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Pete Fallon

John F, That 30 mph was at 3000 rpms, the engines are throttle bodied fuel injected FWC 454's , not carbed, WOT was 4300 at 41.8 on the GPS. You have to remember that I had a low -profile strut system and the boat is an express cruiser with 8 degree down angle trannies. The low profile struts are on...

Pete Fallon

1962 31 Nice work on the engines, I did my share of rebuilding with the old 413 and 440 Chryslers before I got the Mercruisers. Make sure you redo your bonding wires and get rid of the automotive style lugs on the wire ends go with the epoxy heat shrinked ends. Also check those old black exhaust hos...

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Craig Mac, I had 7.4L Blue Water Edition Throttle Bodied Fuel Injected Mercruisers with 1:5:1 Hurth 8 degree Down Angle Trannies, they were ordered direct from Mercruiser at the time in 1997 I was on their professional anglers program. I asked a lot of questions before I bought them. At first the re...

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Guy's,
Looks like a 31 Formula no way its a 31 Bertram or even a 38 special, look at the stub keel and side exhausts, maybe a 30' Bertram built in the early 90's, Looks like a Napier design. Brokers and honesty, now there is a contradiction if I ever heard one.
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Pete Fallon

Corey Mason, After reading your posts I have a few questions for you. #1 Have you already purchased a 25' Bertram? If so what kind of power does it have. #2 If your thinking of repowering with diesels be prepared for sticker shock on the pricing of small diesels, either straight inboards with transm...

Pete Fallon

Doug, I noticed in the picture that the fiberglass insert that fits across the back of the motor box and behind the seats is missing. If you don't have it,it's easy enough to make a new one out of Coosa board. The seats that I had were made by Todd, not Pompanette. I found a couple of old pictures t...

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Doug L, When I had my 20 Bertram back in the 80's I had small jump seats next to the engine boxes. They were attached to the sides of the engine boxes with a piece of 2x4 teak and attached to the side of the inner hull with the same teak system. They fit nice and snug almost a pressure fit, they had...

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Todd, If the out rigger base poles have a plate that is attached (pop riveted) with a serial number they are from Rupp, I think the early 80's Bertram's were still using Lee's out riggers. Another way to tell if they are Rupp's is by the attaching hardware to the fly bridge if you still have that pa...

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Bruce, Did you find out where the boat is located? The boat looks very familiar to me, I think it's from Marblehead, Ma. I knew the boat from before I moved to Florida 18 years ago. Anyway find out where it is located and I'll go look at it. Also I have a place you can store it for free until the sn...

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Mark, If I remember correctly the core under the 35 Bertram gunwales and foredeck is marine plywood. I would follow Capt. Patrick's advise on how to replace the rotted plywood. Also I always used a backing plate as large as it will fit under each tower leg, it can be a piece of aluminum flat stock o...

Pete Fallon

Bob, It just makes sense to me having it at the transom. I have had damage claims from idiots filling the rod holders full of gasoline or diesel, filling the relocated water tank fill and waste pump outs. Not just the owners I have seen dock boys start to put the nozzle into rod holders. Also the he...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, The cat was 18 years old and the neighbor shot it with a hunting arrow because it was stalking his pet Quail. Come on people get real. The neighbor should be fined for hunting within a neighborhood, the cat couldn't catch the quail if he was 17 years younger. Cats have more brains than som...

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Ed C, Do not put the fill hose in the engine space, it will heat up the hose and cause it to break down faster than normal. Leave it where it is and make a cover panel over it. Or you can do what Bob Lico did and put it at the stern, which is a very good idea, the hose doesn't have to rest on your t...

Pete Fallon

1962 31, Just by looking at that small section of the aluminum tubing it's time to replace either the entire tower( lot's of crevice and surface corrosion) plus a heavy weight captain. You might be able to get a few sleeves to go over the broken areas but once the breaks start it time to replace the...

Pete Fallon

1962 31 Make sure that the old rudder ports have not gotten out of round, over the years the action of the rudder shafts which are hard stainless against the softer bronze rudder ports will elongate the opening. either replace them if they are uot of round or have a couple of Delryn bushings made up...

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Ed C, On the center deck supports I did mine about a 1/2" higher than the out board support. The reason is so you don't have puddles on your deck and it allows the water to run off quicker, to the outer edges of the cockpit then out the scuppers. I have seen too many refits that were flat, no deck c...

