Bertram33 User Forum

Scott: Thanks for the inquiry. The fish are there; plenty of flags have been coming back to the docks during tournaments, but they are not "thick" yet but getting better. I have openings for January and February. What week did you have in mind? Would very much like to take you and your par...

Sounds good Gene, I will be in Maryland for Christmas. My plans are to head back to Stuart on 28 Dec. and stay there intil March. If you get back up that way give me a call. We can talk fishing and Bertrams over a couple of beers for sure. Have a Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year Capt. Dan Mc

We have moved Long Time Com'n "1980 B-33 Sportfisherman" to Sailfish Marina, in Stuart, FL. We are planning on staying until mid March then returning to MD for the spring Striper season. If any of your winter travels bring you near Stuart and you would like to do some winter Gulf Stream fi...

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Thanks Doug I will look into it Dan Mc

Has anyone install a bait freezer on their B33 sportfisherman? I’m looking for a small 120 volt freezer to mount over the engine box to keep bait in. If anyone has install such a freezer on their boat could you send me the details and a picture CaptDanMc@hughes.net or post it on this site. Thanks in...

The price for diesel in southern Maryland is $4.50 per gal. I don't have to tell you it has been a hard charter fishing season with these high fuel prices both on the industry and our clients most everyone is hurting.

Michael, I have been using the Penn Fathom Master Electric 805NW with a swivel master base that is attached to a rod holder insert. I presently use two one on each side of the boat. One is for trolling a deep bait and the other is for trolling a large dredge teaser in the prop wash. Over the years I...

Happy New Year With all the stuff flying around from NMFS about the use of circle hooks for this coming year I was wondering if anyone out there was already using these hooks with ballyhoo both rigged naked and skirted. Also any recommendations for rigging would be deeply appreciated. I have used th...

Mike, Here are the numbers from by B-33 last spring. Iwould think you should see even better number with the 370Bs Good luck with your new engines Bertram 33 Sportfisher Cummins 330B 315 hp ZF 220A 1.75:1 Prop Nibrel 24 x 24 — 1 3/4 four blade Idle RPM 650 Speed 5.2 kts. This speed can be reduced by...

Ray, One thing is for sure �No one will every ask why you purchased a Bertram No matter what the size�. Enjoy your new boat.

Thanks all for your input and help. I spent the last two nights under the boat in the scuba gear and was able to move the zincs back up the shaft and retighten them. All four zincs had loosed up but only the two rear zincs had moved down the shaft to the strut. My plans are to run the boat this week...

I have been using the zinc manufacture by Camp two per shaft. The installation method was sand shaft area, install zinc and tighten, hit both sides of zinc with a hammer, and re-tighten all four screws again.

Have any of you guys with diesel had problems with your shaft zincs working loose? I re-power last winter from gas to diesel and after a routine haul out found one side missing the shaft zincs and the other side all the screws had work loose. I reinstalled two sets of zincs on each shaft and put boa...

Mike, I replace my A/C last season with a Mermaid 1600 btu reverse cycle. They will sell it factory direct to you and pricing is on there website plus shipping. http://www.mmair.com/marine_division/air_conditioning Hope this helps. By the way the unit was also very easy to install it took me about 4...