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Jeremy is correct on boats being the same as restomods. Here is my 66 Mustang fastback with Coyote engine and 6 speed auto trans along with all new sheetmetal and race suspension. I spent 3 years on this car, like a boat owner does. This is what I do for a living now. https://i.imgur.com/YO5I4bm.jp...

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Its definitely a mess on all points. We've had hurricanes before, and cleaned up and got back to normal. But this one is on a scale that i think few have seen before. Some of the long term projections of what will happen in this area are dismal. The big attractions to this area have been annihilated...

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Rick She is getting there. The bridge looks good. It fits the look of the boat perfectly. Nice job. Second that. That's a subtle modification i thought would be obvious, but it'll take a sharp eye to tell that's not factory. Excellent work and great idea. Glad to see you got the pictures figured out.

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Todd Glad to hear you made out ok. David Good advice. Thank you And Agreed. There's a lot of total loss around us, but we made out ok. The biggest hurricane relief effort I've ever seen is underway. Blackhawks and chinooks are constantly back and forth. The local hospitals were completely relocated...

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Looking at the pictures coming out of the Ft Myers region, it looks like many boaters didn't heed the storm and pull or relocate their boats to safety. That would have been difficult, if you followed the news coverage, the entire west cost at various times was the predicted landfall. They called fo...

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It's getting windy. My boat was already on blocks for repairs/restoration. Just strapped it down, and hoping for the best. Glad i haven't replaced all the windows yet....or the wiring.....or the paint.....or the floors......well i guess im glad its still a work in progress. Wish i had insured it for...

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We're going to get wet, if nothing else.

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So THATS what happens when you go over 40kts in a bertram.

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PeterPalmieri wrote: ↑Sep 6th, '22, 14:21 Take that all back went from 18 to 14 mpg around town. And the check engine light came on. Indicating a fuel issue. I guess I should have excepted anything else.

Lean mixture?
Long term fuel trim out of range?
O2 sensor out of limits?
Just guessing, but im curious.
Let us know what you find

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https://www.powerprobe.com/na/en/product-list/content/4FfFA61E15eF I was a mechanic in a previous life. One of the main tools i used for electrical is a power probe. To this day i carry one in my truck and boat. I consider it part of my, "if i break down i need this" kit. The tool i think you're as...

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Todd I have been around here since 2006. Yikes never thought about that before. I started lurking before that, and Bruce will correct me but the original board was called American something if I remember correctly. Capt. Pat was the owner of the board until he passed and he passed it on to Bruce wh...

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I truly believe gasoline motors are safe but NEED to be well respected, all protocols for starting, refueling, and transport need to be followed. I agree with carl. As usual. There are things that get labeled as dangerous because there is no buffer zone between safe and unsafe. You don't get to bre...

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Making people excited to pay 4+ per gallon.
Mission accomplished.

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48' Ocean SF. Crap SF, but boy did it catch fish. Pat and I stayed a week fishing the afternoon bite, 4 lines out and between sails and mahi they were all loaded all the time. Owners fished for a month before we flew back and brought it home. One of these days, id like to know more of the history a...

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mike ohlstein wrote: ↑Aug 3rd, '22, 23:28 By the way, my pronouns are Bite Me and GFY.

I had to google GFY, i couldn't figure that one out.
Im assuming that's not " good for you" ?

Either way, i applaud you're non binary identity

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Not insulted. Just figured that you have not been hanging out here that much and you probably did not realize how wild and crazy we can get. Take Carl for an example. My boat is on blocks right now. Every time i go to work on it, if its been a while, i go around beating on the sides, stomping on th...

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Dose anyone have any experience with the 2 cylinder kubota phasor generators?

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I think the last time we all checked in we were all men. We are just a sedate group that tries to keep it helping each other with our boats, and every once in a while going off topic. But I bet if you took a survey, 80% of the members probably hunt or have hunted in the past and probably more than ...

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https://youtu.be/izkdLsVFGZk

Warning: it has outboards
@ 2:52

https://youtu.be/SoxxyXzUrU4
This one has like 4 bertrams i think, but its up north somewhere, not florida

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Bruce wrote: ↑Aug 1st, '22, 12:21
It became all to real to Pat and I on a trip from Key West to Isla Mujeres

Im born and raised on the west coast of Florida, and Ive daydreamed about a trip like that since English class in 7th grade, when i had my mind on more important things than English class.
What boat were you on?

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BTW Trace, situational awareness is spot on. I teach all my students in my advanced gun classes that situational awareness will prevent 99.9% of the shit situations that people get themselves into. I didn't know you were a gun nut. I figured everyone on here was into bertrams, but i didn't know how...

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Light bulbs inside of a screen?
Maybe a heater of some kind?
I'd definitely get it out of my bilge whatever it is.
Thats certainly not ignition rated

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https://boattest.com/article/video-boat-sinking I don't know if anyone has already talked about this on here, but i thought it was a good learning experience to pass along in case it hadn't been discussed already. Aparantly this charter captian sank his boat somehow, with a load of clients on board...