Pete Fallon

Ed, That is the same flush mount vent that we used when we were building the 34 Legend, I also used them for all the vents for my 31 that I sold last summer. I used them on the holding tank vent, gas tank vent, my water tank was vented at top of the tank. They are flush mounted and don't whack your ...

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Ron,
Welcome aboard the sand box, thanks for the kind words. Don't be afraid to ask questions , most of the guy's have many years of experience with all types of boats, not just 31' Bertram's.
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Dan, If you can get a hold of a set of 17x18 3 blades that is what I had on my 31 Express with 454Throttle Body Fuel Injected engines and 1:5:1 trannies. Got 4350 wot at 41.8 mph on the NorthStar GPS back when the engines and trannies were new in 1997. The best I ever was able to get with the carbed...

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Bruce, The guy that hit the golf ball looks like he might have made a deposit in his pants. I think that if you can get the ball past the shotgun blast you should get the next shot for free. It would also speed up the pace of play especially at some of the South Florida courses. It might contribute ...

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IRGuy, I forgot to tell you that the last implant they put in down in Ft. Lauderdale was $115,000 the implant alone was $15,000. and it only lasted 2-1/2 years. That was prior to me going on Medicare in 2010. I could of put a pair of brand new 330 Cummins, trannies and shafts and a topside paint job...

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IRGuy, I am glad your knee is coming along sounds like your doing the correct thing. I did the same thing on my 2nd replacement did twice as many reps than they said to do. I was back playing golf in 6 weeks from the date of surgery. That knee was going along nicely until it loosened up after about ...

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IRGuy, I think that he was very, very, very lucky not doing a cartwheel after touching the ground with his wing tip. I bet he had to change his shorts after that flight, I know I would have had to. How is your knee doing after the operation. I am still having a few minor problems with mine, but it's...

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Simple jesture, Nice video, looks like perfect weather and flat seas. It brings back old memories for fishing offshore. I am still recovering from the last knee surgery at the end of October. hopefully I will be back on the water in a new boat next spring up here in the Boston area. Again nice pictu...

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Bruce, My implants were all made by Depuy (Johnson & Johnson), they were already hit with a major suit out of West Palm Beach for their hip implants. Nothing yet about the knee implants, I am basically going through the same problem, poly ethylene is breaking down and causes he joint interfaces to l...

Pete Fallon

JohnVyn, Sounds crazy but check to see how your spark plugs are, I ran 454 Mercruisers brand new engines in 1997, it set up a harmonic that sounded like the gears were going away. I had some bad Champion Plugs that made a awful noise at low speed in gear, changed plugs to NGK or AC the noise went aw...

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Tommy, Ray Cabrrea himself never answers the telephone, but his wife will get back to you if you leave a message, as far as I know he's still making 31 parts, his shop is just off of Rt 95 in the NW section off 7th in a nasty section of Miami. How's your leg doing, I am recovering from more knee sur...

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Bruce, I tried to bring the 31 back before we built the Legend 34 ( 34'x9'11'' with 2 outboards)Center Console in Hobe Sound back in the early 2000's. At that time the big center consoles were going in the 150 to180K range with engines and modest electronics. Couldn't get the money people to go alon...

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Tommy, I am going to see how the nerve surgery worked before I try another joint replacement. Like I said the pain is only from the cuts where the doctor removed/repaired the nerves. I have 50 sutures, I counted them yesterday after changing out the dressing, talk about a knee looking like Frankenst...

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Bill Cash,
I don't know of anyone on the board using Phasor Generators, I know a lot guys used Mase gen sets, Northern Lights and Onans. Maybe Bruce will chime in on the subject. Most guys used what fit the best on the outboard side of the port engine.
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Pete Fallon

Tommy, I found that the Cadillac SRX has pretty good seats for the driver but you have to special order the lumbar seat and the passenger seat is ridiculous no auto features unless you special order them, my older 2001 SLS has the best comfortable seating I ever drove, 8 way adjustable with lumbar o...

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Russ Pagels, The Perko internal strainers can be rebuilt, they have only a few parts, large O ring and small thumb screw and O ring. If I were you I would get rid of the internal strainers, it frees up more room for other stuff and the bottom mounted screened drop down strainers work very well. I go...

Pete Fallon

Marlin, I saw a post about the F&S 63 from PR are you still looking at doing something with her?. Sorry I didn't call you while I was in Stuart the last time. I had issues with the car repair garage, they fixed one thing but didn't fix other issues, and I was on a tight schedule. I am going to DC on...

