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Here's some photos after a bit more sanding and then coating with the system 3 epoxy to poly resin tie coat. starboard side showing the reduced cabin and the patch I put into the gunnels to make the cockpit larger. https://photos.app.goo.gl/px5BT86vozRa2SX86 The port side had a lot more gelcoat crac...

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Last thursday I sanded out the gunnels where I patched in to cover up holes where I had previously had the Radar arch. I also sanded out the front where I had cut down the helm area and made the gunnels longer. Most of those repairs had been done with epoxy and I had hoped to get a sealing coat of s...

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I was able to get the port side front quarter of under the gunnels gelcoated last night.

This pic is after the first of 4 coats
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3GZzEGgCoMnRWK9k9

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Mike - My plan for the deck is as follows: Gelcoat Deck (Round 1) Gelcoat Deck (Round 2) Layout Non-Skid Pattern with Tape Gelcoat Deck with Non-skid (Round 3) Remove Non skid pattern tape Finish Gelcoat Deck (Round 4) If I did coats 1&2 and left it overnight and then taped off the deck for non-skid...

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without knowing one way or another, I did the 4 coats as a group with the last 2 coats in the dark with some 500 watt halogens for light and a bunch of bug spray to keep the mosquitoes at bay.

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Hi All, The ideal I am trying to hit is 4 layers rolled on, mix and roll on in @20 min, let cure for 30 min, repeat 3x with the last coat being waxed gelcoat where as coats 1-3 are no wax added gelcoat. To do it all right it takes me a good 4hrs. I've been getting jammed up pretty bad with work and ...

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I got the front starboard side under the gunnels gelcoated last night, there was a rain front coming up the coast and I was lucky enough it stayed to the east of me until after I was able to complete and get the boat covered up. fairing https://photos.app.goo.gl/QRzaZ98Tu85vwDUa9 overall view https:...

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below the driveway there is a rubble stone retaining wall 3 feet tall and built into it is a barbecue probably built some time in the 1950s. What you can see is the chimney portion which sticks up above the retaining wall. The fire area is not very large and the chimney doesn't draw smoke very well ...

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some updates on the project I got 4 coats of gelcoat on the transom and have sanded it out to 400 grit paper. There are some dimples around the perimeter of the bump out where I may put another coat or 2 on to fill. sorry for the bad pics as the lighting is tough to show what it looks like https://p...

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I went down the path of making a once piece deck which is fully glassed in with the thought process that most everything that I want to get at besides the fuel tank are underneath hatches and if something were to go wrong with the fuel tank I could set a saw blade for the right height and cut out th...

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please see my post under PChauss's thread - check the position sensor inside the distributor. I had one go bad and got the same bouncing tach

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When I had I/Os I had an issue where after 30 min or so one engine's tach would start bouncing and the engine would run like crap and I could not get it above idle. I replaced cap, rotor, wire, coil, ignition module, etc and finally figured out that the position sensor inside the distributor was goi...

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I had a Hiliner 222 gypsy which was designed by Ray Hunt and I would consider it revision #2 of the Bertram 20. I converted it to an outboard and powered it with a 175 yamaha the boat flew, cruised easily at 24kts at 3400rpm and would top out in the upper 30kts. I notched the transom when I did it a...

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an update, I ended up sanding with the transom 220 grit on a small 5" random orbital sander and then moved over to 400 wet by hand and sanded till my arms wanted to fall off. There is one area where the sanding wore through the gelcoat and it is in the upper corner of the transom so I will touch it ...

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agreeing with Rabo I put 4 coats of gelcoat rolled on saturday and let it cure out sunday. Let the fun begin :) Lets just say the orange peel even with thinning out the gelcoat is fairly bad. I did a small section with 400 wet and knocked down the worst of it but I may have to use a more course pape...

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tuesday and wednesday I got a little over 2hrs work in each night on the transom and have it faired out. After so many days of rain the mosquitoes were out of control and it limited me working into dusk. before https://photos.app.goo.gl/pZjox4vZ4KmbF5TL8 after https://photos.app.goo.gl/3U2LdQd2w6cbz...

