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*Welcome Mike B ! There are not a lot of the 1970-1976 center consoles around . That is a great boat . I like the layout and console on those better than the newer ones . The spec. sheets on any of the above years should apply to your boat . Looking foward to seeing you pictures......

Re: '73 V 20 CC
 

Hi Mike B!

I have a 90 model with the big 350 ci I/O and have the same problem with my scuppers. At sea, I even get water up through the drains when rocking in the swells!
How did the ball scuppers work out for you? Where they very expensive?

Re: '73 V 20 CC
 

Ball scuppers are ok, better than flapper scuppers. You need to keep them clean or they wont seal, but that's not much of a problem.
I bought mine at Boat US but I've seen them at West Marine and some other big stores. I think I paid like $10 ea.
Mike

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I don't have scuppers :'( But I have a big bilge ;D

That has to be the one thing about my boat, That i hate! I do not have a self bailing boat. But that said I have a full transom and don't get all that much water in it in the first place. But would like to put a salt water wash down for all the messe stuff I get on the boat.
But then I would need a bilge pump ??? Well i guess I should install one some day any way in case i start to sink ;D My son is going to be a working person this year and won't be able to be with as much. So I have no one to pump the water out with the hand pump any more :o Us old fat guys would never keep up with that!! LOL

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Hand pump?? Wow, I thought those were a "break glass in case of emergency" item! Gee, MJ, how old are you anyway?? ;)

Having a self-bailing boat, to me, is a must. I was coming back into Ponce Inlet down in Fla and ran into 5 foot standing waves (wind and tide clashed). I never buried the bow, but I did get a large amount of water in the cockpit and was sooo relieved to watch the 'pit drain quickly. I also have 2 bilge pumps...one auto and one switch controlled at the helm. As I have an I/O, I feel the redundancy is a necessity. PLUS, I carry a hand pump for those "just in case" times.

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Well I had a I/O and belive a self bailing deck is a must with them!! Nothing worse then having salt water splashing all over your engin!!
But wellcraft did not see that in the 1975 I/O, and all the water went to the bilge.
I was joking when i said I have no elet pump!! But I do need to replace the one I have.
This in my opion is the worse thing about my boat! But now that i have converted to a outboard, the problem of getting the engin splashed with water is fixed!
I have now added a 25 gal gas tank in were the engin use to be and still have to worry about keeping that dry. But Thank God the boat is a pretty dry boat and the only water i get is from pullinmg the anchor in or when it is raining all day.

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I have two bilge pumps, wired and plumbed seperately plus the old hand pump which I really don't ever want to have to use. Plus, self bailing.

Cant have enough of this stuff when you in the crap.

Mike

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AJ AND MIKEB, You are wise men. 8)

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I've got the two bilge pumps also. One is wire in with the float switch and the other is wired directly to a switch with no float. The one with the float switch is my main pump, but I don't trust those switches. So, I've got the other for a backup.