Project Boat - Repower and restoration of a Bertram 25 Flybridge Cruiser Pt 8 (The final instalment)

Here's the final instalment of our long journey to repower and restore Beast II, a beautiful old Bertram 25 from 1980. Over the previous weeks we have bought her, used her, stripped her and repowered her. Here's the final part of the story of a boat we still use today.

[@bruiser6479]

Great conclusion to the Beast 2 story. The fact you still own and use the boat says it all really. I am looking to future series about smaller and more affordable boats.

[@johncastrission3986]

Awesome boat

[@peterdaalman462]

Great pair Of knuckle heads.what a great show and great fun to watch

[@TheDoug9901]

idiots for sure drilling holes in the mount by adding fuel tanks to the back would solve that and increase the range

[@cybertrouts1]

Absolutely LOVING these revisits. Keep 'em coming!!

[@easemailboxes]

Thanks for the tow weights!

[@stephensimpson5283]

C'mon!! Get another boat and do it again. That was awesome!

[@Aflatheadmontage]

You guys have always been the funniest fishing presenters ive seen so good to see these videos

[@dylbat94]

Take me out on beast 2! Love from the Sunshine Coast.

[@graemeworland9759]

Splendid outcome. Now I would love to see you chaps do a 38 with a couple of those new Mercury 600 V12’s. You know you want to!

[@jarez.b8828]

Great series fellas looking forward to the next one 👍

[@geoffchant4282]

Loving this series fellas

[@llanzafa]

I love these series thanks guys

[@02bigkev]

Awesome episode,

[@tomrawlings9758]

Love it, keep them coming.

[@blackbeardboatworks242]

She's beautiful!

[@gregorymcevoy6018]

Great to see not much information on this topic im doing a 21 foot carrebean president 470 mercruiser to an aluminium pod and a 250 suzuki im about halfway through it will be ready for this season

[@Gobsmacked22]

Great episodes guys 👌🏼

[@maker-restorer]

good on you guys I have all you vid's and look forward to seeing more. love it love it love it

[@micknoname6466]

The smile on Andrew’s face says it all 😁 He’s like the kid in the proverbial candy shop 😁😁👍 I really don’t know how I didn’t catch your show on TV 🤷🏼‍♂️ but I didn’t (maybe because I’ve worked weekends for ages) and while I’m thoroughly enjoying these boat restoration episodes, I’d LOVE to see a bit more of the fishing stuff you included in the end of this episode 😎🤙🤙🤙

[@d_onthebitefishing6811]

Awesome 👏

[@frankgullotto]

You guys need to step it up to a Bertram 28 now !

[@hooklinesinkertv]

The thought has crossed our minds!!!!

[@bobbuilder5362]

Shaft drive !

[@jakleo337]

Cruising at 20 knots ( 23 mph, perfect for water sports ) would cost me $ 31US for one hour of operation at todays price. Diesel is 20% cheaper. Prices at my marina, varies from more , less or the same depending on location.

[@garysheppard4028]

Around $48 in Oz. Petrol is cheap in the States.

[@loppju]

top

[@fullthrottle300zx]

I want this boat. They have always been my dream boat but couldn’t afford to do one up

[@georgejordaan1951]

Outmount brackets would have suited you a lot better.......lot of corrosion possibilities on that pod. With the money you spent you should have shaved the transom with a splash well in it to accommodate your outboards. Shenanigans all round......

[@greggee5695]

Would be interesting to know what the finial cost was of the boat, and if it stacks up against buying a new equivalent spec boat. Great show boys keep it up.

[@hooklinesinkertv]

Would be about 80k. Doubt you’d sell it for that, but if you’re going to keep it, makes sense

[@Royden58]

Now you’ve got an excellent corrosion cell off the old transom

[@ianmoone2359]

The only “disadvantage” of the self draining pod - from a safety aspect, is that when stopped and the pod is full there’s zero buoyancy & additionally you have the weight that previously was inside the boat, now cantilevered out on the pod out the back with zero buoyancy. So theoretically it wouldn’t be hard to swamp the engines and then possibly the vessel itself aft on in a following sea. The Hull doesn’t start to lift the outboards until a swell hits the transom, by which time in steep short sea, the outboards might be half submerged. What you’ve done is make the best of a dogs breakfast - but while good, it’s not perfect.

[@gypana]

The idea of the pod filling with water is to eliminate the buoyancy so that the weight of the motors is taken up by the transom as if they were bolted on directly on the boat to help stabilize it ...it would be impossible to sink the boat from the weight of those engines in any sea. The water in the pod doesn't create extra weight, it just cancels the buoyancy.