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When complete I doubt my boat would be worth on the open market any more than the cost of the new motor and electronics, so the value of all my labor and other parts are lost if I were to want to sell it. I've owned the boat for 18 years and have no plans on selling so that isn't an issue to me. I w...

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I took the week after July 4th off and of course any time I take vacation it rains most of the time, the sad part is the faucet has been left turned on and it has rained every day since I've been back. I haven't got a thing done since June. It looks like it isn't going to rain tomorrow, maybe I'll g...

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John, I had a good portion of my transom already worked on, I had filled in the bump out where the 2 outdrives were and made a motor well. so @60% needed to be dealt with at a minimum. My thought process is that while the boat is under repair and I still have no ETA on when I am getting a motor I sh...

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I had another post out asking about what level of sanding to avoid the spider cracking of the gelcoat - answer - take it all off

https://photos.app.goo.gl/y7avJC7cVbv8xSzV7

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The enemy of good enough is better

https://photos.app.goo.gl/y7avJC7cVbv8xSzV7

1.5hrs of labor to sand the 2 side portions - no way would I do this for the whole hull.

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over my years I've tried a few paints and none have been all that good for too long. I emphasize too long.... In my experience if one wants to paint every 3-4 years, use a single part paint. If you want to paint every 5-6 years , use a 2 part paint. Gelcoated surfaces tend to stay in better shape mu...

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Tony,

That may be a solution for when I do the hull sides some time after I get a motor, I am thinking more down the line of sanding as much off as I can and or not doing the rest of the transom.

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In sanding out the transom yesterday I decided that I didn't like the look of the transom notch as it didn't match the curves of the motor-well so I decided to fix it. Here's how it looked a while back - I didn't know how to finish it so I left more of the transom and the inside curve was glassed to...

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Hi All, I was originally going to paint my transom but I found a product from System3 which advertises that it can go over epoxy based repairs and allow you to then coat with gelcoat if you sand and apply gelcoat within 48 hours of application. So my new goal was to just do the bump-out portion of t...

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Yesterday I got the window openings cut out and temporarily installed the windows with the port side window installed backwards since it was made as a starboard side window. I really like how the windows look and they seem to be constructed really well. from the helm https://photos.app.goo.gl/WEzwsa...

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My "Luck" continues -- I took the day off to fair, raining lightly so no fairing to be done. I decide to switch to installing the doghouse windows - opened up the crate and started taking the trim rings off so I could put them on the boat and then cut out the right place. More luck - instead of a ma...

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nothing interesting to take pics of, It rained tuesday so I went to Merton's to get more fairing compound and gelcoat. They had a system 3 product which is advertised to seal up epoxy based repairs and allow you to go over them with gelcoat. I bought some and hope to use that to re-gelcoat my transo...

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after a bunch of calls to fedex they were supposed to just deliver today, so went to the cape for the weekend, came home sunday to 2 delivery slips on the door for sat and sunday - I have to tip my hat for their customer service. All ended up well, nice solid wooden box weighing 100# arrived this mo...

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Not my day today :( I was hoping to spend all of tomorrow fairing - Nope - the small shop I buy my fairing compound took the day off, at least I called before driving the 1hr out their to pick it up. Next - yesterday I got a text message from Fedex that my boat windows are going to arrive today, I c...

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I guess I didn't do such a great job with razor last night cutting off the excess glass from sealing in the opening edge core on the leaning post, I needed to do some cleanup before https://photos.app.goo.gl/iP6cy38tGv4bLq56A after https://photos.app.goo.gl/WVuMn3X6A3GZLUjY7 I also worked on the lid...

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while sanding out the fairing I put on the leaning post yesterday I thought that I didn't want to get much further without finishing off sealing in the nidacore around where I cut an opening to make storage in the top of the leaning post. here's a pic from last year of where I left off, I didn't sea...

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googled hynautic k22 link for ebay https://www.ebay.com/p/6034615614?iid=353403172090 in the link there was a part number 0731957874528 googled part number https://www.marineengineparts.com/seastar-solutions-ks-05-seal-kit or https://www.boatid.com/seastar-solutions/cylinder-seal-kit-for-k31-cylinde...

