According to Bertram's website: "Bertram stands strongly behind its product and is so confident that it is announcing a limited warranty that...
MarineMax might have very well informed the owner that he needed an insurance ryder to cover the boats trip and the owner refused to purchase it....
If you can, get some of the antifreeze made for fresh water systems. It is pink in color usually. Drain the water tank first, then put about 5...
Yeah, except the problem is, every picture of a 63' Bertram running has over 1/2 of the boat out of the water when it's running at cruise..... so...
You won't find an E rating in a private yacht, usually....... Usually CAT installs a "C" rated engine in most planing hull yachts like Searay's...
I manage a yacht with this Draka type system, and it's horrible...... there is one bend in the wiring that goes from the engine room to the...
The US flagged yachts I have seen are most always in a US corporation and have to hire US crew......
I wouldn't even recommend changing one battery in a bank that is a year or two old. I did that once and had one changed under warranty in a bank,...
I would take a look at a Millenium, "The World is not Enough" does over 65 knots with the center turbine, and will do I believe around 45 knots...
It is possible that you have a serious issue with the Starboard motor. It is possible that you have a cracked cylinder head, or engine block...
In an 8' head sea or so in a 112' you're down to 10 knots and have spray shooting over the flybridge hardtop, and a very very uncomfortable...
I agree on most everything said above. But I would rather be in Key West then many islands in the Bahamas. Key West has good food, shopping,...
Why would you be looking for shipping lanes? It just means you have to be extra careful not to get in a freightors way, and to pay more attention...
I worked on a 160' Delta. It was very stable, very quiet and the woodwork looked great. But behind the scenes some of the stuff they did I was...
I would say on your size boat, it would be a rough cost of $1,000 or so if you do most of the labor yourself. You're going to need a tank (I'd...
I would say Westport builds a good boat for the money. I hear they pound in a headsea. But, they are not in the same quality as crescent or...
Check out Diamond Girl, while you are there. She is a 103' Johnson MY with a beautiful interior and a unique size in the charter market with a...
If you are not carrying passengers for hire, there is no US coast guard license that is needed regardless of vessel size as long as you are the...
I think he had a few too many beers at lunchtime at the good old English Pub before he wrote this. Has anyone heard any updates on this Bertram...
Woodywax and ruppguard are both ok, but do not last more then a few weeks. (They don't use Ruppguard on Mickey Rupp's own sportfish) The...
