achris
More fish than mountain goat
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Here's a few pictures of my Bertram 20...
First some facts on the boat, then the pictures...
Bertram 'Bahia Mar' 20
• Manufactured by International Marine in Melbourne. (Keel laid in May 1972.)
• Owned by me since 13 July 1986
• Mercruiser 4.3MPI V6 engine and stern drive installed Nov 2006
• Roadmaster 1300D tandem trailer. Jan 1994 (Rebuilt Sept 2007)
• New canopies and full covers by CanopiesWest, March 2001.
• Electronics:
Furuno GPS GP-1870 (7" Colour chart-plotter)
Furuno 5.6” LCD colour sounder FCV-600L w/transducer #520-5PSD (mounted in a wet box)
GME GX294 27MHz transceiver
WestMarine “Aurora Plus” VHF transceiver
Deck mounted electric anchor winch
This was part of an article in a local magazine about boats they considered as 'Top Rigs'. (I have overlaid my own picture.
) The price quoted in the article is from quite a few years ago. They are currently fetching between 35 and 50K for boats with newer engines, and up to 20K for boats still with the original 165 in them.
These are of the interior and the swim platform. The platform was originally built by my father in 1987, I recently replaced the timbers because they were getting a little 'untidy'. The wood is a local hardwood called 'Jarrah'. It has been sealed with a 2 part timber treatment and then has 4 coats of marine vanish on it.
This final set is when I dropped the new engine in. In the second picture you'll see the corners of the bait boxes have been reworked... The new exhaust elbows are 1.7" taller than the previous, so a little fibreglass work was called for. You will also notice the trim pump has been mounted up on the transom. Most people just bolt them to the floor, where that get continuously wet with seawater and eventually corrode away. It also keeps the hoses out of the bilge, making the installation a much tidier job.
If you're wondering what the pump and pickup tube on the port side of the transom in the last picture are all about, they are for my live bait tank. When I go fishing for Mahi-mahi, I strap a 50 litre (13 gallon) plastic tub (with a lid) onto the the swim platform. The bilge pump and pickup tube have hoses that feed into the tank. When I'm stationery, catching the bait fish or Mahi-mahi, then the bilge pump runs (360gph). When I'm on the move the pickup (cut at 45 degrees) feeds new water to the tank. Doing it this way eliminates the need for aerators and keeps the water from heating up. I mounted the pump sideways because the hose needed to feed straight up. Most that I've seen have a bracket that mounts the pump vertically, then an elbow to take the outlet up. I figure I have eliminated 2 unnecessary pieces of gear this way.
First some facts on the boat, then the pictures...
Bertram 'Bahia Mar' 20
• Manufactured by International Marine in Melbourne. (Keel laid in May 1972.)
• Owned by me since 13 July 1986
• Mercruiser 4.3MPI V6 engine and stern drive installed Nov 2006
• Roadmaster 1300D tandem trailer. Jan 1994 (Rebuilt Sept 2007)
• New canopies and full covers by CanopiesWest, March 2001.
• Electronics:
Furuno GPS GP-1870 (7" Colour chart-plotter)
Furuno 5.6” LCD colour sounder FCV-600L w/transducer #520-5PSD (mounted in a wet box)
GME GX294 27MHz transceiver
WestMarine “Aurora Plus” VHF transceiver
Deck mounted electric anchor winch
This was part of an article in a local magazine about boats they considered as 'Top Rigs'. (I have overlaid my own picture.
) The price quoted in the article is from quite a few years ago. They are currently fetching between 35 and 50K for boats with newer engines, and up to 20K for boats still with the original 165 in them.These are of the interior and the swim platform. The platform was originally built by my father in 1987, I recently replaced the timbers because they were getting a little 'untidy'. The wood is a local hardwood called 'Jarrah'. It has been sealed with a 2 part timber treatment and then has 4 coats of marine vanish on it.
This final set is when I dropped the new engine in. In the second picture you'll see the corners of the bait boxes have been reworked... The new exhaust elbows are 1.7" taller than the previous, so a little fibreglass work was called for. You will also notice the trim pump has been mounted up on the transom. Most people just bolt them to the floor, where that get continuously wet with seawater and eventually corrode away. It also keeps the hoses out of the bilge, making the installation a much tidier job.
If you're wondering what the pump and pickup tube on the port side of the transom in the last picture are all about, they are for my live bait tank. When I go fishing for Mahi-mahi, I strap a 50 litre (13 gallon) plastic tub (with a lid) onto the the swim platform. The bilge pump and pickup tube have hoses that feed into the tank. When I'm stationery, catching the bait fish or Mahi-mahi, then the bilge pump runs (360gph). When I'm on the move the pickup (cut at 45 degrees) feeds new water to the tank. Doing it this way eliminates the need for aerators and keeps the water from heating up. I mounted the pump sideways because the hose needed to feed straight up. Most that I've seen have a bracket that mounts the pump vertically, then an elbow to take the outlet up. I figure I have eliminated 2 unnecessary pieces of gear this way.
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