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John F.

I've wanted a 31 since I was a kid and my Dad pointed one out and said simply "that's THE boat." Then, when I first got out of school I went fishing on a friend's Dad's boat out of Barneget and came in with the Coasties saying there were 10-12 or 10-14s in the inlet. After that it was just a matter ...

John F.

Looks fantastic. Enjoy.

John F.

Looks great Russ.

John F.

Looks great. Congratulations.

John F.

I couldn't place it at first, but I think that's the "Stars and Stripers" or something like that. It used to be around Annapolis, and if that's the boat, I saw it at Bay Bridge Marina once.

John F.

Beautiful work again Capt. Pat. I especially like the spot for the compass--very cool.

John F.

FWIW, my buddy out in Oahu who keeps his boat on Kaneohe Bay did fine. Afte conferring with some guys with more experience, he left his boat in his slip and it rode out whatever just fine. I was out there last week--we got about 15 bigeye 25-60 lbs and 10 or so mahi (small) in a few hours and quit a...

John F.

I redid the system on my ex-B31 last winter, but can't remember just how it went. Mine was basically two lines for steering from the helm to the cylinder, and a line from the resevoir to the helm and a line from the resevoir to the pressure relief valve--the pressure relief valve on my system was se...

John F.

Incredible...

John F.

Try emailing Russ. I had the same problem, but when I got the right email to the right guy, he took care of it right away. His email is below:

rpellecc@gmail.com

John F.

incredible

John F.

My ex-'69 came with Hynautic which worked great and I redid anyway--lines were getting old and the cylinder would lose pressure over time. I could have my deck up in less than 2 hours easy--maybe an hour if I went at it. If yours is fine, and you want to save the $1K plus or so for something more im...

John F.

Coolair-

What do you have stock?

John

John F.

Console has been f'glassed and faired, with a coat of prime to see how good/bad it looks. I also cut some holes and installed an access door, tackle box, and glove box. The door and boxes are made out of starboard and I got it from a place in NC called Fin-addict marine (www.finaddictmarine.com). Ni...

John F.

Terrible news. Sorry for the loss of life.

John F.

My ex-69 FBC w/454s and 1.5/1 gears ran 17x15 4-blades with #5 cup--that was as a I remember what I was told they were anyway. Sounds like 17x17 would be fine. $600 set sounds really good.

John F.

Tony-

Thanks, but I'm just using it as an "L" bracket to bolt the console to the deck. Kinda' like what Bob talked about. It seems like a good material to use for that.

John

John F.

Thanks.

John F.

I've been to Marathon a couple of times to visit a friend that rents down there. Just about my favorite place ever, but I don't know enough for recommendations. I pm'd you though about a guide (NOT to use).

John F.

Unless I'm told its not a good idea, I'm going to order 5' of FRP "L" (1/4" thick legs?) from McMaster-Carr to put on the inside of my B20 Console so I can attach it to the floor. They list plain FRP (polyester) and premium FRP (vinylester?). Should I use this stuff and if so, which should I get? Th...

John F.

rumors of drug and alchohol abuse...those shows were tough on the little critter's joints...hasn't performed sober in years anyway

John F.

Thanks. You saved me a trip.

John F.

Tom-

Scot who posts here and on the B25 site is redoing a 25 for a single diesel w/a prop pocket. You may want to check with him. Here's a link to his site where he shows the prop pocket work--lots of work.

http://www.cssims.com/

John

John F.

and a legend was born....very cool

Gert-

When she's in your waters, please post some pics.

John F.

I haven't been in years, but it was the best indoor NE show I had been to. My Dad is thinking of going. Is it still good? I looked at the exhibitor list--no Carolina Classic, Contender, Regulator, Albemarle, Parker. Don't want him/me to make the trip if it isn't worth it. How 'bout it Charlie? Oh ye...

John F.

When I saw it listed, it wasn't rigged. No top, electronics, chair, etc. Still looks like a real lot of boat for the money. Just beautiful...

John F.

If this is the boat I'm thinking of, it was originally listed for around $100K, and dropped to around $50K. Looked really great. She was on Yachtworld for awhile.

