150 BMW's in it. It was repowered at about the same time as the one you are looking at. Could it be the same boat? From...

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Harv

Thanks for the doing this for us.

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http://www.whitewaterboats.com/inventor ... ils&id=252#

Not sure if anyone has seen this one. It is up on Long Island. Gassers but she looks good.

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Frank

If Vics doesn't work try looking at Cruz Pro. You might need to use a piece of Starboard to help fill the whole but they offer a sea temp guage on a stand alone basis.

http://www.cruzpro.co.nz/wtp35.html

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Randall

Really great work. I have seen some good carvers but you are probably one of the best. Great work.

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John I New Manny. My dad and I were over his house once and we paired up once to run offshore but it got too rough and we both had to turn back. The Four Aces was the name on the boat. He lived in High Bar Harbor. He used to put a 50 gallon bladder on the bow when he went off shore. Our boat is a 75...

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John

What was the name on that 31 out of Barnegat Light. I used to know a couple of those guys.

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Harv

I know I missed the roll call as I was away from the board for the long weekend, but if you have them when all is said and done, I will take two sets. That would be 4 frames.

Tony Meola

That is pretty slick the way you did that. The paint job looks great also.

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Paul

Congratulations and good luck. Finding a good honest shop is tough. I am sure you will have many memorable hours on her.

Tony Meola

http://ronco-plastics.com/

If you need a new one try these guys.

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http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... Categories

I found these bow lights on ebay and I bidding on them. If anyone else on the board is already bidding please let me know and I will drop out.

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IR Guy

I double checked mine and we did not hook up the switch on the controls.

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UV

Good luck. I don't think there is anythign that will keep them out completely. I gut them under the gunnels.

Tony Meola

I will take a look at mine over the weekend. I have the same controls, new last year. If I remember correctly we did not hook up the switches.

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JP I know the marina I am in for the winter would not let anyone in the yard with a car for the first couple of weeks of march due to the soft ground. You could see where some of the boats had settled in spots that we all had thought were real solid. I have been in the same spot for the winter for t...

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Pull both pumps. If the engines are Mercs then I know the pump on the Port engine is easy to get at, the starboard you will need to hang down over the heat exchnager to get it off. Pulling them off makes it easier in my opinion ot change the impellers. Probabaly a good idea to do that no matter what...

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Jim

Nice. She looks like she has been kept as original as possible. Very, very nice. What are those vents under the gunnel on the sides near the stern?

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Major

I don't think the jack stands are all that expensive. Check online. I know a guy up here in NJ that used to have a bunch of used ones he was trying to get rid of but that was over a year ago. Don't know if he still has them. But by the time you pay shipping you might as well buy new.

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You have got to love that Transom. Nice looking boat.

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http://www.thebassbarn.com/forum/showth ... p?t=215749

Anyone know this 31 in this picture? I hope it wasn't anyone we know. This guy got lucky when he played with the jackstands.

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Adams

If you want a 31 go over to the swap & sell board. Don't know much about her but Geux Deep is up for sale as well as another. Just need to decide on the style you want and how much you want to spend.

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Major At the time the 30 was probably one of Bertrams biggest mistakes. While sales of the 31 were probably not as good as before that period, they were still selling. They came up with the 30 to appeal to the ladies and the families. It never sold well and was discontinued. Not sure how the ride is.

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When I had the 454's in mine at 3000 I was pushing around 19 knots. I am running light also, no tower and not loaded to the gills, only full fuel. So John does pretty good at over 20 knots. Our burn rate was around 25 gallons an hour. An trip to the tip of the Hudson from Barnegat Inlet, leave early...

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nice Kip. The 31 looks good with a center console. Looks like it was made for it. Enjoy.

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Mike

Actually while my boat was laid up during the repower, one of the guys that hung around the diesel shop knew Tred also. His comments were the same as yours.

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http://www.mercoboatdocks.com/

Try this link for ideas and to price out material you might need.

Tony Meola

Has anyone used or know anything about the CruzPro bilge pump sensors and alarms?

Was looking at them online and they look like they might be a better alternative than using the rule switches. Plus they have a built in high water alarm as well as a stand alone alarm.

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Tred has not owned that boat for several years. He sold it right after he moved to Colorado. I have never met Tred but I know several people who have. One even kept his boat near Tred's. They all say the same thing about him. The only guy on the dock who was willing to help them in anyway. Tell them...

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Did our in 1986. Sand blasted (never let them use sand again) filled every opening and pin hole I cold with the Interlux fairing coumpound. Where it had just exposed the mat used the interlux sealer, (don't remember the number) then 5 coats of interprotect. 23 years later, not a problem and still go...

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This should also help from another post and another member. OK everybody.. I finally spoke with Don Flippen of Bertram Miami. Here is the Bertram code for deciphering hull numbers.. assuming they are "normal".. which mine are not.. The hull number should be 12 characters.. Chars 1-3 is the manufactu...

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See if this helps from an old post. One correction to your post: 314 designates the sportfisherman (my sportfisherman is "BER012571172-314"). Lee Dana, longtime head engineer at Bertram Yacht through the '60s, 70s and part of '80s emailed that "the last number after hull size will always be the mode...

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Harry

I am 59 and feel the same way. At least I got mine wet the end of last summer. Just shy of two years. You are doing a lot more than I did. I need to clean up some things before I am off and running this year.

Good Luck and get her wet.

Tony Meola

That is the head, just make sure you don't mistake it for a fish bucket and put the days catch in there.

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Harry

Unfortunately once you get North of 50 it doesn't matter, the elephant the Vette or the Bert don't help. You need to show them the little blue pill that you take.

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Bruce People like you and Pat are few and far between. However, as a business man, it may not make you rich, but you gave your customer a great job at a fair price. Net result is usually more work either from the customer or from them spreading the work. My fater was a mechanic, that is what made hi...

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Capt. Pat

Unbelievable. Ouside, under the trees and it looks like a perfect paint job. This is priceless. How do you do that?

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Capn Pat found it but it is #113 of 116 Pics. in 2004.

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Andre

Wrong question. How much for the Cheer Leaders?

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