Bertram 20 - Police Boat

[Ryan Pinder]

Good morning,

I just purchased a 1968 Bertram 20 Moppie. The Moppie has a search light on the bow and the Navigation lights are blue and red, not green and red. I was wondering if this could have originally ben build as a police boat? I am advised the the single owner before who I purchased the boat from was a pilot in Illinois, but I guess who really knows. Has anyone heard of a Bertram 20 Moppie police boat?

[buzzk]

Are sure your blue light didn't start off as a green light. I would bet that over time your green light turned blue from the sun and just plain old age. I owned a 25 that the green light got a blueish tint to it.

[Carl]

I am pretty sure even Police boats run standard running light colors...now if you said a twirling blue and red globe with a siren and big Police decals on the side...that would lead me to a maybe.

[Bruce]

I've seen numerous brand boats used as patrol boats for water front communities.
But according to rules of the road it would have to have standard red/grn running lights. The blue law enforcement lights would have been added.

I too have seen the green light lenses turn to a blueish color with UV exposure. I have a 31 bow chock and lights sitting on my desk that that has happened to.

[Tony Meola]

The green on my 31 are now more blue than green. That is a lens that is 40 years old. I would replace it if there was one available.

[Joseph Fikentscher]

Tony,

I was in Ace hardware a while back and they had green see-through paint roller trays. I just cut a piece off of it and placed it inside the lens on my bow chock. Worked perfectly.

[Tony Meola]

Tony,

I was in Ace hardware a while back and they had green see-through paint roller trays. I just cut a piece off of it and placed it inside the lens on my bow chock. Worked perfectly.

Joe

Thanks have to look for one of those.

[bob lico]

tony i have one of those green trays and will be working on the 38 bertram next tuesday in new jersey at highlands marina. i don`t know how far aay you are from this marina but it a real easy ride from jersey turnpike on rt. 36 .you could take photo`s of the best bridge ever built on a 38 bertram. captain patick designed and built this work of art with pod and single lever controls with a panoromic dash board for electronic displays sorry to get off subject but he was the man.

[Tony Meola]

Bob

Next Tuesday meaning the 3rd or the following week which I think is the 12.

It is about an hour and twenty minutes. About an hour to get off at exit 117 on the parkway then figure about 20 minutes in.

I am going to check the local Ace this week.

I just blew a trans cooler so I am also waiting for the part to come in.