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I worked on the front gunnel supports and the leaning post last night. I sanded the high spots and seams on both and then did a pass of fairing compound on both areas. I also worked on the hull to deck joint and am trying to figure out a path to fair that joint. When my Buddy came over his thought w...

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Rawleigh,

I have not used it on the Bertram Project lately, been somewhat swamped with work so any free time I get, I'm focusing on getting all the sanding and fairing of the cockpit done. I think when I get the areas gelcoated and I start on adding finishing touches and will pick that up again.

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Those helm chairs look amazing but I am somewhat concerned with the strength of the ladder backs, the amount of force which can be generated by moving weight can be considerable. My thoughts are a that a 200# person sitting on the seat or hanging onto the ladder back getting tossed by a wave could g...

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I think the trees add character :) That being said a dumpster and a pressure washer and a few hours labor can do wonders for an old boat. This weekend I rode on a 20' seacraft which my buddy got for free. When he got it, the boat looked an awful lot like the Bertram with the trees growing in it. Fro...

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I haven' t been posting with pics so I thought I would add a few... I was wrong about mother robin and her eggs, she must have gotten really good about getting out of the nest anytime I came around the corner and could see her. The 3 robins seem to have survived and 2 days after this pic was taken m...

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Monday was crazy hot, tuesday rained, wed I sanded to take high spots and ridges off all the fairing compound from 5:30-8pm. While the compound went on smooth there were a bunch of air bubbles and I will need a coat to fill any bubble left. Work has been really busy so not a lot of time for lunchtim...

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I haven't got that far in the videos - Cam's B25 with a single 300hp is right near a 40kt boat so I'm wondering what the extra 100hp is getting you. I would think a CC would be a lot less wind drag so more efficient than a sportfish and that could be a pretty good chunk of it. Saturday was a fairing...

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No Pics again today - sanded the deck where the livewell/leaning post would end up on the boat, then sanded the bottom of the livewell tank to provide a good bonding spot then mixed up a batch of epoxy / cabosil / high density filler and bonded the live well tank to the deck. Been watching some more...

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I watched a couple of those videos and another video popped up in youtube from an Aussie guy who redid his boat with a pair of 300hp suzukis. Sweet looking boat. On my project, I got jammed at work and didn't get out to work on the boat until 6pm. I sanded the fairing compound for a while but was sl...

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No Work done over the weekend, I took friday off and went fishing with a buddy, Lots of folks were talking about limiting out on Black sea bass in Buzzards bay so we tried our luck but the wind was 20+ kts and we only came home with a couple of BSB for the table. I did catch one small Striper bounci...

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Waiting is no fun....

Hopefully you heal up well, follow the doc's instructions and you will be on the water before you know it.

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I agree, great looking work!!!

Do you have a couple of extra hours to come by and finish my boat?

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Go Ahead, Make my day, Pass me on the hill because I am not speeding enough. Water moves back to the transom and kicks the pump on

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the depraved individual I am...

I get great satisfaction when trailering the boat and the bilge pump kicks on and shoots water 10' out from the side of the boat. I've yet to give a blast of tasty bilge water to a convertible car with it but have definitely got a few cars with the juice.

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I sanded out the glass in the cabin floor as well as the panels I did in the side of the cockpit and did a first pass with some filler.

Let's just say, Fiberglass itch + a sunburn from this weekend is not a fun combination

no pics tonight

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Bill, I am wondering if they were churning them out fast or if there were gaps in the numbers? It is also interesting the gelcoat color on the stringer grid Rawleigh, My calls to the Marina have been somewhat fuzzy - they still are saying mid July but are saying it in a way that I have ZERO confiden...

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It is interesting to see the differences in what people call fish based upon their region. in the NE, Bluefish are the yellow eyed demons with sharp teeth that are a blast to fight yet not all that great table fare https://www.onthewater.com/video-insane-bluefish-blitz They are not picky as to what ...

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