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Ben I think you just met Steve, I think is his name. Your comments have been heard before, I have dealt with him and found him gruff, pissy and extremely knowledgeable. If you have an issue, call and speak to Brian Lee and mention that his guy needs a tune up. I broke two outriggers during the hurricanes in the Bahamas and 'ole grouchy Steve sent me the stuff for repair in two days, I didn't even get the description of the problem out and he told me what I needed. He's grouchy, but usually right, I hate that!

The biggest culprit I've found is water intrusion from console screws having been installed without sealant, T Top screws and other deck penetrations start the water issue. When I buy a boat, I remove everything I can and rebed.

Thanks, Fubar..I'm on it! I have the same issue in the Bahamas with low voltage when I leave the boat at Treasure Cay and worry about the units.

My crew always said they coulld tell if I was sleeping on the boat... they could see the condensate dripping off the side of the boat before they got to the slip. I like it cool too. Tell me about the power conditioner, I have the low voltage crap on my Hatteras at the marina.

Folks I'm spending money like a drunken sailor "cherrying" out my 38 Special Bertram. The a.c. in the cabin was adequate, but you had to wait a while for it to cool the cabin and it was a bit noisy from the 20 year old compressor. It's always a financial judgement on what to do, but I bit the bullet and replaced the old cruisair self contained unit with a new one using the SMXII controls with the remote. What an improvement! the new one is super quiet and will blow your hat off wile cooling the cabin completely in 1/10 the time of the old. The new controls are a dream and you can program a dehumidify mode which looks great to me! The new unit is much smaller, has a heavy plastic drip pan and seems engineered like it's from a different century. Just a kudo to cruisair,I think it's the best money on refurb I have spent so far, wish I had done it earlier, probably would have slept better.

Gus I may be looking at an Ocean Masher in Key West soon, if I don't fly, I can check the boat for 'ya. on the way down I will advise. Roger

I just made an offer on a 30 Saltshaker center console, older hull, heavy, with a full tower. It has 2003 Yamaha 250 efi's. My guess is 1mpg at 4000 rpm, any thoughts? What do you 2 stroke Yamaha guys do? get a 4 blader and look for the better mid range performance> Thanks in advance

It goes a long way, one bottle did my 41 footer.

Had a friend who owned one and a guest fell pretty badly on the step setup, he was charging off the helm area to strike a fish. The boat company has been thru a lot of stuff last decade or so. When a guy named DeSouza owned them, things ran pretty well. Lately, they don't seem to produce anything over the last number of years, unrelated to the economy it seems. They were refurbing a friend's 41 Hatteras years back and he had to pull the boat out of there and finish it himself with a giant hassle. They have a 36 sitting outside today, older one that has been in the water, and a couple other brand boats that they are doing repairs on at the moment. I'd do a lot of research or chat with me privately if you need further advice on a Delta.

The Delta's are an odd, but sturdy boat. The 36 is their only real sportfish I feel. There are several that have seemingly been on the market forever. The 36 has a strange step up then step down deal from the cockpit to the helm area. Delta's are primarily a commercial boat made here at Cape Canaveral by Canaveral Custom Boats. There's one on the next dock down and I frequently walk people by to look at the layout and ask if they can figure out what it is... very few can.

Here's the way to do it... Cut the inner hull back 18 inches forward of the transom, bisecting the in the floor well. Remove the inner linerand piece of deck, being careful not to disturb the "skin" of the hull of the transom. Dig out all the rotted wood and all the foam and you can inspect the stringers at this point. Next, laminate several layers of marine ply to the skin of the transom from the inside. Build a coouple "knees" to affix the new transom to the hull. Glass the heck out of the ply and glass the pieces back together and you're done. The skin of the hull has a unique structural role and you don't want to cut it at all. You can get the foam commercially and refoam thru 3/4 plugs you cut in the deck. Jim: been there, I'm old too. Bought my 1976 20 footer from Gene Meaders in Sanford in 1976.

And thanks from me too. It's nice to have an intelligent exchange over a subject that we all have in common without someone trying to be so pedantic. Auguste is a gentleman and his posts are appreciated by myself for certain.

I had a 1976 and it would pound in a sea. In the rivers, etc. it was a pretty good ride. I think pre 81 or 82 were the good boats and after they were cobias (cobalo nickname) and had troubles. I have a 1978 256 that I put a full transom on and a new 300 Zuke and it's perfect for leaving in the bahamas as I do with her. The fuel tank is foamed in and ya need a 4000 psi pressure washer to blow the foam away for removal. I think the 20 had 10 or 11 degree deadrise.

Remember when it happened.. The former secretary from the Robalo plant in Fla. was going to be sitting next to him, but had to run back into the shop and he made the trip alone...........