Bertram33 User Forum

Very nice Larry; You've done us 33 guys very proud. On another note; your tower is the most extreme I've seen on a 33, at least on the fbc, how much rolling does she give you in a beam sea? and as a friend of mine once said: " being up in a tower like that will develop your balls fairly quickly...

C'mon guys, Obama is the best hope there is for a true socialist nation. Marx would be very proud. But seriously; these guys (Obama and Biden) think they can socially engineer this great country into their own vision of utopia. Something that I thought was hilarious was when Colin Powell said that M...

just remove the cockpit floor; its screwed in place and sealed with caulk. The tank is tabbed in place tabbed in place along the main bulkhead, the bulkhead just aft of the tank, and it's bedded on the bottom with various materials depending on what year etc. Easiest thing to do is cut it up with sa...

My two cents; I'don't like the idea of fuel tanks too far forward of the center of gravity (engines or aft, especially with gasoline. Fuel tanks need to be much more carefully designed because of the greater g forces the farther forward you go. And I agree that the handling gets squirly when you hav...

Thanks Mike, good info. Another jersey guy? howudoin?

Thanks Gene. Do the bumpers ever come into play or did you add them for "just in case"? The occasional idiot making a huge wake is what makes me nervous but I guess if you use "belt and suspenders" it'll be ok.

Anybody using mooring whips? I have a bulkeaded lot and I'm moving my 33fbc there but wondering if anybody else here is using them.

I was out last weekend and had no luck. I didn't go far; just garden state south, little egg, and garden state north reefs. Wasn't really serious about fishing though but I usually don't get skunked even if I'm not serious. Anyway I haven't really heard any great reports at all this year except for ...

John, make sure the "brazilian cherry" is dimensional stable, meaning that the expansion across the grain is not too great with the variation in humidity that a boat is sure to undergo. Shouldn't be too much of a problem if the "cherry" is a veneer over plywood(which would be sta...

Grady, that won't work. What you are talking about just re-indexes the pumps to accept a different direction input from the motor; it does not cause the gear to reverse it's rotation. Rather it allows the tranny hydraulic pump to match the revs of the motor so the fluid goes in the proper direction ...

This site just keeps getting better.

Welcome to the group. I recently bought a '77 33fbc. This does seem like it is a buyers market now(not for long. Mine is gas, so the fuel tank issue really held my purchase price down. If you're thinking of a gas boat; as long as you change the tank right away, and the price is right go for it! The ...

sounds like a ballast resistor in the starting circuit, if it has one. A ballast resistor gives the ignition coil full battery volatge for starting, but reduces voltage to the coil,points after releasing the starter to give longer life. If the ballast is open, the engine will die when you release th...

I think the video was shot from a 31 Bertram; look at the very end of the video, you can see the aft cabin pillar.

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