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Just when you think you've seen it all.

Someone please tell me what happened here?

Recognized pieces of this catasrophe after a fishing trip in Acapulco last week.

1 for 2 with the Sails, Saw a couple free jumpers and some on the surface. Beautiful water and weather. Buisness trip with 1 free day, and yeah you guys know where I spent it.

Mike Dolan

I wonder what happened to the rest of the bert..

Nice tire bumber array, must have been done by a coonass. But on the other hand, we use white wall tires on yachts, save the black walls for the work boats.

Beer is cheap down there in the 3d world too.

UV

Nice flybridge anyway!!

purpose built

It's a commercial tire fishing boat.
You can tell because he has his catch hanging over the rails.
The lines are not right for a 31 Bertram.
Looks more like a 70's Luhrs 32 footer.
Look how she sits at the waterline.
No upward shear, no hard chine at the waterline, and no strakes visible above the water.

Harv .they made that hull in someones backyard and stole the rest, we hope your dad is doing well neil

Fine lookin 31, probably the prototype. Harv, that windstar??

And no it's not the tubbbbb, way to short, and my flybridge was way uglier

I think Harv is right. The lines just are not quite right, but that bridge. Sure makes it look like a 31. I think they stole that bridge off of a 31 and stuck it on another hull. Tony Meola

thuddddddd wrote:And no it's not the tubbbbb, way to short, and my flybridge was way uglier

I know it's not the tubbbbbb, this boat looks 100 times better than the tubbbb, and it floats too!!

There is a mold for the 31 flybridge in Acapulco, and it is quite normal to see the flybridge on that type boat all over mexico.
They are people haulers, I think 20-30 at a time that service the cruise ships and tourist trade to haul people out to beaches for day trips. They usually have a single 200hp Yamaha in the back with a platform built around the motor.


Brian

Mike, at least his flybridge looks good, almost looks like you did the gelcoat job on it!

Thanks John,

That fly bridge sure did look good!

...and I spotted it from miles away...

I think the sparckly Lightningshack bridge, and the ability to spot that bridge style from miles away... maybe worthwhile benefits of spending a month getting overwhelmingly intimate with a sander and all of the curves on that boat!

Sure wish I had the time and resources to spend a winter like you did.

It's taken me 10 years to get 1/3 as far you did in one winter!... But, like you I really enjoy doing some of the work... so spreading it out isn't so horrible.

Almost got frost bite wiring up a new servo-spotlight last weekend.

got it done however!

Mike