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Almost all the old cedar strip boats were varnished all over back in the 50 & 60's. Factory finishes looked great. Too many coats with time by brush started to look ratty. Spray finish was always nicest but not easy stuff to spray. Never thin varnish with thinners to spray it.

Bertam Boy - yes that's who I got the boat from Donskihp - the pop deck was an idea taken from the old VW camper bus back in the 60's for the same camping purposes

Bertram Boy You bought that from the same guy I bought this one from.

Thanks guys. It's really a combination of a labour of love intertwined with a lot of indulgence. Mrs says this is my last one and I'm not arguing. It will serve me well for a lot of years. Just for personal taste, I even installed silent choice.

My new/old 24 foot Bertram Moppie II. This is still an ongoing project but I have managed to cure all the mechanical bugs that messed up my summer plans in time to store it for the winter. It is a compromise from my many years of owning small offshore peformance boats (Donzi, Cigarette & Magnum...

The Squadron was created by cutting down in the shear line on the original 24 with an aprox 8 foot beam.

Reinspected every thing on Saturday morning. There was no little filter under the fuel pressure regulator. Reinstalled the cool fuel system back on the engine. Engine started right away and runs great. What really bugs me is I don't know what I have done. I can only assume that either something...

Thanks Buizilla - I will do a complete check for it hidden inside before reinstalling the cool fuel package. I am not really sure that it would lower the upper rail pressure because it is in the return line to the fuel separator.

The service book refers to and illustrates a cone shaped filter under the fuel regulator. This fuel cooler package had nothing under the regulator except the o-ring. There was one screen in each pump and there is another up on the rail assembly in the fuel pressure relief assembly. Those 3...

Checked the rail pressure on Sat. morn and it was 38 PSI Started with the pump at the separator and pulled, inspected, blew with air and reinstalled. Pulled the cool fuel system. Inspected and tested pump independantly and got 80 PSI Inspected and tested regulator and it opens at 43 PSI Made...

I am going to get a pressure tester and work my way thr the system.

I have a new 2006 383 MPI Mercruiser engine that sat crated for 4+ years. I installed it in my boat last month and after what I thought was a reasonably thorough pre service, started and ran it. Aside from lots of problems with the power steering that necessitated the replacement of both the ram...

I've used the "Mooring Whip" brand for the last 20 years. Have had a Donzi Hornet, a 25 Magnum Sport and a 24 Bertram at various points in time over the past 20 years all on the same original set. I am in a high traffic location and have never regretted buying them. Single suggestion: don't over...

Are you absolutely sure that you have stringers that far out? Usually they (stringers) follow the strake lines and the chine lines tend to be solid glass alittle thicker than the overall bottom. You may just have a dead air space between the floor and the bottom at that point. I'd play with a...

The brand new 383 that I have yet to fire up, will be broken in on Pennzoil 15W40 semi synthetic for 2 oil changes and then probably on to full synthetic.