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Zoom in, the blue tabs are aluminum . For that capacity I’m guessing it a T shaped tank that extends past the stringers. https://www.greatlakesskipper.com/media/catalog/product/1/c/1cd12bef07499c5b64004c55b0309f38.jpg?optimize=low&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=700&width=700&canvas=700:700&...

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I’ve got about 300 hours on the Whisper now. It’s been reliable. No problems. It’s a single cylinder, so there is a little more vibration than other gensets, but not excessive. It’s very quiet though. Spares and consumables are more expensive than more widely used brands. But it is very compact and...

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We have a northern lights 5 kw and it’s is very quite its in between the two engines on a bahiamar Looking at their website, none of them are ignition protected, and its only optional on the 9kw and larger. I've got gas big blocks, and don't need 9kw so that probably eliminates that one. From what ...

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I just assumed when i saw the wood over that area, that the tank was under the whole area.

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neil wrote: ↑Jul 24th, '22, 19:06 We have a northern lights 5 kw and it’s is very quite its in between the two engines on a bahiamar

Is that the 3 cylinder?
And is it in the sound enclosure?

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I'm studying generators and came across this brand that there's not a lot of info or history on, that i can find. I know David Davidson, on here, has one. I've read his previous posts but couldn't see the pics for some reason. I think they're somewhat new in the US, from what i can tell. Does anyone...

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Lets go Brandon

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I dont know what we're using today that's heavier than what these boats came with. 3208s , 2stroke Detroits, iron head, intake and block 440s, iron transmissions Vs Yanmar, 5.9/6.7 cummins, aluminum head and intake 454s and aluminum case transmissions. Even modern bateries are lighter than they used...

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Sand blasted?
Or soda blasted?
I've been told not to use sand or it will pit the gel coat.
Im not wanting to hand sand mine or use the goop to remove it.
I was hoping soda blasting would be the easiest, but i don't want to cause damage that isn't already done

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Tony Meola wrote: ↑Jul 5th, '22, 20:42 Give Danny at High Tide a call. If he is no longer handling them, he can probably point you to a person who can help you out.

Are they in North Carolina?
There's a high tide marine in the keys, but the website says NC.
Are they both the same guy?

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Thanks for all the info, i had totally written off fiberglass tanks, but i guess I'll have to look into it again

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Carl wrote: ↑Jul 1st, '22, 08:46 To me, this was the pink elephant in the room.

I thought the expression was white elephant?
Pink elephants are from dumbo

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And look better doing it

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Something just occurred to me recently regarding old gas tanks and i thought id throw it out here for food for thought, or possibly an answer from someone with more information than i have been able to find. Its pretty common knowledge at this point if you have gas engines, and a fiberglass tank, yo...

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https://i.imgur.com/Q7XnpNG.jpeg These stress cracks are on both sides of the hull directly over the bulkheads. I bet also caused by not leaving clearance. I can't thank you enough for the info, Carl. Those bulges had me worried the hull was flexing too much, pressing the bulkhead into the gunnels....

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https://i.imgur.com/IBOe00s.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ZX4kMnj.jpeg Aaaaahhh. I have two existing bulges from the bulkhead pushing up on the gunnels. The PO had replaced the bulkhead, or someone along the way had, Obviously not original. I bet that's why the bulges are there. The bulkhead is glassed ...

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Im glad i brought it up. I was going to bed them to the hull.
Where do you find Captian Pat's building tips?
Is it on the old site?

I think i found it, but couldn't find anything about bulkheads

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Thats what i thought, Carl. If they were performing a primary support roll, I'd think you'd see hull failures of some kind because it's so common for the bulkheads to be rotten. Mine definitely need replaced, but i don't see the need to overbuild them, unless they are carrying some substantial load....

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If they're structural, and they're totally rotten, what damage or failure would you expect to see from being run with failed bulkheads?
I've seen hull failure from bad stringers, never from bad bulkheads

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Hello all, Ive been slowly going over my new to me 1969 sportfish and doing some light demo and removal of parts needing attention. I can tell someone along the way has done a poor job of a couple repairs. One of those is bulkhead repair. My question is, are the bulkheads structurally necessary, or ...

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For being able to serve its purpose, (which is gain access to the engines) i would say the hinge is on the wrong end. Like the old corvettes, not fun for service. If the whole thing opened from the other side.... 1 same access as original 2 dump the girls and their stuff in the cockpit like a dump t...

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I recently heard about these https://fireflyenergy.com/
I think they use some sort of carbon instead of lead.
More performance and longevity than traditional batteries without the risk of lithium.
Dont know the cost, but i'll bet its cheaper than lithium

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Sorry to hear that.
That's definitely not the update i was expecting.

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Is there any new information on who makes glass or lexan replacement corner windows?
Seems like there may be a problem with look out boat windows from some of the older posts i was reading.
Im in florida btw.

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Thanks for the reply.
Im going to clean the bilge and and assess the repair that was done, look for clues as to why the repair was done.
The strange thing is, the more i see the boat, the more i love it.
Unforseen problems and all.

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Looking around at other boats bilge pics, it doesn't look like the strips to either side of the keel are original either.
I think maybe this thing took a serious hit in that area

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Pic of the bilge in front of the door to the cabin.
Massive transducer with hull cut out to match.
Sticks out way below the boat

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