bertram31.com

Tony Meola

I also love the stuff. Just saying what they stated. Like aI said, I was suprised by what they found. I think the flaw in their study is that they sprayed it on and then stuck it in the water, rather than letting it sit for a day or so. No one says they are perfiect. Its like consumer reports, if we...

Tony Meola

This months issue of Power Boat Reports did a comparison of rust inhibitors. It ranked Corrision X and Corrosion X HD against a field of others. They gave it poor marks for salt water and rated the CRC and the West Marine product higher. I was very suprised at the out come. I would have thought it w...

Tony Meola

Guys, the rocker stoppers, now that was bad enough. This one is getting just plain weird. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Mike, been there & know that feeling. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Mike As John says, it can be done. Years ago I had a friend that did it every weekend with his girl friend and her son on a 31. Remember, the Marina becomes your back yard with hopefully shower facilities, and the boat is your hotel room. Plus the added bonus is that you can fish it. Hey when I was ...

Tony Meola

Capt. Pat: Funny thing about boats, especially our 31's, they have been creating extended families for years. We got ours in 1975, and from the day we stepped on her, everyone we ever met with a 31 always had open arms for another 31 owner. Who would of thought it would have all led to this. I start...

Tony Meola

There is one question I have on the performance of these drives that I have not seen in any articles about them. I know we all have our thoughts on them good and bad. But in all of the articles, no one has said how the boat performance changes in heavy weather. We know that at times in rough seas th...

Tony Meola

Capt. Pat: You may have given up owning boats but you have the headaches of lets see, how many members on this board, over 400 I think. With that many boats to worry about who would want to own one. In fact, you probably have the headaches of some of the better halves to those boats. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

I was talking with Richard down in AC this past summer. I think he and High Tide got together on that tank. I know it took him a while to put it together. In July he told me he would have it by October, but I think just recently got it done. The other option is Stainless, some of the guys have gone ...

Tony Meola

I agree with Harv. This is all stuff they taught us in 5th grade science class. Plus, 30 years ago they were yelling about how the world was cooling down. They really need to make up there minds and not wetting their finger and sticking it in the air to see which way the wind is blowing. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Hey guys, this is getting pretty heavy. We need to bring back the rocker stoppers. Besides, think about this, the majority of ice that covers the polar caps are in water. Doesn't ice displace its own weight in water with about 90% of the ice below the water? So if that is the case and all the ice in...

Tony Meola

Capt. Pat

They do stand out in a crowd. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

JP

It looks like he is just to the right of what looks like a buoy. But who knows. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

If you want to start a count, I will start it off. In the Forked River area there is mine, the Ellie M, then there is the Minihaha, then I know of one other berthed on a lagoon in Forked River not sure of the name. That is 3 and I know there are a bunch more between Toms River and Barnegat Light. To...

Tony Meola

Bill

What year are the engines and do you have the old Thunderbolt ignition? If you do that may be the problem. Bruce would be the best one to help you out. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Kevin My experience it was the packing. If you have to pull it to do it then check everything. If you can do it without pulling the boat try the packing first, its the cheapest way out. Then if it leaks go from there. As you know it could be any one of the things we all mention. I don't think corros...

Tony Meola

Kevin

What type of packing did you use? I had used teflon once. Had the same problem so I pulled it out and used the plain packing. Never had a problem again. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Harv You need to do what is right for you. I agree with Bruce on rebuilts. My father was a great mechanic, but as good as he was, he always felt rebuilding a marine engine was questionable. He always said, even fresh water cooled engines, you never know if at some point they had sea water in the oil...

Tony Meola

Harv I asked my marina for a price on mercs at around 350 hp with transmissions he told me his price was around 14,000 a piece. I check on the rebuilt cummins and they said that would be around 20,000 a piece with transmissions. By the time you get done doing everything you have to do even with gas,...

Tony Meola

Charlie

Thank You

Tony Meola

Whom ever buys it is going to need a good Sawzall. Looks like the rudders bent, could be hull damage if the rudder post was pushed throught the deck. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Does anyone have the address of Down Jersey Marine. When I hit the link on the old board it takes me to Mack Boring. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Harry

As I get older I find that it gets tougher to keep up with all this internet lingo. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Harry

I think he is saying In My Honest Opinion. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Capt. Pat

Thank You I would have hated to send him on a wild goose chase. Tony

Tony Meola

Allen Since it does not look like any is answering since they are all picking on Timmy, I will try and get you started. Uncle Vic is the hull number expert, but depending on the year it was built, and I believe it was 73 in which they started to put them on the starboard corner of the transom. Befor...

