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I swapped out the long butts for the shorter ones. One can still reel while in the rod holder, the idea of a golf ball or extenders would help.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/h5iMLnJWuz1pdtpv5

I do like the short butts better from a standup perspective.

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Rick,

Nice work on the box, I like the 2 levels on the front as there is never enough flat space on a boat to put something down on.

I have one other comment, I don't think you have enough rod holders in the cockpit area

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Rick,

I fish out of braid harness, don't remember which variant. The reel has Jerry brown 130 on it, will do a 130 topshot. I get the danger of standup, we use reel savers on the rods as well.

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I went to a tackle shop which had the Winthrop adjustable Bent Butt for sale, I wanted the short ones and the the guy thought I'd be better off with the longer ones, he talked me into getting the longer butts and said if I didn't like them I could swap them out for short style butts. I took them hom...

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I agree I bought the heavy duty Lees 0 degree swivels and installed them on either side of the motor well. They have had 3/4 ply added under gunnels and glassed in, pic was prior to side of motor well being added and 2 layers of 1708 on the bottom of the plywood. https://photos.app.goo.gl/eyCAKa4Rzb...

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I went another way with this..... FB marketplace had a seller with an Avet 50TRX-W loaded with jerry brown 130 for a decent price. These reels are about the same size as a Penn 50 VSW and can make 100# of drag. I have a pair of CMS Chatham special rods and will get one of the adjustable bent butts a...

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Tony,

I am curious, we tuna bomb our fish as soon as they bleed out, cut the head off and pack the belly with ice and into the cooler with 10 min of coming out of the water. Nice size reduction and they have a handy carrying handle.

what regs prevent that?

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My buddy found this top on ebay and switched out a rocket launcher for it and put some rod holders on the side of a smaller box

https://photos.app.goo.gl/t8MGTeKWrLXjpF8s5

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how about a bonar box? a lot of the comm boats up here run these, there are multiple sizes. https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/arctic-insulated-bin-680-50197-1500-lbs-capacity-48l-x-43w-x-35h-blue?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-qi_BhBxEiwAkxvbkLuy-odSgMEanwy2yVbYVFnIFoLIW8AfnKKspZ5Wt9D6vZPj6FBKFhoCrHMQ...

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my thoughts are a bent butt 70 would be fine stand up and when I get juiced, put it into the swivel rod holder. I would agree with you that I wouldn't push the drag much more than what I would do on a 50, but in a rod holder, having the extra drag would help. thinking more about it, it seems that I ...

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back in blow boat days, parents boat we had one of these https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgauciborda.com%2Fproduct%2Fwindscoop-ventilating-sail-standard%2F&psig=AOvVaw0sUSG_kFfVkwBZZlqpvtCu&ust=1742570464934000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBQQjRxqFwoTCMClxoj7mIwDFQAAAAAdA...

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I googled it and can't find an example in either a 28 or a 31. Personally I would think that any of the "small" Bertrams aka B31 and smaller are all built fairly low to the water and there is not a lot of room to place a porthole and thus your concerns about being water tight. it would also seem to ...

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I'd bet she runs pretty decent. I fish with a guy on a 33 grady with twin 300 yamahas and that rig will cruise at 24 kts and 4400 rpm, he states his boat is 14,000 lbs. I am guessing the Bertram to be 10000-11000#. My 25 has 300hp and cruises nice at 4050 rpm and 25kts probably weighs 6500# loaded, ...

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Carl, You are right, kind of like bringing a knife to a gun fight. If I were looking to go commercial it would be 130s. I do not intend to target giants, won't be sitting out there on the ball with a 3-5# bridled bluefish. I also realize you can't pick who eats a bait so I am more looking for someth...

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Folks, I recently found someone getting out of the offshore game and picked up 4 50vsw setups and want to round out a 5 rod spread with one rod that can handle a planer or deep diver lure for trolling as well as do double duty if I wanted to attempt some live bait fishing where I might encounter a g...

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Hi Bob,

I appreciate the offer, I am in MA and in finishing stages of reno on my house, I have been working non-stop and need to get that done to free up this summer for fishing. With that I would not have an opportunity to head down your way for a couple months.

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Folks, I am in a smaller rig and plan on being offshore more this season. I have an epirb already but no raft. I am out of MA and can trailer so I can go North of the cape, east or south where I have range to the shipping lanes. any of the options put me in cold water. I have been doing some researc...

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Unfortunately I know where this project goes................. I had come across a hiliner 222 gypsy which was a 2nd generation hull designed by Ray Hunt off the B20. I knew the deck was soft and was planning on re-doing the transom to convert to an outboard so I was up for a project. The interior st...

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Carl, I would consider it a test, do you get value from this site? if so donate. Also I have not looked at the backend of this site in quite some time, I would guess it is time for an upgrade and I will also donate my time as an IT professional to make sure it runs right and hopefully can offset any...

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Carl,

funds were just sent via paypal.

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I went and bought a couple of used/abused ones from Japan for $25 each plus shipping. The ebay seller had hundreds of listings of old Japaneese knives of various types, I contacted him and asked what he recommended and he said double sided Deba and he gave me links to his listings and I chose 2. The...

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Carl,

Beautiful pic, love the color.

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Changing the pitch should have changed something...... seems to me that if changing pitch did not change performance, there is some other variable which is changing the outcome. If in all cases you are using an aluminum prop, I would venture to guess that prop slippage is that variable. In my case I...

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I was on my buddy's 33 grady.

