Mine used to drain out the sides, now drain to the splash well. Advantages to each. Having them drain through the rear bulkhead/gunnels vs through the deck will allow an extra couple of inches and facilitate better draining.

Mine never had foam either except what was once around the fuel tank.

Frazier the V-20 is one of the most capable hulls in it's size. Fixing a few weak links and you'll have a VERY safe boat.

As stated I was hit by a rouge wave that smashed my windshelid and filled the boat to the rim with water!! Stayed floating, and after bailing the water so no water on deck made it to the ramp to drain the rest! one of the safest boats out there!!

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback on this subject , I was a commercial fisherman for over 20 years and when the red small craft flags were flying i still had to go to work, iv'e been in some very rough weather over the years , swells to 20 feet toped with winds to 40 knots etc. ! I sold everything and retired from that profession 8 years ago and bought a house in the mountains. I bought this boat recently because i really do miss the taste of fresh seafood ! and I realize that now we can choose to only go out to sea on good weather days.......LOL

Frazier it's not a bad idea while your updating/changing your deck drains and scuppers to go up in size. I think SSIRedfish did this and his clears the deck super fast.

P.S. Welcome the the Cult!

thanks for the tip , i have the boat in a storage yard 40 miles away that makes it difficult to do anything with it right now but one of the first things id like to measure is the height of the floor in relation to the waterline to see if scuppers will work on this boat. right now it does not have scuppers just cockpit drains that drain into the bilge.

Scuppers out transom
 

When I converted my V 20 we raised the deck and put 2 inch scuppers in the transom. Now they drain right out the back deck ... Let me see if I have picture