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any info on deck kits?while i am repowering i also want to replace rear deck,sides motor boxes etc. i contacted bertram specialties in calif. and have a price but was wondering what else is out there.any help as always is greatly appreciated

Cabrerras, Glasstech and richard Bertram

Not sure about Cabreras. There work is beautiful but not sure they are still in business. No phone. Spottu replies to emails. If they are still around they build the prettiest, most complete, most easily installed componenents. Down side is that instructions are on one sheet of paper. Check everything upon delivery to the nth degree. Be sure that what you ordered is what you got. After three years I am still attempting to get the correct top for the new fuel tank.

Bertram Specialties is the Cabrerras deck. I believe Alex obtained a license from Cabrerras to manufacture the deck on the West Coast.

That deck is pretty awesome. However, it is not made to be ordered ala carte. In other words, if you get the deck, you need the side panels, motor boxes, kill box, etc in order for it to all fit together. I'm sure you could do some customization to incorporate it with other side panels, etc, but at that point you might be better off with Glasstech or the Allied Richard Bertram deck.

Glasstech and the Bertram deck are now both made with divinycell cores. Glasstech can customize a deck to your specs (i.e. add fish boxes). I don't know that Bertram can do that.

Last time I priced them, the entire Cabrerras system was $7000+, Bertram and Glasstech were around $3500, and a customized Glasstech deck with fish boxes was just north of $5000. With resin prices fluctuating, pricing has likely changed.

Hope that helps.

Good luck.

Which of the deck systems are still being made in three pieces? I am looking into the same project, but my boat is in Kona, so I want to stack the three piece deck system together for cheaper shipping. Do you know the contact information for the source in California? Having trouble finding them on the web.

Thanks for all the great information,
Aloha, Barnacle Bill

Bill,

Alex Whitaker - http://bertram31.com/sponsors/31bert/ (Bertram 31 Specialities) is likned both on my Links Page & the Website Links posted on this forum...

Br,

Patrick

A few years ago I installed a Glasstech one piece deck in a 42 Bert. Fit like a glove and was real nice. A beautiful floor.