Last Night's dinner, my wife made some hollandaise sauce to top it off.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jXraoyZgWQGnzQm87

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Tony, I'm not gonna tell you it was a big blue..... more like a baby one We would have been outclassed on a medium sized one

Sunset in the canyons
https://photos.app.goo.gl/VphLCGA1Sw4Y4e4H9

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below water line, gonna need a pump one way or another. I have a bilge pump switch that has no moving parts https://defender.com/en_us/water-witch-submersible-electronic-bilge-pump-switch?utm_id=143783458262&utm_campaign=19735474067&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_content=649599978904&gad_sour...

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yannis,

you are not looking for a pump, you are looking for a sensor you can add to a location which can contain water which in turn will turn on a pump if water exists.

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Folks, some TMI and a story, I haven't been spending too much time on the board, or on a boat for that matter. I had high hopes of 150hrs on my motor this year and only have 15. We bought another house and we had one thought of the reno and it turned into a full gut reno and has been taking too much...

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Hi Brian, this is probably internet hogwash but I have always heard that the suzuki 140 was the same block as the 115 and it was tweaked out to get more HP. I've also heard that they don't make the rated HP. on the other hand, most of the different brand 150s seem to make 150 or better. I have no ex...

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Hi, I had my boat setup with twin !/Os for over a decade and ran them till I couldn't stand fixing them anymore. I have a moppie that I turned into a center console, with the twin I/Os I got 22-23kts at 3600RPM and guessing 10-11GPH at cruise. I could top out at 34kts. I was under propped with 15x17...

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I have B&G Vulcan 12 displays, same processing as Simrad Go series A while back I was watching a video and a person put up this chart and unfortunately I didn't capture the depth when I took a pic of the video but the HW 600 or 1kw go out to 600' and seem to be the same https://photos.app.goo.gl/B9A...

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Hi All, I setup my boat with 2 displays where one was gps/radar and the other gps/fishfinder. The current fishfinder has the 3 in 1 sidescan transom mount transducer and I've had a lot of issues getting it to operate at cruising speed, at troll or on the drift it works great. both my displays will r...

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thanks Rick!!!!!

this was a winter thing, now I can focus on something different to burn a different hole in my pocket

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Rick, since you've got your hands on one, Can you hack up a tuna faster with it? is it worth $200 for a good quality one? or is it a fancy way to do something you could do with other tools. btw I am enamored with the thought of them but haven't been able to see one in person so haven't bought one.

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I got an invite from a buddy who just repowered his Grady 33' with Yami 300s and he wanted to get some break in hours on them. I've been working stupid hours in work and to top it off we are doing a gut reno on a house we bought in march so I have been burning the candle at both ends and some time o...

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I've been on a kick lately listening to Mark Knopfler, just got his latest album One Deep River on vinyl today. He puts a bit of the Zydeco in his music.

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My wife loves it and orders it all the time. Me not so much, I can't stand it. I've never come across biscuits and gravy that I liked.

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I need some of your problems

up my way, the osprey's have shown up and I did see one flying with either a pogy or herring. Fishing should be starting soon for me.

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Welder is almost done, just needs to add some tabs for spreader lights and get the cushions from the shop he outsourced that to. side https://photos.app.goo.gl/bRcZq7fxndetH3xW6 back https://photos.app.goo.gl/1X47EDyNdNw82dVq7 I'm happy with how it came out, it should keep rods out any spray while r...

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my 25 goes quite nicely with a single 300hp outboard. cruises 25kts at 10gph will top out at 40kts. I am guessing the 26 with the Napier hull is more of a sharp v and a bit heavier and thus would require more power. I am not sure how to do an apples to apples conversion to power required for inboard...

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I've got my timeslot with the pipewelder, going to drop off the boat this saturday. I am not 100% sure what the final setup will be as I want to get the boat in front of the welder and let him be creative. https://photos.app.goo.gl/LxJoRhpR8idbprW28 I've got a price for the back legs and 2 rows, I a...

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mike,

if you need any help, let me know.

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I had thought about the height problem, but not as much about quantity... the height issue is two fold as you mention, too high and it gets interesting getting rods out, too low and you can hit your head on them. My old house had steam heat and a low basement, I don't know how many times I hit my he...

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been working with a fabricator, to get some pipework done to go from my leaning post up to the doghouse roof here's what he has done for another owner, I am not sure that the bends in the vertical pipes will be exactly the same as my roof extends 4" out further than the leaning post does. I like the...

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I agree with wanting to hold one to see how it feels. I haven't yet found a place that carries them.

one person's advice to me was to just buy one on the jungle company's website that can be returned easily.

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Hi Folks, winter web surfing has got me down a rabbit hole and been looking at Japanese knives. They have an interesting style knife for breaking down fish called a Deba. It is single beveled and the back side is hollow ground. The blade has significant heft to it and it seems like it could act as a...

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looks like some type of combination of Bertram 25' (stern) and bertram barron 24' bow

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different use cases for different people.... I grew up with the parents owning a big blow boat, left home on friday night stayed on the boat till sunday. While there, If there was no wind they stayed at the dock, if there was too much wind they stayed at the dock, if there were just the right amount...

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to me the variable is engine load and what the engine can do for WOT based upon what it is pushing for a hull and what it has for a prop. If one setup, the boat combo with prop, the engine can hit well above WOT PRM and is under propped vs another rig that the engine hits the same RPM and burns more...

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Peter, I have a similar need for gaffs, etc what are you using to pretty up the hole that allows the but ends to go into that panel?

I have an area under the gunnels and I was thinking 0 degree rod holders
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LJwkpPqbBtd66Hgy7

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