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http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 ... G_1760.jpg Let's see if this shot of Gay Head worked!

Dinner time in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, after the Bertram Rendezvous in Hyannis. [img]http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 ... G_1751.jpg[/img] Trying again.

Summer 2010 Bertram Rendezvous neighbor, Hyannis Marina - 157' Christensen "Nice and Easy" 30 foot beam and hold 11,500 gallons of fuel - How'd you like to pay to fill her up??? [img]http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 ... G_1717.jpg[/img]

Thanks Bill, finally got it. P.S. Jose, That is some beautiful interior work!

Nice Pics so far, keep em coming!

Thank you all. I'll be glad to send more detailed pictures if someone needs them. Jose Jaen "Blue Chip" 1993 33FBC Miami FL [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... p_Jaen.jpg[/img]

I've got to give the Summer Pic Award to you Jose, really because they're so unusual....for us anyway. But I hope Bill started an annual tradition, that was fun. Rick Ticket 85 SF Merc 454 MPI's Falmouth, MA

Brian, Its too bad you were so busy helping Nice an Easy leave the dock. Otherwise you could've taken pictures of it squeezing past Bill and I.

Doug, Ask and you shall receive ... how's this shot? Hyannis Marina, Bertram Rendezvous - 157' "Nice and Easy" departing Hyannis Marina - Hyannis Marina staff prepared to fend off (?) on the front of Bill & Doug's 33's [img]http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 ... G_1720.jpg[/img]

Boy was that a tight fit. To make matters worse, the wind was honking out of the south that day too.

My summer picture is a blue marlin at the transom of the Bertram! This was the fifth raised this summer! Only 175 pounds but a great fish! Bertram 33 the marlin raising machine! [IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg19 ... lin004.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg19 ... lin002.jpg[/IMG]

Beautiful pictures. I need a FBC now If you have time some more photographs of Blue Chip would be appreciated. Something I can aspire to achieve. I definitely need to get out of Vermont in the winter.. Tom

Tom, Where in VT are you ? Rick Ticket 85 SF Merc 454 MPI's Falmouth, MA

Middlebury VT. Known as the banana belt in Vermont

Here they are Tom. It seems to me that you enjoy cruising more than fishing which is our case too. The FBC is perhaps what you need because of the larger living space for extended trips. Bear in mind that what you see in the Blue Chip now has been done over an 8 year period, not overnight. I think it is a matter of finding the right boat and outlining a master project to be carried in accordance to your resources. I think we all have a dream boat. After 20 years cruising through the Bahamas and the Florida Keys next to much larger and sophisticated vessels I know which is my dream boat, our Blue Chip. She is reliable, relatively easy to handle by my wife I and myself only and not too expensive to maintain. There is always room for improvement. I could use a water-maker in the far islands. One hundred more gallons of diesel would be nice (700 lbs. heavier)and also a pair of electronic Cummins 355hp (1400 lbs. lighter and narrower). [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 4.JPG[/img] From left to right; original sub0 fridge, microwave, cooktop and icemaker. [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 5.JPG[/img] Did away with rugs to have easy access to hatches and both sides of engines [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 6.JPG[/img] Covered windshield [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 7.JPG[/img] Fiberglass top [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 8.JPG[/img] Aft bulkhead [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 9.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.bertram33.com/images/uploads/New Blue Chip 10.JPG[/img] Jose Jaen "Blue Chip" 1993 33FBC Miami FL [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... p_Jaen.jpg[/img]