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John F.

I've had this boat since about 2008. They are a number of build threads on the site if you want to look into it. I bought her as a Moppie that had been converted into an outboard. After a couple of years, I took the windshield off, smoothed out the foredeck, built a center console and bought a leani...

John F.

Our slot on the Bay is 19"-24." I don't troll unless there's a shot at big bass, and we haven't seen big (40" or so) fish mid-Bay in quite a while. I'm primarily a light tackle guy, and the fishing here has been great. Big schools of 22-26" fish feeding on top hitting plugs. I usually fish from the ...

John F.

Beautiful. How's fishing?

John F.

Tony All is well. We just weren’t using Crows Nest. I figured that I’ve spent more time cleaning her than running her over the past couple years. That, and she’s going to need a repower sooner or later, and with our lack of use (and my age) I just couldn’t justify the expense of a repower. I still h...

John F.

Sold.

John F.

Thanks. Sale pending

John F.

Thanks Rawleigh

John F.

Thanks Mark

John F.

The time has come to part with Crows Nest. I bought her from Doug C. in 2013, and he got her in I think 2002. I'm trying to post up some pics. but Imgur just froze up on me. She has Detroit Diesel 8.2s at 300 hp marinized by J&T. The motors have been good to me, and were good to Doug, but they've be...

John F.

She looks great, with great power. Congratulations and enjoy the ride

John F.

Cool. Thanks for posting

John F.

Oversized rudders are an essential upgrade for the 31. I got mine from Bobby Soles Propeller in West Palm Beach. I believe that they used Captain Pat's design. (Others please correct me if I am wrong.) Based on the drawing that they sent me the overall length of the blade i6" long, maximum width 10...

John F.

Nice job.

John F.

Never mind. Friend decided to go a different direction.

John F.

I have a friend that's looking for a mid-20s center console with twins. When he finds a boat, he wants to have a surveyor lined up. Any recommendations? Thanks

John F.

Crows Nest had the fiberglass overlay glassed onto the front windshield before Doug bought her in 2002 or so. I glassed over a couple minor surface cracks when I painted her 10 years or so ago, and glassed over and finished the laminate covering the inside. Long and short, yeah, I’d rather have the ...

John F.

That's great. Your Hatt looks great. The new windows really set her off.

John F.

Carl, yes i think we might struggle on fuel range to drive her home!! She`d be a long haul that`s for sure, funny enough i`ve been told it can be done, but its not an option for me, i am not that brave!! Team i am arriving the 19th and there for 4 days staying locally to the boat, any cool things t...

John F.

I live about 10 minutes from Kent Narrows/Kent Island Yacht Yard. I don't know any local surveyors, but let me know if I can help

John F.

Awfully fast too

John F.

I redid the frames, and had Maritime Plastics in Annapolis do my windows on the Anna E. All of ‘em. Fronts, curved sides, and big flat side windows. I can’t imagine doing the curved sides. Interestingly, they had to recut one of the front opening windows. They used one side as the pattern and cut bo...

John F.

John- Where did you find Captain Pats build on Santiagos boat? I had looked in building tips a couple times for ideas n info. One thing for sure, I'm not glassing the frames...well I say that now. Once things get going directions change. Captain Pat excelled in glasswork, it is not my strong point....

John F.

Capt. Pat's approach (and it wasn't Buddy Boy):

https://bertram31.com/santiago/images/b ... index.html

John F.

Carl- If you want to go cheap, this is what I did on the Anna E. If you want to do more work, I remember Capt. Pat posting a whole build project of fiberglassing up the existing front frames. I think it was for Buddy Boy. https://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2957&p=27005&hilit=windows#p27...

John F.

Great. Really happy for you.

John F.

Looks like a great day and a great memory. Congrats.

John F.

Congratulations. Great results.

John F.

Thanks. I'll post up some pics. when I get to the next step.

John F.

I'm hoping I can get a lot of advice from this group given all the great rebuilds I've seen. I bought my B20 about 15 years ago. It had been converted to an outboard, and the 1994 Yamaha ran fine. The deck and stringers were wet--really wet--but I figured I'd run it until the motor crapped out. Duri...

John F.

Test:

John F.

Nice looking Bertrams, and looks and sounds like it was a great day on the water.

John F.

Sounds like a really fun day. Definitely not a zero. Very cool

John F.

Whenever I look for a "new" boat, I check at what speed I can get it to plane off. I've been out too many times when 13-15 knots was as fast as was comfortable, and I don't want a boat that's wallowing around trying to get over its bow wave at those speeds. Same with my B20--it'll plane at about 13 ...

John F.

Very nice. Thanks for posting this. I really like the bow rail/pulpit--as well as the interior and pretty much everything (though some stuff is not my style).

John F.

Same. Planes at about 13.5 knots. No tabs.

John F.

Nicely done.

John F.

For my old B31, the Anna E., I made my own frames out of 1/4” marine ply covered in f’glass cloth and had plexiglass windows made. Low dollars, not too much work, and they looked great and we’re holding up fine when I sold the boat. I’m sure there’s a thread on here somewhere showing the windows. Ju...

John F.

Peter- It's better to go Cold Turkey, no boating till Bertram is done. Agree to disagree. I can't stand to be off the water. If she's not done soon, get something. I run my 20 way more than my 31. There's a moratorium here on stripers/rock from 7/16-7/31. Its pretty weird to have an evening where w...

John F.

Your 25 looks great. Great numbers.

John F.

She looks great. When you have some time down the line, I may bug you for some pics of your pulpit/windlass set up. It looks really clean and I've been thinking about doing something like that to Crows Nest.

John F.

Really nice work. She’s gonna be special.

John F.

I went to Kastel Brothers in St Michaels. They did the shaft/coupler work for me a few years ago on the port side. They miked up the bolt I brought with me, set me up, I bolted it back together, and ran her yesterday. She’s fine. Thanks for the help.

John F.

Thanks Carl. Just what I needed to know. I’ll just go to my prop/shaft guy and have him set me up.

John F.

A transmission flange to coupler bolt sheared on Crows Nest. I’m guessing that the bolts have been on there at least 18 years and are pretty corroded. They’re not stainless. Can I use stainless and locknuts for replacements? Or are the bolts a specific hardness? Should I get them from my local prop/...

John F.

Spring 2009

John F.

Cole- Sorry I missed this thread until now. I live and my boat is docked right across the Bay on Kent Island. I think I know your boat/previous owner--Jim B. If so, the tank is a Patriot Marine 230 gallon tank. Jim and I bought the tanks together when all the ethanol stuff was happening. His boat ra...

John F.

I had an issue with a really slow coolant leak that I couldn’t find. I finally figured it out after a I got coolant dye and a black light to show where the coolant was leaking. It was leaking on a hose that I looked at a bunch of times previously, but never saw the leak. Just a thought. Got the dye ...

John F.

Cool pics. Thanks

John F.

Crows Nest has the same battle scars and wears them with pride. That, and if you're at a place where boats are rafting up, everybody leaves you alone because that low slung aluminum rub rail is merciless.

John F.

Glad that you’re feeling better. Get well.

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