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- Feb 9th, '14, 21:56
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sedan sport fisherman?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 65799
- Feb 9th, '14, 21:33
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Morning Coffee...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4817
Re: Morning Coffee...
Capt. Pat, please take this in the complimentary manner in which it is offered: you would make a good lawyer!
- Dec 11th, '13, 22:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Convertible Dinette Custom Tackle Cabinet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5378
Re: Convertible Dinette Custom Tackle Cabinet
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- Dec 8th, '13, 23:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Convertible Dinette Custom Tackle Cabinet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5378
Re: Convertible Dinette Custom Tackle Cabinet
This is the best picture I could find of the counter but my brother is in the way with his 11 pound fluke. I will go take some more and post them. Also thanks to Capt. Patrick who gave me the step by step on building the side window frames and the how to on the Holmsey insert; both are visible in th...
- Dec 8th, '13, 22:33
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Convertible Dinette Custom Tackle Cabinet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5378
Re: Convertible Dinette Custom Tackle Cabinet
HMS Hound has a counter that runs the full length of the starboard cabin, from the mid-ship bulkhead to the v-berth bulkhead. Since the boat is a Sportfish model the head is up in the v-berth. There are cabinets underneath the counter with lots of storage and there is an ice chest built into the cou...
- May 19th, '13, 17:53
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A friend's B31 build
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5279
Re: A friend's B31 build
Great work! One thing I have never seen before looks like a modification to the stringers. It looks to me like the stringers by the mufflers have been stepped down/reduced. This seems to make the muffler placement easier, but I wonder what the guys who know something about structural engineering/arc...
- Apr 30th, '13, 15:07
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A little boat in a big tournament
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6947
Re: A little boat in a big tournament
I have had the privilege of fishing with JP a few times and the prep, focus and knowledge he puts in is second to none. Plus the food is always great and the refreshments are, well, always refreshing. The best part is being on Chimera—what a ride! The only problem is that the experience is always so...
- Apr 3rd, '13, 22:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sandy claws left me a mess
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9283
Re: Sandy claws left me a mess
Glad you are ok. My town got hammered but we were lucky no damage no water. Boat rode it out unscratched. Thanks for asking.
- Apr 3rd, '13, 09:50
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sandy claws left me a mess
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9283
Re: Sandy claws left me a mess
Check out Wikipedia "Law of Salvage." Best as I can tell the industry/insurers recognize boats on land that float away in a flood as subject to salvage.
- Apr 2nd, '13, 21:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sandy claws left me a mess
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9283
Re: Sandy claws left me a mess
Tony, I sent you an email after storm guess you never got it. I know very little about salvage but it seems to me like it's finder's keepers.
- Mar 30th, '13, 07:23
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sandy claws left me a mess
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9283
Re: Sandy claws left me a mess
Around here boats floated all over the place. The guys I know who collected them were able to make a salvage claim. I would call one of the tow boat services and see if they can help. If the boats have an insurer it is usually worthwhile for the person claiming salvage.
- Mar 28th, '13, 21:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sandy claws left me a mess
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9283
Re: Sandy claws left me a mess
Call Towboat US. If the boats have insurance they will get paid salvage
- Mar 28th, '13, 10:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Windshield insert
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9877
Re: Windshield insert
Dug- I did mine last winter and used the Holmesy insert. There is a local man here in NJ who hauls boats back and forth to Florida and he picked up the insert for me at a very reasonable price. No crating was necessary. The insert was a huge upgrade. No leaks, solid, tight, looks great. You should a...
- Mar 26th, '13, 22:11
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Block heaters
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11229
Re: Block heaters
I tried a different approach with a 600 watt "Extreme Heater" under the deck between the engines. It has worked out great. Been using the boat all winter and the diesel motors start right up with minimal smoke. This would likely keep a generator warm too.
- Mar 7th, '12, 00:13
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B31 Windshield Replacement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6442
Bill- two more things- the boat in the shed next to me right now is awaiting American side windows. The yard shipped them the old ones and the plan is that they will make exact replicas, best as I understand. I also bought curved plexi windows a few years ago from American and put them in my boat. I...
