You should be excited, you have a terrific looking boat. Best part about it is that it came from your Dad. I bet you spent a lot of good times on that boat with your Dad, and will have lots more good times on her with your Dad and others you love. Enjoy!

@nipper very true I spent almost all day Sunday with my three year old daughter cleaning her up, she didn't want to stop now everyday she asks me when we're going to go fish. I remember doing the same things with my Dad. My seven year old daughter however, I still have some work to do. And just to correct myself its a 165 Mercruiser inline six. Facebook has nothing on this site!

I hear ya on the 7 year old...my 7 year old complains to the point that I want to throw him overboard when he's on the boat...the 2 1/2 year old laughs and squeals with every wave we take. Although I recently may have found the answer...we took a neighbor kid out the other day and they both went tubing...when he saw how pie eyed excited the other kid and the kids dad were all day now he thinks his old man might be on to something with this whole boating thing. I'm hoping it takes.

Congrats and welcome, Ray. She's a beauty.

Update: So I took her out for the second time today ran up the James river beached it, swam with the kids then came back in starboard fuel tank ran out 25 feet from the ramp, port side was full. Had to jump ship and walk her in. Question: there are valves for each tank located right in front of the fuel filter (water separator) Should they both be open to draw fuel from both tanks or one open, one closed as needed? Still beats sitting in front of a TV any day.

sweet v20
 

Lucky son to get a boat like this,looks great,lot of luck with your v20

Thanks summer, have to learn her tendencies, but just to let everyone know Dad can take her out whenever he wants.

I used to have a similar set up.. I would draw fuel from one tank going out and the other tank coming in.. that way I never ran out of fuel. When the first tank ran out I knew it was time to head back.

I had a twin tank like yours in my 1975.
The whole tank thing has been spoke about many times!! Not sure we ever got the right answer?
Some say to just hook up both tanks and run it, but when you do that one always seems to run out before the other?
Some say you need equal leanth of hose on both sides to have them drain at the same time, Nope, not on mine?
Same with the vents, have to all be the same, suppose to have equal pressure?? Yep you guessed it, no worked for me?
What I did at first was Add a three way switch, Now I have right switch for right tank, middle off, and left for left tank, Then drive were I was going then swap tanks. This way I always had gas,

After I swapped my 165 I/O to a out board by way of a bracket, I used the space were the motor was to add a 25 gal tank. This worked great as most all my trips never used more then 20 gal, problem solved.

After you figure out how many miles you can go on how much gas, you wil be set, My gas gauge never worked and I never ran out of gas, except like you, one tank empty and one full.

20 gal gas in a I/O is like 3 mpg but I always thought 2 mpg. 2 x 20 is 40 miles per tank, 80 with both tanks.
The rule of thumb is 1/3 to your spot, 1/3 to get home, 1/3 for reserve.

I now have 1 tank in the Sea Ox with 110 gal gas! No more worry's!

Now when this happens we will talk about it, when the tanks get full, and you are splashing gas out the vents as you drive the boat down the road.

Thanks for the tips. After talking with Dad he said the same thing. And MJ I am already trying to figure out the vent thing. How did Wellcraft ever think that was a good idea?