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JimmyG, Great looking restoration, lot's of hard work and planning went into this boat you should be very proud. Good Luck with the launch. It blew 63 MPH up here over night along with 5.5 inches of rain, downtown section flooded as usual, Peabody Ma. Beverly got 6.6 inches of rain, took a ride alon...

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Faithful,
Like Marlin said the top doesn't quite fit the rest of the boat, interior and cockpit are beautiful, top looks too high, maybe the owner is tall like me (6'3"). Nice looking otherwise.
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Pete Fallon

Frank, Now you know what I have been going thru times 3 on the same knee, plus 13 arthroscopic surgeries. Drugs pug you up, when it finally releases it's like trying to pass a bowling ball. The first replacement done in Ft. Lauderdale was very painful, they sent me home with a prescription for 5 mg ...

Pete Fallon

DCasey10, Try Bob Gallagher at Gallagher Marine Surveyors at Fosters Point in Beverly His cell is 978-807-2163 He has been around for a while and might have a pump kit or a pump hanging around. If he doesn't have anything try Mack Boring either in Boston or Rocky Hill Conn they were Chrysler dealers...

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Faithful, I am back in the Northeast after a 2-1/2 day drive from Stuart to Peabody Ma. I know I am old and crippled but I had to do it one more time, this was the 45th trip up and down I-95. Left Stuart at 4:00 PM Saturday and drove to Walterboro SC in 7-1/2 hours, next day left at 9:00 AM and drov...

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Joe Vukan, On my 1961 express cruiser I had 454 CID 310 Hp Mercruisers with Hurth 1:5:1: 8 degree down angle trannies all new in 1997, turned up 4200 PMs at 41.8 mph(gps) the props were 3 blade Nibral Dyna Quad with 18" diameter with 17 degree pitch on 1-1/4" shafts. I got just about one mile per ho...

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JoeE,
I am in Peabody Ma about 2 hours away from Chatham. I am a SAMS surveyor, former Mercury rep and center console boat builder give me a call 561-310-7179. We can work out an hourly rate and fuel costs.
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Pete Fallon

Frank, I hope that everything went okay with the replacement surgery today. My case although unusual is not all that uncommon. I was told back in 1978 that I needed a total replacement due to the amount of damage that was done from the accident in the fire station. I was told to wait as long as poss...

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Faithful, I am going to be in Stuart next Wednesday afternoon until the weekend then I am driving up the East Coast via I-95. If anyone needs any survey work or consulting, I will be available and can stop along the way. I am doing another road trip before the surgery on my knee at the end of the mo...

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Faithful, I knew the father and son team that built those boats, In Riveria Beach they are out of business now. The son was working over in the mid east for some sheik, dad retired. Quality built boat that raises fish, a 42 footer that handles like our 31's. All hand laid glass in the bottom cored a...

Pete Fallon

Yannis,
How about a remote speaker for the VFH radio cockpit? Or maybe a digital depth readout? Or just a giant screw up.
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Pete Fallon

IRGUY, The last Cabo I surveyed was I July, it was the last California built Cabo in 2006, I found out that a holding company out of Philly had bought both Cabo and Hatteras back around the first of the year. They reportedly got a large tax break from the State of North Carolina and were to start ma...

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Steve, The window seal is still available, If we are talking about the same seal material, the one between the aluminum frames on the actual window itself. It is called bulb seal, I was able to find it at the Window Doctor in Stuart Florida (off of Jack James Drive, the road to American Custom Yacht...

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Corey, A fully loaded 25 FBC will weigh up to 7,500 pounds, for long haul towing I recommend that you get the biggest vehicle you can. Make sure that it has a towing package option on it, larger brakes. oil/tranny cooler, fully welded class 3 hitch with a 2-5/8 ball, and sway bar option. I towed a 3...

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Faithful, The boat looks beautiful until you get to the transom. 2- 825 pound Rice burners attached to the transom just doesn't work for me, call me a purest but it can't stand the look. Why anyone would add 3 feet of iron to the rear of the boat making it cost 3 additional feet for storage/slippage...

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Yannis, If I were you and the headliner is/ was in the process of coming down away I would re-fasten all the fittings on the forward deck, over the years they will have loosened up and the bedding compound will more than likely dried out. If you don't do it, they will leak for sure and you will be k...

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Rocket, I don't think it's a Hunt design boat, the transom dead rise is not deep enough, more of a modified V hull to me. Like Capt. Pat said keep looking. Sort of looks like a 21' Well Craft to me. Also looks like she's got some water in the core at the transom (dis-colorization near the old transd...

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