I'm in LOVE

the 26 bertram is my favorite hull, but with a 10 1/2 beam, its not too trailerble. When I was in Yamaha school, one of the guys there owned a 26 that he made a center console out of. He had a full tower, bottom paint, with a single 225 Opti on a bracket. he said it would run 36 mph and sip fuel. I called bs till i started doing somer reasearch. i found a factory boat house bulliten put out by merc that had a 79(?) 26 Bertram hardtop with a pair of 2.0 150's on the transom. The boat would run somewhere around 55 mph. Figure the 150's were rated at the flywheel, probably put out around 135 at the prop, total of 270 hp. Take this guys single 225 Opti, they are underated and usually put out closer to 250 at the prop, about 300 lbs less weight on the transom and his numbers match up pretty good. I rode in a 26 with a pair of 4.3 mercruisers (220 hp) and I saw 58 on the gps with light fuel, but with a soft top and short tower. I would love to have one of these in the express layout(like my V) with a bracket and a pair of modern 115-150s on the back. But you can forget about trailering any distance
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
:love::love: Man I want one of these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/King...ryZ63726QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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I drove out to "Pine Island" Louisiana to see one of these. From a distance it was perfect, on a trailer, no bottom paint, dual outboard bracket, no engines. The when I hopped up on the fender to get in, the boat was level full of water. The drain plug was glassed over when outboard conversion was done. It was a 26' aquarium, what a waste.

I've wanted one for decades, but $4 a gallon gas has changed that.
 
phatdaddy said:
Steplift72, at least you knew the hull didn't leak...........
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Never thought of it that way. It really hurt to walk away from that boat, externally it was perfect down to the glass and hardware, but every piece of structural wood in the boat was soaked through. It had been full long enough to have a good crop of marine creatures. That one was originally powered with 165 MerCruisers and had been converted to 200 Merc's on a bracket. The owner said he liked the handling better with the I/O's.
 
"Payment: This boat is being sold AS-IS, with all that implies. Please ask any questions before you bid."

This particular line in the advertising caught my attention!!!
I wonder what the seller meant by this???
Don't get caught sleeping on this one! :sleep:
 
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