[@ianmoone2359]

@@gypana Nope the longitudinal centre of gravity is moved rear wards by the effect of cantilevering the weight of the engines rear wards onto the pod extension. The moment of upwards movement due to buoyancy doesn’t commence with a flooded pod until the swell wave reaches the transom. The outboards are back there on the non buoyant pod buried in the swell before the transom rises to lift the engines. Flooding the pod works at rest to stabilise the boat by making it sit on its lines. It also works under power because the pod drains and regains its buoyancy. If for example the engines both stopped working and you were transom on to swell waves - those pods when flooded could become an issue. If it were me, I would like the ability to plug those two drainage holes and a couple bilge pumps to drain the pod in any dire situation as “backup plan B”. For example it’s hard to lift the cowlings and work on those outboards at sea if they are half getting swamped with each swell. That’s a situation where you might want the extra buoyancy of the pod being drained while the cowls are off and work being undertaken to get underway again. How it works now is good for stability at rest & under power. But not all boating always works out like that. Most boats that get swamped is by the stern.

[@gypana]

​@@ianmoone2359 nonsense.

[@ianmoone2359]

@@gypana You obviously know zero about vessel stability. 🙄

[@gypana]

@@ianmoone2359 Well 5 years on and this boat hasn't sunk so I obviously know more than you.

[@deezy9622]

Nice and quiet but I bet you wouldn’t have raised that marlin with the outboards.

[@mosborne077]

What about the side to side movement at 20+ kts , not just at below plane speed.?

[@costaplenty7482]

Where is that place at 17:56?????? Looks awesome.

[@gregorymcevoy6018]

What happens when you flood the pod ?

[@richardjurisich480]

great, only $120,000!

[@bobbuilder5362]

For those thinking about Podding and adding OB's to a 25 Bertram, don't do it ! just a bad phase in boating where marketing and salesman trump common sense.and experience. A pair of Mercruiser V8's would have been a far better option, more power, more importantly more TORQUE, to keep the heavy V Hull moving in rough seas.

[@handyallaround5776]

to increase stability of the boat you need to remount the motor much wider apart, and fuel tank just past mid ship a little closer to transom, and you killed the whole appeal of putting outboards on it by leaving the engine box to clutter up what could have been a huge cockpit,,,very , very poor job in this restoration in terms of decisions, layout, engineering, but you did excell in very nice craftmanship and finish

[@gregorymcevoy6018]

Hey boys what did you do with your bung drain holes ? Did you drain them through the pod ? Thanks Greg

[@hooklinesinkertv]

Yes. There’s one bung which goes through to the pod.

[@gregorymcevoy6018]

Were are the videos boys ?

[@easemailboxes]

Seems if it was towed with a dry fuel tank and dry water tank with maybe 150hp twins (instead of the 200hp) it might be lighter than 3100kg (maximum weight for my Triton). Perhaps put the oven on clips so it can be removed and placed into the ute tray might help to bring it down. How much fuel is in the full tank? What is the tank capacity? (asking as I am currently considering purchasing one).

[@hooklinesinkertv]

I think it has 450l of fuel. Never actually weighed it after the repower. It would go ok with twin 150’s but I’m not sure that’s saving much weight? This boat has very heavy trailer also. You could get a new trailer and save some weight when towing.

[@Gobsmacked22]

Hey would you sell the beast 2? Cheers

[@thegodemperorofmankind7yea704]

So you were saying (1:06) that when it was sealed, it was sketchy to drive from the added buoyancy. So you cut hole, But when it drains once you get on the plane, aren’t you back to the same tender ride? How would it feel different from when you were driving from the fly bridge previously?

[@Rtechmobile]

I can understand it's better at rest but bugger all has changed at speed . Wonder if trimtabs would be a better solution ?

[@micknoname6466]

It was all about how it sat at rest. I’m guessing the ride in the fly bridge was only really bad at low speed.

[@thegodemperorofmankind7yea704]

@@micknoname6466 they had a scene where he was driving from the fly bridge saying it feels no good

[@micknoname6466]

@@thegodemperorofmankind7yea704 yeah, I’m gonna say that’s just an editing slip up. You can see that there’s a huge improvement in stability when she’s not motoring. That’s what they were getting at. That’s the issue they were trying to fix. All the other stuff is beside the point.

[@tamaralee4108]

If you look at the earlier video with the pod buoyant, you can see that the hull was floating with the chines ABOVE the waterline. So the pod provided buoyancy in a narrow area, which lifted the chines out of the water. Buoyancy across a narrow area provides less stability against tipping than buoyancy across a wide area, think canoe vs. a canoe with outrigger floats. Drilling the holes in the pod just took away the narrow area buoyancy in the pod, which let the main hull sit back deeper in the water with the chines submerged. The wider area of buoyancy fixed the tippiness problem.

[@Nephilim7695]

Don't drop this one on a steep boat ramp Beavis and Butt-head love watching you too yowies

[@Nephilim7695]

Watch most of your TV shows you know when you had colour in your hair and you had a pet yowie

[@giorgiokandanoleon1682]

do the series on the 19R

[@hooklinesinkertv]

Will do soon