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I had a 1975 35 with 300hp 3116 cats in it. I would cruise an honest 23-24 knots. Mine was a little faster than the 300 hp 3208 boats, probably a combo between the lighter engines and not having the bubbles in the bottom needed for the 3208s. Mine being a 1975 had the smaller bridge and I moved the ...

John, I like my K&N's on my 6BTA's. I clean them once a year and follow up with a good oiling. I think they pay for themselves in a couple years since you shouldn't have to replace them. Even have one in my wife's car now!

JP,
I sent you a PM.
Thanks,
Ryan

John, You need to use the T1 / single grade in the 3126's and 3116's. As someone else mentioned this is a service bulletin that CAT put our years back. If I remember right, the use of 15w-40 in these engines will clog the aftercoolers overtime and you will also see alot of soot on your transom. I us...

Does anyone know if Sailors Haven takes reservations? It seems like just about every marina out on Fire Island is first-come-first-serve.

From what I was told at West Marine was that all the West Marine paint is made by Interlux. I was told that the CCP is the same as Interlux ACT. This is coming from the West Marine employee, we know they are wrong more times then being right.

Used the FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic) sheets that you can buy at Home Depot or Lowes. These are the sheets that you see in some bathrooms and showers, non-skid / bumpy patern on one side, smooth on the back. Make a patern out of paper, and cut the FRP sheet to the patern. Scuff the nonskid si...

Their is a hard-top Express Cruiser on ebay right now.

I bought the boat without motors from Tom Oaks when he owned Holtz Boat Works. It was his recomendation to go with those motors. I figured out of anyone, he would know that they would work well for the boat.

SIM, The 350's I have in my boat are Vortek 320 hp's so they turn high RPM. I cruise them at 3300-3400 RPM at 23-24 kts and burn about 22 gph. Those motors are capable (so the manual says) of cruising at 3800. At 3800 it runs 27 kts but I don't know the burn since I never run it their for any length...

My Express Cruiser has 320 hp 350 Vorteks in it. It cruises around 24-25 kts. and does 34 kts wide open. Small blocks can produce the same amount of hp as a big block and have always had a longer lifespan. My boat does the same speed as a big block boat and burns much less fuel.

I have a set of 300 hp in my 35 Bertram and haven't had a single problem with them. They have a bad rap from people that have no clue as to what they are talking about (mostly poeople on boat diesel). They do love to be tuned every couple hundred hours and it makes a huge difference afterward. Somew...

My fathers 454's had injseted some water a few years back. It was the gaskets between the exhaust manafold and the riser. The engines where only three years old. Water would trickle down the exhaust port when boat wasn't used and wound up doing major damage to valves / heads.

The one at my marina is all fiberglass except the decks.

Their is one in the marina my boat is at in Point Pleasant, NJ. The yard bill hadn't been paid in years and the marina took ownership and is trying to sell it for just about nothing. Cosmeticly it's rough but I know it has a good set of 454's in it. If you are interested let me know and I'll get inf...

John,

I don't have experience but have heard descent things about them. I'm told the 420's will not hold up as long as the 350's but I would rather have the speed since i don't put tons of hours on my 35'. If I was going to repower I would highly consider the 3126.

Ryan

right now i have two, 31 Express Cruiser, Moondancer that is for sale and a 35', Recreation. They are both at Forsburg's.

John,
I think I'm driving down that day from Pt. Pleasant. Give a call 848-333-3870.

Exact same thing had happened to a guy in my marina with the exact same engines, around a 90-92 vintage. He only had about 2,500 hours on his. He wound up getting a re-man short block and new elbows for both engines.

Mike, I have a 35' that is for sale. Here's the Yacht World link. If you have any interest let me know directly. Thanks! http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatDetails.jsp?currency=USD&units=Feet¤cyid=100&boat_id=1626754&checked_boats=1626754&back=%2Fcore%2Flisting%2Fcache%2FsearchResults....

JP, I have 502's in my 35' with 300hp 3116's and have never had a problem. From what I hear ,the warning with a twin disk is that if it doesn't go into gear hard then you are starting to develop have a problem. I have 1,300 hours on my engines and gears without any problems.

For you props, go to www.propscan.com, they have a list of shops using propscan technology around the world. You can probably select a shop and ship the props there. I just used a shop using Prop-scan for the first time and the difference is night and day in comparison to a traditional prop shop. Co...

Nice looking boat...Congratulations!

Yeah, they are 3116's. Mine are the 300hp version and I have 2 to 1 gears. I cruise at about 22kts and burn 19 gph at that speed. My fathers neighbor also has a 35 with 350 hp 3116's and cruises at 24kts. If you buy 3116's just make sure they arn't the French Block. That can be identified by the ser...

John, I'm lucky my 35 is already diesel. $5,000. is a lot of money for a fuel tank but probably worth it since it is fiberglass. This is my oppinion (doesn't mean it's right), I'd rather take that $5,000. + and put it toward a pair of RTO diesels. It seems like their is a lot of good deals on engine...

Bertram 35 and Bertram 31 Express Cruiser that is FOR SALE.

When I did my boat over I bought a fiberglass windshield insert. The inserts are made of glassed over foam and sprayed with gelcoat and they take the shape of the origional windshield. All you do is take out your origional glass and frame, clean everything up reel well, put the insert in and 5200 it...