- Mar 7th, '12, 00:06
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B31 Windshield Replacement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6442
Bill, check out Boatwindows (http://www.boatwindowframes.com/bertram-31). They have what looks like a real good side window replacement and they have told me that they are very close to offering a front window replacement. High Tide Marine also has a very good looking front window replacement and lo...
- Mar 5th, '12, 14:41
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: b31 in brick nj
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9075
- Nov 12th, '11, 20:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fiberglassing Windows and Paint job $
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17998
- Nov 6th, '11, 22:48
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fiberglassing Windows and Paint job $
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17998
- Nov 1st, '11, 22:37
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fiberglassing Windows and Paint job $
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17998
- Jan 3rd, '10, 20:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bertram 63 Sinks Off SC Coast
- Replies: 191
- Views: 68983
It does seem plausible that a compromise from a buoy strike at just the right place could cause the whole thing to blow apart—especially when the boat is blasting through the water, bouncing on and off waves at 30 kts being pushed by two thousand horsepower. The Coast Guard or whatever agency is i...
- Nov 22nd, '09, 20:57
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Clorox chronicles, episode 9485.78
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10355
- Jun 25th, '09, 13:44
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: lighting shack
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4360
Try this one: miked@lightningshack.com
- Jun 25th, '09, 11:57
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: lighting shack
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4360
- Apr 30th, '09, 20:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need to replace my bow Port and Stbd. Lens need help
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15486
If you need a lense for a stock bow chock, you can make one out of plastic lense material from another light. By cutting old lenses from a larger light and heating them up to shape them, the very talented man at my yard made new ones for me. We "glued" them in with clear silicone sealant and the lig...
- Apr 1st, '09, 22:36
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bottom paints
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2384
I have been putting black West CCP on my 17 Whaler for about three years and it works great. I use the Micron CSC on the 31 and to tell you the truth I think the West stuff does the job just as well. The boats sit side by side at the dock so it is a fairly good head to head test, but the Bert gets w...
- Mar 3rd, '09, 23:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B31 layup schedule
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21919
I stopped at the yard today and took a good look at the strakes on HMS Hound (old style) & Chimera (new style), which are side by side so easy to compare. It seems to me like the strakes on Chimera are thicker and have more area. This might account for the extra knot of speed, my theory is more lift...
- Mar 3rd, '09, 00:02
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's almost fishin' time- ID the angler-
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4999
It's almost fishin' time- ID the angler-
Alright, summer is right around the corner. This was at the Lindenkohl last summer. Can anyone ID the angler:[img][img]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/ ... 8-1-08.jpg[/img][/img]
- Mar 2nd, '09, 23:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B31 layup schedule
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21919
- Mar 2nd, '09, 23:46
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B31 layup schedule
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21919
Sorry for the two in a row, don't have the picture thing down. I can't say if the 61 is thicker or heavier, but it my testimony is that it is a little slower. Best as I can tell it is about 1 knot slower than similarly powered boats. I have Cummins 270's and there are several boats that I know the o...
- Mar 2nd, '09, 23:38
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B31 layup schedule
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21919
Strakes from a 1961, Hull #168:[img][img]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/ ... DII001.jpg[/img][/img]<a href="http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/ ... -06277.jpg" target="_blank"><img></a>
- Mar 2nd, '09, 23:17
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are 5 batteries overkill
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8129
Tony- glad all is well. Here is Chris's contact information: Chris Hanrahan Tekris Power Electronics Authorized Xantrex Service Center 1675 HWY 34 Farmingdale, NJ 07727 732-938-4996 www.tekrispower.com My boat is on blocks at Carver's three boats into the yard on the right- green bottom, white shrin...
- Mar 1st, '09, 23:49
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad Company collides w/ a whale.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7429
- Mar 1st, '09, 23:25
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Boat wheelie must see
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5381
- Mar 1st, '09, 23:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are 5 batteries overkill
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8129
Tony- Sounds like your gettin' there! Call Chris Hanrahan at TekKris in Wall/Farmindale. He set me up with an inverter system, charger and a switch system that isolates each battery so you cannot draw them all down. I use two house batteries to run the spreader lights, microwave, radar, gps, radios ...