Tony Meola

Capt. Dick
The current issue of Power Boats has a report on paint remover. I am not sure how to scan and post otherwise I would try and put the article up for you to read. They rate a stripper called Soy Strip pretty high. www.franmar.com. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Mikey If I remember correctly, a year or two ago there was some outfit in France that had a bunch of them, brand new. They had bought them off of Bertram when Bertram dumped all of the parts they did not want. You might want to try the old website and do a search. If I remember right they were not c...

Tony Meola

Ok, now Andre wants to start a debate on how a helicopter works. We have 3 pages on the rocker stoppers, I say we can get 4 on the helicopter. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Hey guys, I think we got ScotD upset. Maybe its time for us to get a judge to rule on this. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Ok one more time to my scale theory. If we follow Bruce's logic which actually makes the most sense, that can be proven using the scale since the amount of pull exerted at the greater depth from trying to lift all that water in the column would great a greater amount of pull on the scale. The weight...

Tony Meola

Ok after reading all the theory's I have a question. I understand drag is drag and water weight is water weight. But if we lowered a rocker stopper down 5 feet and used a scale to somehow measure the pull at that depth, then tried it at 30 feet, it would stand to reason the scale should show two dif...

Tony Meola

Scot Unfortunately I do resemble that, but normally I don't wait two years to ask. I just did not want to give my self up to this crowd. I am usually one of those managers that needs to know. Its something about survival which is something that gets tougher and tougher in the Corporate World. Tony M...

Tony Meola

Thanks for clearing that up. I have been on the board for a couple of years now. The Hyenna boat was easy to figure out, but the RLDT had me beat. I thought it was getting time for to suggest that Capt. Pat to post up a Dictionary section. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Bill How is everything? I was going to give Frank a call since I thought you and he used S&P. I guess most of the yards by us use them. My yard is actually trying to talk me out of going diesel and just doing the tank. They said they could get S&P to make one up at a fair price. I told them I though...

Tony Meola

About 7 yers ago I had one rebuilt by Mack Boring in NJ. Although not the damage you had, mine cost me about 1200 & that was with the yards cost to pull it and reinstall it. I would guess today it would be closer to 2,000 given inflation. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

The latest issue of Power Boat Reports has an article about ethanol and Fiberglass tanks. They state in the artilce that don't trust the 100% ethanol tnaks quite yet. Also, it looks like Stainless is now ABYC approved. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Charlie

One of my friends found that if you cut the bunker in half, the stripers are taking them. They seem to be laying under the bunker school picking up the pieces the Blue Fish drop. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Lets not forget, several years ago Marlin Magazine named one of the top ten Sport Fishing Boats of all time. So Boating magazine is not alone. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Charlie

I have not been able to confirm it but one of the guys at my marina said someone landed a 70lb Bass off the old Coast Guard Station just north of Barnegat. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Vic

No experience with slate, but if you lived up here in NJ the EPA would probably be carting you off because one of your neighbors would probably have called them on you. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

IRGuy

My 75 FBC is shown as 10,000lbs in the original brochure. The older ones are heavier. I do not have a tower. I have the larger fuel tank which when full will add to the weight. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Sean, A bunch of years ago, we were chewing up zincs every three weeks. We eventually found a bad bilge pump. I had 1.5 volts coming being thrown off. We found the bad pump using an ohm meter. We had to first shut everything down and disconnect the batteries. We hooked the ohm meter up to the batter...

Tony Meola

Sean

Try calling Consumer Marine Electronics in NJ. I can't find the number right now but they have been pretty good to me in the past. You should be able to find them on the internet. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Walter

I believe that. We have had ours since 1975 and I only see me getting rid of it until I can no longer get use or pleasure out of it. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Walter

Interesting issue. The 31 by their call is one of the top 5 got to have boats. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

John

See if you the yard has anyone that will use baking soda instead of sand. They say that the baking soda can be controlled so the barrier coat doesn't come off. How long does the barrior coat last, well to give you an idea, we put 5 coats on in 1986 and it is still going strong. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Vic

I still have about a quarter gallon left, but I thought the Max Wax might work better. When I am ready I will let you know and place my order. Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Clay I have a 75 FBC and I have Boat US. They insure mine at the same levels you are looking for and I just renewed with them 3 weeks ago for $990. Granted I have been with them for while. I have tried to get them to increase the hull coverage but they refuse to go any higher. I am in NJ and that ma...

Tony Meola

Vic, Can the Max Wax be used to spray the engines down for winter storage? I know its early but unfortunately up here in the NE the summer is quickly drawing to a close and before we know it the snow will be flying. The stores are already selling Halloween decorations and I am sure Christmas decorat...

bertram31.com

Search found 6759 matches

corrosion X & Power Boat Reports

Hull Numbers

Paint Remover

Power Boat Reports

Slate Oil

Boating's "The Best Of All Time" Issue

Boating's "The Best Of All Time" Issue

Bottom Paint Blisters

Corrosion X

Insurance

Heavy Duty CX