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Dang it! I was just checking the website before heading off to bedâ€¦.now Iâ€™ve got to head to the Kitchen & get a bowl of Blue Bell.

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I live in Freeport south of Houston. About 3 miles off the beach. The deck is covered with about Â½â€ & itâ€™s still falling with a strong north wind. I used to live in the Texas panhandle, moved down here 24 years ago to get away from that cold wet stuffâ€¦..I guess a little every few years will h...

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I have a 75 CC 30â€™ TSF. When I redid my windows I had one vertical piece missing. I looked for quite some time and could not find a similar track. I had a friend suggest getting a piece of starboard and using a router to cut out slots for the glass. I havenâ€™t given that a try but it seemed like ...

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Kipp, Itâ€™s been a while but I purchased some electronics from Breakwater Marine Electronics in Webster. www.breakwatermarine.com The owners were Derek & Lillie Garcia. They have been in the business for some time so they seemed to know their product & were helpful. At the time they were competitiv...

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Capt Patrick, Sorry for the late response. Iâ€™ve been in the late stages of building a house and got side tracked by Ike a little along the way. (not bad but a little) But now Iâ€™ve finished the house, Iâ€™m glad to get a chance to support your website. My check is headed your way. Thanks for your...

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John, beautiful clean look.

Pam, thanks for the pictures.

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John, I had trouble finding a company that still sold a grounding strip. Found it in a couple marine suppliersâ€™ catalogs but when I called they no longer carried it. Found an industrial lightning protection firm that had rolls of 1â€ copper strip that were thicker than what I was looking for but ...

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Hey Mike, went by your new place the other day saw the bulkhead is done. When are you bringing Black Sheep over?

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Hyena â€“ It was a B25 & the hull ended up on Lake Erie. The guy was going to pull the two inboard 318s and put one outboard on itâ€¦..what a waste..not many of the inboard 25s, hated to see him go that route. Last I talked to him he had finished painting it. If Iâ€™d had the money at the time I wou...

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Scott, any time. If you're in Freeport let me know.

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The guys that did most of the work on my boat - H&S Marine. I've talked about them some here before. They have a website www.hsmarine.com.

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Yea, Noe did my bottom & splashed it for me. He wants to put a tower on it but Iâ€™ll have to wait a while for funds. Not happening soon BTW, I bought the project 25B I had years ago from the guy that owned Bolivar Yacht Basin. I think you mentioned awhile back that theyâ€™re going condoâ€¦...is the...

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Hyena Love â€“ The back bulkhead is teak. I replaced the back bulkhead & was going to go with paint over formica and my wife said teak would look nice & I told her fine by me if youâ€™ll varnish itâ€¦.9 or 10 coats later it turned out looking great. Sheâ€™s a keeper, has put up with me for 27 years....

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I just wanted to offer my thanks to the folks on this board. I have been restoring an old boat (not a Bertram) off & on for the last 5 years & I finally was able to splash her late last year. I ran across this website about 6 years ago when I was working on a B25 that I had at the time. (let it get ...

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Scott, I went Friday night to pick up some electronics I had purchased earlier from Breakwater Marine (seem like good folks) and I took about two hours to walk through the show. If youâ€™ve been to one Houston boat show youâ€™ve been to them all. It seemed about the same size as last year. Doesnâ€™t...

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He's going to keep it at his shop for a while. Needs a bottom job & general clean up. Probably put it back in in spring.

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Randall,

I guess we kind of hijacked your thread, but at least it bumps your buddyâ€™s boat up to the top every now & then. Hope your birthday went well.

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Mike,

Iâ€™m keeping her at Kirbyâ€™s. Same slip where Richard had the Cindy Lou. The boat ran ok but Iâ€™m not getting the RPMs I need. That and a few other odds & ends I found running her today will keep me busy for awhile. Still glad to be in the water though.

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Iâ€™ve been out of town for a little while and havenâ€™t kept up with the board. For bottom paint I used black Interlux Micron CSC.

I splashed the boat Monday evening at Noeâ€™s. Iâ€™m happy!

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John, When I was looking for bonding strips for my boat UV offered the suggestion to have a sheet metal shop cut some strips. I checked the shops around town and I didnâ€™t find anyone that wanted the work. The local shops didnâ€™t seem interested in what I was asking for at all, maybe you'd have be...

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Randall,

Iâ€™ll try & post a picture in a few weeksâ€¦.Iâ€™ve gotten a lot of helpful advice from the folks on this site.

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GOOD GOD MAN! You said something nice about a Chrisâ€¦..now go wash your mouth out with soap. ;^)

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CC30 TSF 4.5 years on blocks 3 weeks to splashâ€¦..yea!

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Thanks for the info. Itâ€™ll be good to get down there for awhile.

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Guys, I donâ€™t usually post here but I have a question I figured someone here would have an opinion about. Iâ€™m taking my family to Key Largo for a week late in October. Going to dive a few days & generally hang out. The dive shop we are going to use is in Key Largo so weâ€™re going to stay there....

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I'm in

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John,

I think Palmer Power in Houston carries them.

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You might want to check with consumers marine & verify the thickness of that strap. I think when I checked it was quite a bit thinner than what Capt. Pat mentions in his tips section.

DanielM.

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Mike

(979) 849-3088

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Guys, Interesting thread. I talked with a couple of owners who had done the conversion prior to deciding to give it a try. One told me that you have to understand that when you lift the hatch youâ€™ll always be looking at a Dodge engine, that is all it will ever be, & youâ€™ve got to be alright with...

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Phil, There's a company up the coast from you in Angleton Tx that does the conversions. Their website is www.hsmarine.com I've got a set from them, but my boat is the never ending project so I can't give you much info(still on blocks). They put a set in a Tiara about a year & a half ago that was run...

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Looks like I was checking in at the right time.

A Lurker ponies up.

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Congratulations Mike, I hope the house comes along well.

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Mike, The boatâ€™s been going slow. Iâ€™ve been too busy pounding the local chemical company out of every last dime of overtime. Heck of a trade though, I get a little of their money & they get all my life. Iâ€™m going to get back on the boat this weekend. Now that decent weatherâ€™s here I plan on ...

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Mike,

Hope you donâ€™t mind but Iâ€™ll throw in a plug for Lee & Richard. Their web site is www.hsmarine.com if anyone wants to take a look at what their marine conversion kit for the 24v Cummins engine looks like.

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Sean, I believe they feed on plankton, filter feeders as I understand. They are curious & will swim right up to you. Iâ€™ve dove with a couple of them on separate occasions in the Gulf of Mexico. Those dive are some of my favorite dive memories. The one I got to spend the most time diving with came ...

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Saw a boat on the net once called â€œDILLIGAFâ€ Which is one of my buddyâ€™s favorite acronyms.

Translation - Do I look like I a give a F***

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Well I guess Iâ€™ll fess up to being a CC Tournament Sport Fisherman owner & a B31 lurkerâ€¦ Since not everyone can own a B31 I guess Iâ€™ll just have to be happy with what I have. I canâ€™t speak much in regard to what kind of a fishing platform it is....as I bought mine on a flat bed trailer & hav...

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Trey,

Just want to offer condolences on the loss of your father.

Sincerely

DanielM

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