Bertram 54 Refit Project

The name of your Bert fits the endeavor. Will look forward to frequent installments on your progress!

looking nice are you going to keep the original window shape or update it. nice project and keep the pics coming

max

Hey BBert
Don't feel bad - I also was planning to address mechanical/electronics this year and save everything else for next year but blew past my budget 3 mos ago. In fact, I blew past it so much I wonder if it was even there. . Beautiful boat - good luck !

sounds good look forward to seeing the end product

max

Great to see another 54 being rebuilt. My last 54 (1984) was sold to a man from Dubai that's sunk nearly half a million into her (and still has another $300k at least to go). I know two other people right now actively seeking good 54' Berts for refits that are willing to spend nearly seven figures to rebuild them.

It seems as if the 54 may end up being as sought after as the 31 for restorations...

I am the owner of a 1989' 54 (Glory Daze). We have repaced everything except the engines. The window replacement is a must!!! Unless you cruise in a small lake, you will regret not doing it. Glass tech does all my work and they are expensive, but, when it comes to a 54' they know their stuff. The custom windows were 25k (they have the molds) a few years back. They make the boat water tight, those old windows leak like crazy and do a lot of damage. But the cool look it gave the boat was well worth it.

Good luck

yes the production windows are very leaky....I've thought of putting in newer windows myself but it's a little too expensive. I have a friend who did it to his, an identical twin to my 54'. well, at least they were twins before a major refit he did to his, including the windows. they look absolutely stunning.

THat 54's looking mighty fine there!

Windows are relatively easy to do, especially since you already have the front closed in. I just did a set on my 55 Hatteras.

nothing on a boat is cheap my friend

even if it was just a few thousand, I'm not in the mood for spending a cent after painting the interior woodwork

Your boat is tied up next door to me right now. Small world!

Glory Daze

What's the name of the boat?
Here's a couple of shots of the new windows

HEY! You were going out the river as I was coming in. 63' Sunseeker predator.

Picked up some bad fuel in the Bahamas had have tanks flushed

You typically don't get bad fuel in the Bahamas. It is typically a myth, the fuel you get in the Bahamas is Ultra Low Sulfur diesel and a higher grade then our typical offroad diesel. What it ends up doing is degrading and dispersing the algae you already have growing in your fuel and on the sides of your tanks and they end up in your filters. Having someone come out to Polish/clean the fuel tanks is a waste of time as it still leaves 10+ % of the algae in your tanks and in 6 weeks it grows right back to almost where you started from unless you chew through all of that fuel and another tank or two right after polishing. Try using a product called "Diesel Kleen- Clear Tank Diesel" I am pretty sure BOW carries it. I Have used it many times and it will even eat the algae out of your racor bowls. It will kill and eat all of the algae.......put it in with what you have in the tank. Then put another dose in when you top off the tank.

I've been using the diesel kleen cetain boost, for about 12 months. I started using the bio kleen product 4 fillups ago. The first treatment I did was the sh