Classic 31 hull mold

[Capt. Mike Holmes]

Some might not have read the other post because of low Bahia Mar interest, but the yard near me has the mold for the Classic 31, with the prop pockets. He intends to start building some boats with it.

[thuddddddd]

Can they strech it to 41', make it not roll, and give it the classic lines of a Hatteras, instead of the almost butt draging hyena look that was the insperation for the 28? I might be intested..........on second thought I already have one, and a express to boot

[Capt. Mike Holmes]

No, but he has a boat just for you! It's a nice express made from a 50' aluminum Vietnam era river patrol boat. Originally powered with turbine engines, they took the hydrafoils off, patched the turbo exhaust holes, redid the deck/cabin conformation, and powered with 8V92's. Needs more power, only cruises about 25 knots.

[Hal]

Goddamitdude! You guys are mean.

Thud, I don't think you've been to one of the UVs I attended, but no worries, UV showed me the dent!

Anyway, the RLDT claimed a victim today. Anyone who remembers my former deckhand, Jeff Gerner, from the PE parties will be happy to know that while Cobia fishing today with Jeremy Creech on the only original green hulled 31 Bertram, "Jaded Lady", Jeff was ejected from the port stern corner by an estimated 8' swell. After a 9 point flip, he wound up hooked up to a 6/o frenzy circel hook and 60# fluoro leader.

After a short fight, Jeff was looped and loaded and returned to the marina. Another hour or two later and another 10-20k from the insurance company and he was released - less the hook and plus an antibiotic from the local hospital. The SOBs wouldn't give us a pre-removal Xray for anything less than $600 so we passed and I'll post the photos later.

We're worried the eel may not survive. Or is that "eal"?

[mike ohlstein]

I told you........those circle hooks really work!

[Capt. Mike Holmes]

Got to watch that Jeremy, he's an animal in rough water!

[thuddddddd]

Hal, I thnk I missed 3 and 4. most likely gonna miss the #6 as those boys play in a more rareifide atmosphere.

Sides the dent is at the place next to the flop house. Maybe the judge could show you puke stains from me on his 31 wanna be 25. Never managed to puke on AJ. probably a combination of UV's skill as a captain and the fear of not only never being invitedback, but having Snow throw my ass off for despoiling UV's pride and joy

[randall]

didnt puke on my boat either....but that was cause you were to worried we'd hit something to think about it

[thuddddddd]

Naw, I was to intrested in the necked woman coming out of the fog bank

[Doug Crowther]

Didn't puke on my boat either. It was just a booze cruise off of A/C about a mile offshore looking back at the lit up casino's.

[thuddddddd]

Thought about it though. Between the cigarett smoke and that droneing noise that was coming from one of your guests(that sounded alot like the droneing I heard at Liquerdale) My tummy was gettting a bit lite.
Good thing those straight vodka's calmed it down

[Charlie J]

doug timmy shure makes up for the puking on mikes boat, must have somthing to do with looseing site of land,. next time maybe well give him a camera to take a pic of the inlet so he can look at it from time to time.

[randall]

no thats not it....on my boat he lost sight of land and everything else...cept that gals naked butt

[Hyena Love]

What? Noe is going to start building boats?

I have seen the 50's era alum. "sportfisher." Interesting, to say the least, but now they are going into the 31 business?

[Capt. Mike Holmes]

Yep, they are planning to build them from the Clasic 31 mold, talking about Yanmar power, although the two old 31's they are working on now are scheduled for John Deere engines. He doesn't have the flybridge mold, Rey wouldn't sell it, don't know if they are planning to make them all Bahia Mars or not. I'll sk a little more theis week. Thought he was going to kick my ass this mormning, 'cause we got his forklift stuck yesterday trying to load that cabin roof, but he laughed it off.

[scot]

Capt Mike,

I'm no diesel expert but from what I hear, read, etc. the John Deere's are absolutely one of the most trouble free engines on the water. It's my understanding that they are the main stay of the Northeastern small fishing/lobster fleets. Stick'em in the boat and forget about em. It's also my understanding they are 20,000+ hour engines with very minimal care. I know the used ones still fetch top dollar, I ran across a few used JD ads during my engine quest.

The HP per weight & size is not so great, but that's more than likely why they run forever...plenty of iron.

[In Memory of Vicroy]

But the JD is a little tall/long/wide for the B31.

UV

[Capt. Mike Holmes]

I don't remember the diminsions from when I talked to them a long time ago, but they are big - at least in the CAT 3116 class, maybe a little bigger. Talked to a broker who installed a pair in a 31 in Puerto Rico, I think. He said it was very tight, but that the engines were great, good economy, excellent low end torque, cheap parts, last forever. The price they quoted me for a pair back then was under Cummins or Yanmar. A charter capt. here has a pair in an old 36 Chris Craft at 300 hp, says he can top out at 27 knots, gets between 1 mpg and 1.5 mpg at 20 - 22 knot cruise. His only complaint has been the wiring scheme to the gauges, which have had to be replaced several times.

[thereheis]

hey mike what kind of price do they have or looking at on -em?maybe a price without motors just the hull only??????check it out and get back with me...

phil

[Capt. Mike Holmes]

He's a long way from pulling a boat out of the mold, needs to erect a new building first, get more equipment. I'll keep you posted as soon as he comes up with any numbers. One thing abour Noe, you need to really nail him down n pricing, or it tends to fluctuate - upwards.