Bertram33 User Forum

Hope all goes well. I still remember how excited I was when we launched ours for the first time back in 2002. We closed in March (what a cold sea trial that was!) and I spent the next 2 months getting it ready. It launched in mid May up on the Merricmac River in Ma. Fortunately, the prior owner was a great guy and he agreed to make the run from Newburyport back to Salem. All went exactly as planned. I still talk to the prior owner from time to time.

Got it!!! 23 kts at 30 GPH who needs diesels those engines are amazing!

Very good. I'm sure you'll enjoy her for a long time. In fact most of our boats will outlast us, kind of weird isn't it?

It sounds like you got there OK. I hope you enjoy the boat as much as I did.

So Bob, what's next for you?

My next project is a 1986 custom 46 cruiser designed by Hunt and built by C E Ryder and Gladding Hearn. I have owned it for a couple of months and already well into the project.

Wow. That's some jump. Any pics you can post?

Trip went fine left Hingham Mass. at 7:30 and inside the MTK jetties at 2:00 6.5hrs not bad! and did the 10kts through the canal too!

Congrats to both of you, Bob's boat was sweet. Bob, what a project but you'll be styling when that one is done. Rick Ticket 85 SF Merc 454 MPI's Falmouth, MA

Doug, Not sure if I mentioned it to you this summer, but after Mattapoisett Rendezvous, I was in Falmouth Harbor and ended up chatting with the couple two slips over. They said they were the prior owners of Queen Elizabeth. They had a beautiful trawler (50 foot or so) can't remember the make. Nice folks and they said they always enjoyed your boat.

Brian, I think you called me to tell me. His name is Tom Law, and he owned the boat for 7 or 8 seasons prior to me. He's a real nice guy. His current boat is a 41 American Tug. He emailed me last week.