New 31's in the future?

[Rickysa]

Did I miss seeing this here??

Italian industrialist Beniamino Gavio said Thursday that he’s still deciding how to revive Bertram Yachts, an iconic sportfishing brand, but one thing is certain: “You can trust that I will treat Bertram with great, great, great respect — the same as I’m doing with Baglietto.”

He said he is inclined to return to Bertram’s roots, building first a Bertram 31 based on the wood-hulled, Ray Hunt-designed deep-vee that won the Miami-Nassau Race in 1960. He might build an open and a flybridge version,

http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2015/02/m ... am-yachts/

Be fun to watch!

[Bruce]

Baglietto builds 100' and above luxury yachts. Apples and oranges.

Will be interesting just what comes out of this.

[Charlie J]

Baglietto builds 100' and above luxury yachts. Apples and oranges.

Will be interesting just what comes out of this.

and the cost of a new one

[Carl]

Maybe the new 31 will be the new tenders for his yachts...just check off the Classic 31 Bertram Tender box when ordering. Cha ching...tally goes up a few hundred K...hardly noticed.

[scot]

If he does build a 31, bet-cha he hangs OBs on it. :-(
We are just a bunch of old Harley guys yearning for a hard tail, pan head LOL.

[Bruce]

Right on Scot. Bertrams AMF years are just on the horizon.

[John Swick]

" If he does build a 31, bet-cha he hangs OBs on it. :-( "

Or (gasp) a pair of mid-mounted jack-shafted duoprop i/o's....
Kidding aside, I'm seriously considering this for an upcoming B31 rebuild.
My thought is this could be a very cost effective performance upgrade ?
Any insights on this would be appreciated.
John

[Stephan]

John-
Hunt has done a number of boats with similar hulls using the jackshaft/IO set-up you mention http://www.huntyachts.com/
Best,
S