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Does Linda know you "SAW" Maggie?

Bruce

Pat, I wonder if that was the boat sitting next to Gerry's at Cabrera's yard? I thought it was going back to Puerto Rico, but maybe it got sold. If it was then the exhaust risers need to be checked for height above the water line. He was havin a problem with that the last time I saw that boat. If th...

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BUT, we just want it to be as good as we can make it Nic, If you follow that logic then what you would want to do is recess the whole strut plate into the hull. The drag on a face fair is less than the drag on a flat face but there is no drag if the plate is recessed. See how far it can go if you o...

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Slow down and read the FAQ section for posting.

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Room Single Rate 359/night plus taxes, Relax on your private terrace in one of our 107 elegantly appointed guest rooms. Savor the breathtaking views of our harbor and 232 slip marina. You can have the same view in Riviera Beach with Scaggy Maggie, a crack pipe and two rocks for 75 bucks. You yankee...

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Pat, Never too old to play with power tools, we just get complacent. Tore up my hand the other day cutting the rudder gland bolts out. Melted a rubber glove into the cut, kinda helped keep the bleeding low, just was in a hurry and trying to use a worn disc. Watch it with no one around. Don't want to...

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Delivered a 46 Bertram to Montauk in the early 90's. No provisions left on the boat so next morning before heading to La Guardia I had breakfast at the yachet club.

A couple of eggs, sausage, coffee and juice was 45 bucks. Ouch.

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Many of you have dealt with Mastry for your engine purchases. My sales contact Daryl who I have known for far too many years, lost his wife to an illness on Tuesday morning. Daryl, if you see this my friend, Shirley and I send our sincere condolences to you and Sarah. May God grant you peace during ...

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I need to learn how to keep it simple.

Repeat after me.......

Its just a boat, not the space shuttle.

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Guys,

Don't overthink this prop issue.
These are not high performance boats that require complex formulas to figure prop sizes.

Bruce

Much closer this morning but showing a little over 52% for Trey.

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Kevin, Don't jump into the computer balance if you have no vibration. Before checking anything else, check for WOT. Thats the first thing. I will get my prop guy to figure out some wheel sizes for you. What's that 28 weight, 12K? Remember when diagnosing any problem, always look at the simple things...

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Tommy,
Moderately bright or some what dim please.
You'll have people expecting too much.

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Kevin, Make sure of the rpm numbers cause thats quite a difference between the two sides even accounting for the slight difference in ratio of the ZF's when you reverse direction. Check for full open throttle and make sure that the props are indeed sized as marked. I told Sid I have 4 blade props of...

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Your both wrong.

Certified Insane

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Mike, When I moved to Florida in 81, I did a pickup gig with Greg Allman in a small Riviera Beach Club. Some guys came in and one turned out to be Jaco Pastorius, who was still playing with weather report at the time. During the breaks when Greg was out shooting up in the parking lot, one guy who wa...

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Racor fuel filters have a ball check to prevent backflow as UV already stated. But like everything else on a boat they need to be maintained which involves pulling the Racor apart and put a repair kit in. I recommend this be done every 3 years. Kits are cheap and its an easy job. Any other check val...

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Mike,
Is that the same Gary Dorsey that played with the Boogie Kings at one time?

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Don't put anything in the return lines.

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Call Allen at Wolf Wire in Riviera Beach Florida.
He has a 25 flybridge with 350/ vdrives.
Gears and vdrives are brand new updated style.

Some work has been done to the boat, but some exists. Don't know but for the right price he may sell.

Bruce

You can never pump all the water out 100%. The closest you can come is using a bronze pickup foot and a positive priming pump such as a shurflo.

You need to allow some standing water to keep the fiberglass from drying out.

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Paneltronics. They are down in Miami. Just total up the number of ac circuits needed and what the amperage is for the size breakers. Get one with a main breaker and a voltmeter. Depending on where you put it, that will determine whether you get a horizontal or vertical panel. Location should be out ...

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That is the reason why #10 wire is not what you use in a bonding system and why Patrick said keep the length short when connecting to a flat copper strip that runs the length of the boat. Yes if you do the bonding system wrong, you can have more problems than if you don't do one at all. That does no...

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Ric, Out of state pickup gigs are not difficult at all and checking a guitar on a plane is easy. That's why I joked about not touring. Small amps, pa and a trap set can always be aquired localy. This whole concept was to keep it simple and have fun but it seems by the response not enough guys exist ...

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3X? Not hardly. Engines were turned over by hand, (starters still need rebuilding, injectors out), which really don't do crap other than get some water out the cylinder. fresh or salt, unless the engine is run started and allowed to heat and burn off the moisture and circulate oil, they already have...

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Rules are the norm.

Lovetts are horrible. The older ones had an outlet size of 3/4 or 5/8 and if you replace with the rule 2500 which is 1-1/8 you'll have to up grade the whole hose and outlet fitting.

