She is looking good Praetorian. love the updates.
Sadly I knew the crew member. Her name is Bethany Smith, originally from Wales. She was a truly great person and she spent most of life sailing...
You have a tough decision those three were the top boats in that size range during that time period. Another option to consider is the 43 tiara...
I have seen some renderings of the layout, and the reason for the short fore deck is that there is a full beam master cabin located below the...
Nice pics! the setup looks good. With that cleat there it is also pretty easy now to put a safety line to the chain for when running. Have heard...
looks more like damage to the front half of its hull;)
Since you have rope rode the cleat should be adequate. my only concern is the size of the anchor. 35 pounds is a bit on the low side in my...
From what I saw on the Bertram Facebook page. This one in the pictures is hull number three, which is the first one produced at the new factory in...
Correct. the Yanmars are traditional mechanical controls with separate clutches and throttles. On the delivery trip there were a few close calls...
Some more projects this weekend. I had the local fiberglass guy make a cockpit table for me a few months ago and I finally got around to...
Thats quite a nice panel there prospective. looking forward to seeing it insatalled. You have definitely inspired me to clean up my mess of...
If you search online for an old ad for the post 47 you might get lucky. I have found some old magazine issues on the books section of google...
Hi Tashmoo. here is the widened base from a few angles. from the looks of it, the previous owner put a new larger piece of ply on top of the...
Hi tashmoo. let me get you some more pictures today. I did not have a chance to make it to the boat over the weekend
Make sure and have them done properly, otherwise they will break off. there is a 55 viking down here which has the smart rails installed and after...
Hi Tashmoo. here are some pics of the enlarged master bed. You lose most of the forward bed side table, but you still have enough space to pass to...
Hi Tashmoo, welcome to the club, its great to be part of a forum with 3 ocean 43 owners, btw what power have you got in her. your serach criteria...
I found these shots of hull number 3 of the new bert 35. This one has been rigged for fishing and I have to admit, I really like how she looks...
Thanks Tashmoo, yes , its hard to believe that delivery trip was a whole year ago. Time has flown by.
That is correct. I believe after 95 they moved the fuel tanks from the engineroom to aft under the cockpit, which greatly improved engineroom access.