Bertram33 User Forum

Can anyone confirm that the Hynautic K22 part# 81259 is the replacement steering cylinder for a 1987 33 Sportfish? Rob Marsh rob@wyerivermarine.com

Thanks again everyone for their input. My plan is to rebuild the whole steering system this winter. Any recommendations for rebuilding the Hynautic pump? Rob Marsh

Thank you everyone for your input. Although the boat is hard to turn too, my concern is that at speeds in excess of 22 knots, with rudder hard over, the boat basically wants to lean over on one chine and go straight. It seems to me that the rudders are stalling. It may be that the rudders on my boat...

I have a 1987 33 SF. I re-powered last year with 370 Cummins. Steering at 22 knots + is pretty bad. Anyone have personal experience with the over sized rudders Danny from Hightide sells for our boats? These rudders are built for him by Buck-Algonquin. The cost is pretty high. I don't want to spend t...

Maritime Plastics in Annapolis, MD did mine. Nice job. $540.00. Keith Manuel Maritime Plastics, Inc. www.Maritime Plastics.com 910 Bestgate Road, Suite J 410-263-4424

Tom, I just repowered and did not use the alarm panel. You can have mine if you want. Send me an email. RM@wyerivermarine.com

Frank, Thanks for your comments. Any chance you can email me a few photos of your port exhaust run out of the back of the engine? Tony Athens from Seaboard has a great setup but I'd like to avoid the $3,500.00 costs if possible. Note photo at link below. http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/WyeRiverMar...

We are finishing up the exhaust system as part of the Cummins 6BTA repower. Cummins wants us to install surge tubes as well as a few other modifications. We have an idea as to how we can make it work but would really like to hear/see from others who have done this already. The port engine is a desig...