31?

[Carl]

Is or was this a 31?

http://www.bertram.com/boat_graphics/nw ... 9878-7.jpg

[steve miller]

Looks like a Bahia Mar with a flybridge built on.

[In Memory Walter K]

Steve is right-A Bahia Mar with a bridge built in it. Should have bought a Sportsfisherman if that's what he wanted. Walter

[Harv]

Some bahia mars came with a factory hardtop.
There's one on my canal in Freeport...."StormKing".
I have seen others that had flybridges added to the factory hardtop, this is nothing new.

Walt,
I could see the difference in having a bahia mar with bridge as opposed to a sportfish. The bahia mar would still offer a single level platform from the lower helm as opposed to climbing the steps from the cabin to the cockpit on the sportfish. Also due to the configuration of the bahia mar with hardtop, the bridge would be slightly higher off the water than the bridge on the sportfish or fbc. I have seen a few bahia mars with bridges, where the owner then removed the lower helm in favor of more seating or whatever. Like anything else, the way we set up our boats is always a matter of personal taste and function.