fountain382000

this is the one that was destroyed correct?

CougarM

Thats the one

Phil M

Steve and Charlie - my 38 was sold to Diamond Don just before the Point Pleasant race of 1976 - he renamed it Really Ridiculous for that race - later I think he had a 40 ft. Cig. Dave Gilmore or Bobby Sheer would know more - Have been away in Pakistan - was 50 miles from the strike for #2 - did not know it untill the following day - Needless to say - a interesting trip.

Top Banana

Thanks Phil.....we are trying to find out if this is your old boat...do you have any numbers on the hull that we could use to identify it?

Can you remember any specifics of the stringer layout or the way the original exhaust came out...sides or transom?

This guy bought it with TRS drives set up for staggered diesel engines....what drives did you have, if TRS do you have records of any numbers or X dimensions?

thanks

Charlie

Phil M

Charlie -

The boat had TRS drives when I sold it - also was set up for Staggared engines - exhaust out the rear of the boat - The boat can be id, by the round holes cut in the shape of a "N" on either side of the rear deck above the transome - they were Air flow holes for venting.

X dimentions were high on the boat - no records of Hull numbers etc. however think it was # 7 built -

PHIL

Top Banana

Is this it? Looks like covers were made to go over the area that had the N's, on the back of the deck area.

T2x

Yes ....there was an original Bertram either 28 or 32 Moppie piloted by Odell back in 63 or so.

T2x

Phil M

Charlie - please send it to my email - cant view it here -

My 28 Barron was the Boat show boat - also the one that was photographed for their sales brochure - I have Photos of it from Bertram that way - My 36 - was a TEST boat - that raced serval times - with a 1/8 inch thick plywood deck that you could not walk on - I put on a Teak deck - and made it into a sports boat - if you want Photos Charlie, let me know by email - will send you some of both boats -

Hi to Rich - T3x whoops - ! Hi to Darren too Richie !

Top Banana

Phil

I sent you some pictures of that boat via e-mail. Let me know what you think.

thx

Phil M

Yes, Charlie - its my old boat - my twin Peter built the trailer from scratch - just bought the axels and tires - in 1975 - not bad considering over 30 years have passed . Thanks very much - many memories with that boat - it fist hit the water in New England - for the pace boat in a race near you - Around the Cape race - Those were the days - that you had better know where you were going - not just up and down the beach - we needed compases's then !

Will send you photos of the 28 and 36 later today - by email - you can post them if you like -


PHIL