AT LAST!!

[cbe317]

OK fellas,

Here it is! 1987 V-20 Fisherman SDM

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/0e0d31ff.jpg

A little dirty, but a very solid hull.

I finally found my full transom!

Its taken two long years to find one. This one has been sitting for a while. You should of seen it before I pressure washed it. It was literally green. It still has the original SeaDrive mount. Some soft spots in the deck, but nothing major. Mainly just cosmetic stuff. It is a work in progress, but it runs good enough to fish this summer.

Here are more Pics:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/21cf0418.jpg


Cowling is shot! I do plan to repower. But I'll use this engine until it quits.
The previous owner put a rebuilt 1985 Johnson 235 on it in 1993(since that model engine bolts right up). It has no hour meter. But it seems to run nice. I've only had it in the water about an hour. Notice where the dumba** that painted the bottom put the paintline about three inches above the actual waterline, jeez. :(

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/f4131e71.jpg

Ahh! the best part, that smooth DRY ride.

Anyways, I'm excited to finally have another V-20. I'll keep y'all posted on the progress. Now, I gotta get back to the wiring.


Chris

[Franco]

That IMHO is the ultimate V20 - nice find!!!

[shicks007]

Sweet, that's will be a nice fishing machine! ;D

[macojoe]

Very Nice!! Good Luck!!

[Blue_Runner]

Hey fellas, what about that transom? *Doesn't it look like someone filled a notch there? *Or is that how the seadrives look?

P.S. Nice boat!! Keep us posted on your work, fishing, beer drinking, women...oooops, I veered off the straight and narrow there for a sec :D

Curious in NC, *???
Blue

[Bygracealone]

CBE,

Nice find! *Hey, when you say that the 1985 235 Johnson bolts right up, are you talking about the engine power unit or are you talking about the whole engine with the lower unit? *

I've heard mixed opinions on this. *At the end of the day, I didn't think it could be done, so I'm removing my Sea Drive and replacing it with a bracket. *The move to the bracket is inevitable for most Sea Drive owners, but that would have been a nice, fairly easy fix since my Sea Drive works well, but motor is shot.

Anyway, congratulations once again on finding a great boat. *If you don't mind my asking, how much did you pay for her? *

[Blue_Runner]

Bygrace, does your transom look the same as the one in the pic posted by cbe317?

[Bygracealone]

BR,

Nope, mine is all one piece. *This isn't the best angle, but you can see the difference in this photo:

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album102&id=100_0368

Come to think of it, that looks like somebody took the back seat from another V20 full transom and installed it there. Good idea, looks clean.

Steve

[Blue_Runner]

I'm really thinking this was a notched transom that was filled. Not a bad thing at all! If it is a filled notch I would just like to know how he did it, as would others here. CBE, if you can, take some interior pics esp. of the transom area that would be cool!

Blue

[willy]

I am wondering the same thing Blue, I looked at four sea drive boats over the year and a half shopping and none of those or mine for that matter had anything but what you see in Grace's gallery shot. A full transom and full transom cap about a foot wide across the top.
CBE let us know if you can what the story is because you have an anomaly there, if you can post some pics from the inside also looking back onto the transom.
Either way good luck with the V, they are fine boats and I here the CC's are great set ups ;)

[Blue_Runner]

Stinky might be able to get some ideas for his notch-filling project on his 18 from this.

[macojoe]

I don't belive it was a fill job!!

I think that is a custom job of some kind for the inside of the boat?? Maybe even factory option of some kind?

And a good one as the cap piece is a perfect copy of the rest of the cap, all the lines match!

[Zebra]

I think its factory. When i was shopping for mine i came across one with the same setup, there is a flat area like a bench seat and access to the battery area on the interior.

I liked it alot just the whole pkg. was to much $ at the time. And I have heard that the omc motors will bolt up to the seadrive but the seadrive part is very heavy. I think braket way to go. Gotta like that solid transom.

Good job cbe interior pics and clear this up...

Hey no glass in the windshield or super clean and looks like he needs another bimini

he needs parts for his v20 from that parts supply house

MacoJoe V20 Parts and Advice

[Stinky_Hooker]

SWEET RIDE!! COngrats!!!!! 8)

[willy]

Stink is that a baby picture ;D

[rb437]

My guess is that the transom is factory. The cap on my 89 I/O is the same across the back. I think it was made this way so that 1 cap would fit all engine / hull combinations.

[willy]

Don't think so, think it has to do with something ordered from the factory that way. Because every sea drive and I/O I've seen to date in classifieds, on the web and here had the full wide transom. There must of been some type of option you could order to have the transom set up that way.
Did your I/O have a seat in there or something else?

[rb437]

Here's a picture from the Wellcraft site.

http://www.wellcraft.com/Images/CService/1989/WC_PIG_V20_Steplift_1989.jpg

this is exactly how my boat is set up. I think this same cap would fit over a notched hull.

[willy]

Yea thats it exactly Rick, take a look at the cap on his boat and take a look at that pic, the transom cap is at least a foot deep all across the back, his has what looks like a factory done area in center that is only a couple inches deep. Interesting, anyone know why that was done ???

[rb437]

OK Willy now I get it. Cap same, center different. I don't know why.

[offshorega]

Congrats Cbe! I've seen her close up boys and she does need a little tlc, but so did mine.
Don't forget we're going to Beach Hammock this weekend to knock back a couple of cocolas if you can work it out.
OR
you can take a ride in Dragline's cuddy!

Following Seas
Steve

[Bygracealone]

I still think it looks like somebody took the back mid section off a boat like mine and did a nice job of installing it. It may also have been a factory option installed after the fact. Look at the back inside of my boat. I think this is exactly what CBE's is:

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album102&id=100_0364

[cbe317]

Thanks for all the encouragement fellas. *I feel like a little kid right now. :) :) :) :) :) :) ;D ;D :D ;) ;D 8)

As far as the transom goes, I believe the full across transom like willy showed from the wellcraft site wasn't introduced until 1988. *Before that they just used a normal cutaway/washwell deck cap with an I/O hull. *Then made a piece that fills the gap where the cutaway would normally be in the cap. *It's pretty easy to see this, once you look inside the bilge.

This transom has not been filled. *All the glass on the transom is definitely factory. *I have seen both types of hull caps in my searching for this particular boat. *All the ones I saw like mine were 1987 and older. *

I am not going to keep the seadrive mount/engine combo. *I don't particularly care for a 20 year old motor.
When I can afford it, I will get an Armstrong full floatation bracket, and a Suzuki four stroke.

Now back to that wiring,


Chris



BTW, Grace

It looks like someone did a really nice job of filling the seams and molding your cap filler into the cap. I looked at a dually just like yours here, same year as yours and its just like mine(with the seams). wierd.

[Bygracealone]

Thanks for the compliment Chris. You're right, it is weird...

Hey, I just noticed an 87 Dually with full transom that has the seams showing... *You can see it here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-WellCraft-Sport-Fish-20-Carolina-Style-Deep-V_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ63725QQihZ002QQitemZ4 654036306QQrdZ1

[willy]

Actually CBE the full across transom is all I have seen in pre 1988 boats that were sea drives, that is what mine is, 1985 V20 sea drive converted to bracket/outboard.
Thats why I think yours and Grace's are so interesting to me, never seen that kind of transom before.
Maybe BS or someone else who knows more of the history of the V's could shed some light. You know someone who was around way back then, not like me 8)

[macojoe]

You were around you old crusty fart!! Just not in to V20's ;D

[willy]

Shhhh ::)