John F.

Mark- She's in our thoughts. Hang in there.

John F.

David sent some pics to me--David you should post some here. One of the nicest B20s I've ever seen. I was leaning towards trying to make my B20 into a really fuel efficient CC with a nice ride....but 60 sounds like alot of fun.

John F.

Looks great. Flybridge looks all custom? Lots of neat touches.

John F.

Kurt-

Can you pm Russ's email? Thanks.

John

John F.

Giff- That is great.

John F.

Pete- I'd go take a look at the transom on your B31--the transom on mine wasn't substantial. B31s work great for what they were designed to do, and I don't think that they were designed or built to have a transom door, fold-down transom, or a hundreds of pounds of boat hanging off the stern on a dav...

John F.

Ian- I've been following your thread on the B25 site, as well as the other B20 threads. I've tried email, whatever, and have never been able to register over there. Your Bahia looks great. I'm not a big fan of brackets. I can pretty easily work a fish around the stern with the transom mount. To each...

John F.

Capt. Bone- Thanks for the pics. The blue cc with the 250 has gotta' run.

John F.

Bob- The B20 is a great bay boat. I use mine for light tackle jigging, chasing fish on top, some solo trolling, running around to bars/restaurants, and taking the kids tubing/wakeboarding. Its the best riding 20 I've been on. I plan on keeping her real simple--only electrics will be a ff/gps, stereo...

John F.

Bob-

I think the deadrise on the B20 is going to take a little more power to push than a Palm Beach. I still think that if you want efficiency and a 25 knt. crusie or so a 150 would do fine. On the other hand, I've also thought it'd be nice to have a 250 opti or so on her...

John F.

Capt. Patrick- Thanks for the build advice. Still have alot of stuff to do. I'm hoping to have it ready to go by spring, and then convert over to a cc next winter, so I have time. Its been good therapy though. Bob- She has a 1994 Yamaha 200 hp. I get 30 knts at 4200, about 40 knts WOT which I think ...

John F.

Walter- Side console is interesting idea--lots of small side consoles here in the Chesapeake. I'm going to stick with a center. She doesn't have tabs on her now, and I generally stand in the middle of the boat when I'm running. I can trim here side to side by moving over a foot or two each way. She'...

John F.

Thanks guys. Rocky--good question. Haven't quite figured it out yet. Here's how she is now--a B20 Moppie with a transom mounted 200 Yamaha. http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p276/JohnF31/IMG_0160.jpg I have a leaning post for her already. I want 3' behind the leaning post, and if I leave the moppie...

John F.

The Anna E. is enjoying the warm waters of Florida, and I needed a project to help me get over her going. So, I measured out and started to build a console for the B20 moppie O/B that in the next year or so will become a center console. The console fits me and the boat--right height, etc. for me, ri...

John F.

I think its NYY 27 World Series victories, and 40 pennants. For the BoSox, I think its 7 World Series victories, and 11 pennants--and most of those were a long, long time ago. Dug-Yankees/RedSox in what, 2004? How 'bout BoSox/Mets in '86? And please don't blame it all on Buckner--its a team sport, a...

John F.

That 4th qtr. of Giants/Eagles was bad, but still the worst to me was watching Joe Pisarcik hand off to Csonka's thigh. I thought they had a chance.....

John F.
Another long suffering Giants fan

John F.

Birds here have been having a party feeding on those fish.

John F.

Congratulations.

John F.

randall wrote:i hope its teleportation. beam me up scotty.

Sounds good to me...it'll help with the commute. Just think of all the Bertram Rend. we could get to. Gotta' make it big enough so the boats can come to. Maybe Capt. Pat and his alloy offshore boat could get beamed to the canyons on a nice day....

John F.

Congratulations. Looking forward to seeing pics of the new B31. We always appreciate progress pictures.

John F.

Sorry to hear of your loss.

John F.

Happy Holidays to the faithful, one and all...

John F.

I had the f'glass deck with the balsa core. Not sure who made it. Fit fine, looked great, worked fine. Its basically a replacement for the stock deck. You have to keep cockpit side panels and the aft teak stuff and aft panel.

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