Project Boat - Repower and restoration of a Bertram 25 Flybridge (removing the sterndrives) Pt 5

Part 5 and it's time to start major work on our Bertram 25, Beast 2. In this instalment we show you how easy it is to remove the twin sterndrive engines and we get our first look at the pod. We hope you enjoy.

[@antonywardle]

hahah. 20 minutes between services for the stern drives. Had me chuckling throughout the video!

[@timmeh1234]

Even better than watching on long haul jetstar flights. Love it boys

[@dantolo817]

Always had a soft spot for Bertram 25 nice work

[@micknoname6466]

Loving these build series, guys 👍 I’m keen to see how the ally pod performs compared to the previous glass one. A bold move I thought, seeing as so much work went in to the glass design 🤔

[@ralphhaste3116]

that would be the port side engine out 1st i believe

[@tamaralee4108]

Yep, it was the port engine!

[@hooklinesinkertv]

50 50 chance of getting it right

[@w0456039]

Purchased a 1968 Bertram 25 back in November, single Mercruiser diesel 320hp on a Bravo 2 leg. Really interested to see how Beast 2 goes with 400hp of outboard! Keep up the good work guys, very entertaining as always!

[@hooklinesinkertv]

How’s she go?

[@w0456039]

@@hooklinesinkertv I've had 26 knots out of her but with a nearly full 400 litre tank. I'd imagine with a pair of 200hp outboards you'd get upper 30s

[@hookemups6710]

loving the project...

[@easemailboxes]

Screws into the wood sounds like a very serious manufacturing issue. Would allow for slow water ingress into the stringers? Allowing for a slow rot of the stringers or transom.

[@easemailboxes]

preface by saying thanks for the videos. However you have not covered one o the main features of this boat and that is the tow-ability. How much did it weigh dry when towed? How much will it weigh when towed after the pod and OBs? You did not give the actual spec dimensions, displacement, beam etc. Still loved it. Would love to know the tow weights.

[@Dfalo18]

Tell channel 7 to more episodes on !!!! 👍👍

[@thebigw3377]

Love it lads but ffs will ya buy old knackers a new pair of strides 👍

[@02bigkev]

Great series 👍

[@ronaldsmeaton1432]

So who are you going to get to do that thing that seams to scare the crap out of you two that being work .please keep it up I really enjoy seeing other people do for you avoidance appears to be both your middle names great show

[@joshpeterson1421]

Hey guys good video. Just wondering where the original drain bung ended up being?

[@Phillv8]

Those mounting bolts are totally normal onto wooden stringers

[@dannyjones3840]

I prefer an outdrive over an outboard. Outboards kinda make trolling a pita. But, they do get rid of the engine box in the cockpit. So pick your poison

[@tazyt3388]

As always great job guys now when you want a laugh I’ll lend you my cori river rat rod for a crack up the pieman I’m sure you’ll have fun goodonya gents ooroo

[@hownowbrowntrouttasmania7389]

Can you put the episode on here the one on lake leake your last trip there.? Check out some of the trout I've caught in there as well. All the best from Jake.:)

[@dickbrock1337]

Outboard motors sit above the transom, and are extremely top heavy. Having them on a pod gives them even more leverage. They also make the boat porpoise badly, No good in a rough sea..

[@AquaMarine1000]

Does the hull extension change the boat's specified length for registration and or insurance?

[@hooklinesinkertv]

Good question... Inguess so. Certainly changes insurance once you restore an old boat

[@mini696]

Engine and out drive would be lucky to be 300kg each.

[@rockbottomfishing1967]

Why do you guys always have plumbers working on your boats.

[@dannyjones3840]

I'm sure that diamond plate will feel sooo much better in your bare feet than smooth non skid 🙄

[@sydneyharbourscenery1206]

Farewell the starboard motor?🤔

[@jb243wp]

8:12 Yeah right Nick, you mean the port motor lol. Maybe because you were facing the other way over looking the stern and just had your head down in the motor well, perhaps you were feeling a bit disorientated and dizzy?

[@markradcliffe4483]

What year did you do the Beast2?

[@hooklinesinkertv]

About 2017

[@markradcliffe4483]

@@hooklinesinkertv liking the idea very much. I would love to have you do one for me.

[@petermclean9545]

I still can't believe you destroyed a top notch boat by removing the engines and drives. Bertram is one of the best ocean boats made no matter what size and now it's junk.

[@hooklinesinkertv]

Each to their own. Please keep watching to see if you’re right. I’m actually heading out in it tomorrow to fish for tuna, I don’t think it’s junk!

[@gypana]

Stern drives are becoming a thing of the past mate, believe it or not.

[@petermclean9545]

If a 350 chevy engine goes bad you can get one running for $1000 you blow a Mercruiser stern drive that's 2 grand brand new. You blow a power head on an outboard that's 10 grand you blow the lower unit on an outboard that's 6 to 10 grand you can keep your outboards. The only mercruiser sterndrive that isn't good in the alpha drive to a 350 chevy but a bravo drive and its bullet proof so let me know when you break the yamaha or what ever outboard you are using and then let see how long it takes to get boating again.

[@gypana]

@@petermclean9545 You can get thousands of hours out of 2 and 4 stroke outboards mate. You simply just can't make decisions on what engines to run based on engine trouble and cost repairs if things go wrong, what about all the benefits you get from running outboards.

[@petermclean9545]

When did you guys buy your first boat. I've been marine tech for over 34 years and outboards were not the way to go until the 1996 when the first real 4 stroke outboards were starting to be used and that's because of the government didn't want oil from the 2 stroke outboards going into the ocean. I have a question for you 2 see how smart you two are what was the biggest cause of 2 stroke outboards to fail. Hate to burst your bubble about outboards not one outboard build today has fresh water cooling so if you put your boat in a slip for the season in salt water even if you lift the motor out of the salt water every time salt water corrosion is eating that engine alive. Fresh water cooled inboards not rust out from the inside out. By the way the fastest boats build are inboards it's impossible to get more horsepower out of an outboard than what it says on the cover. Also and inboard v8 v6 or 4cylinder running with cylinders misfiring will always get me home an outboard missing 1 cylinder won't run at all. So outboards are a fad and they will die out once people can't afford to fix it or buy a new one will either sink the boat or abandoned it for the elements to get it. So we will see when you hit a log just below the water let see how much damage is done to that outboard please let me know.