Having read your repower thread, if I lost a motor, I would repower with C18 Cats like you did. I think we have similar boats, and your...
That's not a bad idea. I'm headed to the boat shortly to get ready to fish tomorrow, so I can look.
I think I'm going to mount it on the aft bulkhead. It should float free from the bridge overhang.
I have an ACR SeaShelter mount for my EPIRB. Installation instructions caution against mounting where it could be trapped when the hydrostatic...
Last month I purchased a 1989 54' Bertram, hull #BERS0653B889. Currently Miss Mickey, She has been Ca Ce Bon!, Top Gun, and Miss Britt. Previously...
I have a good broker who represents me when I buy a boat. I want someone representing me, since the listing broker is loyal to the seller. Only...
My family used to run over-the-road trucks. Our 6-71's were overhauled at 250k miles. When we switched to 60 series overhaul intervals went to 1...
I have the 32v system in my 50' Bertram. It would be great if two 16v batteries could replace my 8v. It would take up less space, and save 300lbs...
T put you in the ballpark, a friend is repowering his boat starting next week. It's a 50' sportfish with DD 8v92's. He's going back with Cummins...
I have a 50' Bertram, and yes, two people can handle the boat with no problem. I had the 10cyl MAN's in a 53' Ocean. Dependability was great,...
I didn't intend to overhaul that engine. I purchased the boat hoping to get a season or two out of the motors, then re-power. When it broke the...
I'd NEVER heard of a boat breaking a crank, until March of this year. I bought my boat in January and ran it home from Boca Raton to Pensacola,...
And that's why it'll probably be QSM11's. Because irregardless of the outcome, I'm stuck with it.
You're putting QSM11's in a 37' hull? Jeeeeze! My mechanic was talking about the QSB, and mine is a 42', so it's not quite as heavy as a 46'. My...
I thought they had a B series at 450hp, but that might be the 480hp now. I have heard of one, possibly two 42's being repowered with the QSM11's....
I've also fished on a 37' that had been repowered with 440hp Yanmars, instead of the original Cat 3208's. Nice boat, and very economical with the...
I've had the port engine out of my 42' once. A VT903 will come out a center door with the exh manifolds off. The 42' is lighter than the 46', so a...
I'm not sure of the year, but I think it was 1983. OMC sent their 28' Bertram to fish our tournament, the Pensacola International Billfish...
Under the heading of "you get what you pay for", Tiara builds a dang good, solid boat. The way I see production boats, there are premium-line...
I agree with what everyone else is saying. I think most of us know that we get what we pay for, but sometimes we don't want to believe it. I...