Standard rule with a super switch works well. Replace every 5 years. Its cheap insurance,

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Sorry Russ, bass is taken strat is open. Thanks Tom. Experience playing with others is a must if we would get together on the fly. Tunes would be classic rock, garage band tunes, typical Sat night bar stuff. Nothing real wild. keep the effort on the low side of the scale. Examples: Get off my cloud,...

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That guy is incorrect in his non bonding ways.

Do not follow his advice unless you want your boat sitting on the bottom.

Internet authors are a dime a dozen.

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If this garners interest, maybe Pat could put this thread under a misc heading under index. I'm sure there are some members who have or do play in bands. It might be fun to get together at various functions for entertainment, other than drinking and falling off a stool. Then again.......... If inter...

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DQ, Havn't itched like that well, since Angela Scarpelli in high school. Wife was a little suspicious. Good luck with the tank. Mike, Tin foil is only good to keep out the signals the government broadcasts at night to lull us into thinking they are here to help and to signal the mother ship when it ...

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The only real excitment was a women who was a Donzi owner staying at the flop house got drunk and threw up on the steps. That and we lost power for 1/2 day. There was an incident involving Pat, but its one of those ones that if you weren't there, it can't be repeated. The typical massive, stop in th...

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Yea them Arkansas people are dopey. Just ask the Walton family.

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Halon no longer can be used. Toss them, but make sure there is no pressure in tank.

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If we're so freakin' smart, how come we're not buying Archer Daniels Midland stock......?

There are much better ways to sell your soul to the devil..................

Bruce

In checking my emails after returning from the show, I see two service bulletins stating that the glue used to hold some fuel filters together is dissolving and clogging the fuel systems under ethanol.

Check with your own filter makers and see if they are having the same problem.

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Scooter,
You can't image off your hard drive. You have to host the pic on the web somewhere and then hit the image tag with the url.

Very simple to do. See the FAQ above.

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Kevin, Tuesday was no day to be in the ocean. The stream was running 8'. You did the smart thing. Even though I have yet to meet you, from what Sid tells me, I wish I had a 100 customers like yourself. Your a hell of a guy. Pat and I are leaving early am for Miami to view Gerry's boat and then up to...

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Based on my calculations, it comes out to 4hp. But the formula I use says no wind or tide, period. Plus outboards don't really put out the full hp untill you reach the upper rpm limits at 5000 so you'd be winding that engine up all the time. To be safe I'd look at a 9.9 minimum. After mounting the b...

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Pierre, Welcome. I have not seen any kits for your bulhead. Making bulheads can be found under Pat tips section using composites. The chrome pieces can be rechromed. I've installed the Kohler gas gen on a few 28's and its worked well. See them at the show. Stop by the flop house and meet the gang. A...

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It is measured from the bottom of turbo outlet. The turbo outlets are not 6" diameter. Most all turbo outlets are 3" in the 300HP range. It only gets bigger because of the water and the backpressure that and the piping will cause. Always check to see what the manufacturer of your engine recommends f...

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Send a pic to Pat as an attachement in an email.

He will crop and post.

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placement of the exhaust out the transom is due in part to what size exhaust you are running and whether it is outboard or inboard of the outer stringer. What you do want to do is always have a down hill run to the outlet otherwise you create the effect where no water comes out for a few seconds and...

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I've had mixed results using bilge cote and quit using it.
Specifically taking too long to set hard and in some cases not setting up past the sticky state.

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Late afternoons and evenings at the flop house whiskey deck are usually the gathering. Dinner and late evening plans are made from there. This year in honor of Pat becomming a Texas resident again, the whiskey deck will feature a mechanical bull, Mickey Gilley and Coyote Ugly bartenders. For those l...

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Stick with 10% of diameter and you'll be fine. Always worked for me for 30 years.

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I don't know where you guys are looking, the common pleasure boat grades of 19 and 22 do have different tensile and torsional strengths. The 22 has a higher nickel content. 17 is heat treated and has less than half the nickel of 22 and less chromium but has the same strength of 22. More what you see...

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Mikey, What Walter described will meet the needs of 90% of the 31 owners. Simple and effective. The only thing I would add is a 30amp marinco or other brand zinc saver(isolator) to the AC system. An isolating tranformer is not really necessary for the 31. Don't connect any grounds, ac or dc to the b...

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I would experiment with trolling bags and one engine in gear before attempting to mount an outboard.

Locking the shaft on the neutral engine will create drag enough to slow the boat.

Both engines in gear at idle produces what speed now?

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Gerry, Got all the bridge controls and wiring done yesterday except for the Garmin unit and tying into the Teleflex/Yanmar for engine display. The secondary bridge display is in and all wiring is up and secured. The buttons for start/stop are : Outer are the start and inners are the stop. Power on i...

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lore,
See this thread for more Steyr information.

http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.ph ... ruce+steyr

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