- Feb 26th, '09, 11:41
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Soundown Engine Boxes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8121
Capt. Dick: I’m picturing the inside of your engine boxes lined with red shag circa 1973 so it looks like the dash board of a customized 70’s era Ford Econoline Van with a mural of a scene from the Hobbit painted on the side or maybe a Molly Hatchet Album Cover look…All joking aside, nothing l...
- Feb 15th, '09, 20:39
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Soundown Engine Boxes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8121
Thanks Bruce, but I am doing it after the everything is installed. I noticed a big difference just by gasketing in the engine boxes so they have a tight fit all the way around. I lined the side panels under and between the engine boxes with Sounddown and that that helped a lot too. Now I am attackin...
- Feb 14th, '09, 22:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Soundown Engine Boxes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8121
- May 7th, '08, 20:37
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guat Report
- Replies: 9
- Views: 37585
- May 7th, '08, 20:30
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mechnical Steering removal question.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5700
- Apr 8th, '08, 13:02
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Front Windows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6039
- Mar 5th, '08, 13:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Expansion/contraction of teak or mohagany
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19436
Interlux Perfection and Awlgrip both roll and tip very well. I have used both products and have been very happy with the results of each. The biggest challenge with the Awlgrip is that it runs. The Interlux will run too. Just use multiple light coats and you will get great results. Also, spend a lot...
- Feb 19th, '08, 21:13
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Deck
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15979
Harry: JP laminated cut and fit fiberglass to his sides and then put installed magnificent teak coverboards. The gunnels are as strong and flex free as you can get. Most decks don’t attach to the sides as the weight is carried down to the stringers. JP built his deck right out to the side and it c...
- Feb 18th, '08, 22:08
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Deck
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15979
Thanks, Harry. They drop straight in and lift straight out. I worked the bottoms so they wrap around the strut pads, and the deadrise kind of locks it in. The tops fit snug to the supports for the hatches so they really have no room to move. The top of the box is about a 1/4 inch below the top of th...
- Feb 18th, '08, 21:46
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Deck
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15979
Tony, how’s your boat coming along? To answer your question, I had Darrel Harris vacuum bag me two 4 X 8 1/2" sheets of Divinicell, front and back . This is the basic building block. For a pattern, I did trial and error on the boat with some luan that I made into a mock-up. With those parts as a p...
- Feb 18th, '08, 20:54
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Deck
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15979
Wayne, Here are some pictures of fish boxes I'm working on for the space made by moving the exhaust outboard: http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/HMSHOUND/IMG001211.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/HMSHOUND/IMG001181.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/HMSHOUND/IMG001171.jpg http...
- Feb 14th, '08, 22:50
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: cockpit panels
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5316
Thanks, Scot. I am happy with the way it turned out. The toe holes make a big difference in being able to "lock in" when reaching overboard. One good thing about this site and being in a yard with about 20 other B-31s is that you can get ideas on how to do your own boat. I got the idea for the open ...
- Feb 13th, '08, 00:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Expansion/contraction of teak or mohagany
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19436
And another thing- I have both types of seams on my boat. In the cabin I used ¼ inch teak strips and filled the seams with epoxy with graphite to make it black. I followed the instructions on Capt. Patrick’s "how to" page for building a teak deck. If I recall, the West System manual gives similar...
- Feb 12th, '08, 23:41
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Expansion/contraction of teak or mohagany
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19436
Joe, I have no idea how much teak expands or does not. My guess is that it does not because my boat’s teak hatches don’t seem to change their fit whether dry or soaked. I think that the wood has a very high oil content that makes it pretty impervious, which is why I think it lasts so long in the...
- Feb 12th, '08, 23:25
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: cockpit panels
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5316
I used the old ones as patterns to make new out of marine plywood. I glassed them over, faired, Awlgripped and installed. If you look at the picture closely you can see the cutouts under the doors we made to get a foot under when leaning over the side to get a fish. The trim along the back is made f...