Light at the end of the tunnel

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 6th, '10, 11:32

still have more work to do but finally it seems to be coming to a end

Capt.Frank · Post by **Capt.Frank** » Sep 6th, '10, 17:12

Looks Awsome. You do some beautiful work Rob.

Brewster Minton · Post by **Brewster Minton** » Sep 6th, '10, 17:21

Wow! Great job. It shows how hard you must have worked to do that.

bob lico · Post by **bob lico** » Sep 6th, '10, 18:45

robbie by any chance is it the same imron color as mine? looks very close but the boat is not in the sunlight . great job as usual nice technique on the bootstripe.

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » Sep 6th, '10, 18:50

Gas boat?

How much fuel?

Kept on a lift?

Like the white boot and accent.

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 6th, '10, 20:09

thanks guys, its a group effort.

Bob- not the same color blue. The factory exhaust and scuppers were so far off from each other I decided to stop the stripe at the exhaust so it would not look so out of wack, I guess straight edges and tape measures were not used back then.

its a gas boat, 270 gallon tank achieved by removing the sub floor, tank is stainless steel and was not my idea. it will stay in the water year round, the plan was the owner wants to bring this boat to the carolinas.

I got the boat with the gas tank and bulkhead portholes removed, the bridge was in a crude coat of gray 545 primer, and someone had refinished the transom. The original plan was the owner needed to change out the tank and clean up the bridge and change some windows.

The glass guy who started the job passed away from a form of cancer so the owner of the boat contacted me to complete the project. The job was sidetracked for a while when the owner was convinced to do more work on the boat then the original plan.

I hope Jeff is looking down on the boat and we have made him proud of where the boat has ended up.

Got new rub rail, a glasstech deck, new windows and frames, and some new hardware. Have to make side panels and the entire area between the engines is missing so that has to be fabricated. over all nothing crazy custom going on.

Boat was repowered before it came to me and it was completely rewired last winter. Going to get some custom railings and maybe a top.

First primer went on in April, then it kind of lingered all season, nice to get this thing finished

Harry Babb · Post by **Harry Babb** » Sep 6th, '10, 20:37

She's beautiful Robbie......great job.

hb

bob lico · Post by **bob lico** » Sep 6th, '10, 22:26

there is a terrible story to that bertram 31 gambler . the owner had a dred desease and brought the boat in for winter storage and repair. a real dedicated bertram man and a true gentlemen. i test drove the boat and put it along side the maintenace dock. to my horror the owner passed away and the family put the boat up for sale at oakdale yacth. we sold the boat at some " give away " price and the new owner took it to you. what are you doing on the boat ?we gave your name to one of the boat buyers.

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 7th, '10, 06:02

Bob,

Gambler was purchased by a good friend of Craig Mac's
He actually had a Henriques and was at the cross road of either doing a few things to the boat or selling it, he obviously chose to sell it and was already on the phone with me before purchasing the boat with plans of doing a few things to it. We put a tank in the boat and a few other below deck items and he ran it this summer to see how he likes it, there are plans for Gambler this winter so we will see where it goes. Gambler was a nice clean original boat and I could not believe the purchase price when I heard it

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 8th, '10, 15:33

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 14th, '10, 17:13

I think it will really start to look like something when the new deck and rub rail is on, then the finishing touch will be the engine boxes.

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Sep 14th, '10, 20:33

Robbie

Sweet job. Is that a plywood deck?

Harry Babb · Post by **Harry Babb** » Sep 14th, '10, 20:55

Robbie, I have to say once again......thats a great looking job.

I am extremely envious of you guys that have a building in which to store and work on your Bertrams (and other project)......I have done all of the work on DeNada outside......what a real pain.....

Great work....give yourself a pat on the back

hb

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 15th, '10, 06:00

deck is original, and will be getting replaced

Harry- thanks, you should pat YOURSELF on the back for taking on a project like these in your yard. I see you guys gutting your boats down to the hulls and I try to add up in my head what we would have to charge someone to do the work. I know Capt. Pat knows what I'm talking about.

coolair · Post by **coolair** » Sep 16th, '10, 00:12

Robbie
On the picture of the port side window and the bertram 31 chrome pieces, i see a non skid on the deck i think thats stock??? if not what did you do to get that pattern?

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 16th, '10, 05:37

the non-skid is refinished, griptex and ms600 imron

Cunado · Post by **Cunado** » Sep 16th, '10, 09:11

Wow!! She is beautiful.

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 23rd, '10, 15:15

always looks so much better when the rail is on

bob lico · Post by **bob lico** » Sep 23rd, '10, 15:38

best scuppers i have ever seen in my life . robbie when i was building my boat i had a custom 316ss bow rail made about 12" high and 316 ss upper and lower tee`s and bases still in the bags never used .this for 31bertram you might be interested.that blue is beautiful as usual you picked a winning combination color scheme.

Rawleigh · Post by **Rawleigh** » Sep 23rd, '10, 15:50

Wow, and all the shiny bits are really shiny!! I'm not used to that! Looks beautiful.

CaptPatrick · Post by **CaptPatrick** » Sep 23rd, '10, 17:10

Robby,

Real nice! I know very well how you'll be happy to be finished...

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 23rd, '10, 17:52

Pat- you know it better then me, I cant imagine one man doing what you do.

It was nice to do a "basic" job though, the custom work can really wear on you

Mike Moran · Post by **Mike Moran** » Sep 23rd, '10, 20:45

Great job that paint job is like a mirror

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Sep 23rd, '10, 21:13

Robbie

Class work. You should be proud and the owner should be smiling.

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 30th, '10, 17:37

now onto the side panels!

Rocky · Post by **Rocky** » Sep 30th, '10, 18:10

Robbie absolutely beautiful job, I can see the skill involved just by pictures. Whish I was able to get the Imron5.0 still, here in Calif. Regulations cut it off now. Again, great work.

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 30th, '10, 18:17

thanks, this boat is all MS600 Imron

Bob H. · Post by **Bob H.** » Sep 30th, '10, 18:43

Top shelf workmanship Robbie, where did you get the 31 Bertram emblems? Paint looks great but the hours of fairing made it what it is..whole crew deserves a big pat on the back..

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Sep 30th, '10, 18:57

it is all in the prep

The Bertram 31 emblems are original, re-chromed by Nassau Chrome

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Oct 5th, '10, 10:43

no toe kicks on this project

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » Oct 5th, '10, 20:56

Robbie

Looking good. Are you going to put storage of any kind in the side Panels?

Where did you find those chrome clam shell vents? I have the old white ones and love to replace them with chrome but just can not seem to find the right ones. The ones I find are either too small or too big. Those look just right.

Tony

Raybo Marine NY · Post by **Raybo Marine NY** » Oct 5th, '10, 21:28

vents are originals, re-chromed

not sure on the storage yet, cant fit much in there anyhow

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