Would a " new V " sell ?
 

If Wellcraft brought back the V as it was, but without wood construction and a few other updates, would it sell if priced competitively ?

Is there a market for this boat ?

Maybe some other upgrades, tweeks to the hull ( ok, so a new mold with increased deadrise), revised cuddy slider, and designed to handle a 225 hp max rating.

I say yes.

Probably, but cost would be an issue, and given the current "builders" thinking, it would probably have a Mediterranean style back which would completely ruin the style and cut down on the usable interior room. Still, it's an intriguing thought. :head:

No

They tried it in early 2000's, and it did not do well. But that said it was totaly different!

center console might, but not the cuddy. i've heard the dual consoles are the new "cool".

Maybe if they stretched the hull a little to make the cabin a little larger and offered it as a WA. I personally love the hull shape.

Dusky still sells the V-20...I don't know how well they sell though.

Probably would not sell!
But if I could play around with a new look, I would increase the V20 by two feet, keep the cuddy, remove the windshield, add a center console helm, add a tee top, and add two aft jump seats.

And, if you know boats, yes I'm in the market for a 220 Shamrock Cuddy!

They sell the heck out of there 227 hull(used to be known as the 203, but they now include the bracket in the length). That being said though, they are a bare bones, no frills, no chills, factory direct company. Not a bad looker though. VERY simliar hull to the V-20, but they use a basic cap on it with no liner to give more interior room. And I think the bow flare comes up slightly higher.
http://www.dusky.com/static/sitefile...27xf_main1.jpg

I think Striper80 nailed it. The guy I got mine from bought a Seaswirl Striper 23' WA after fishing the V20 in the California ocean for years and told me later that the 20.5' V was better in the ocean than the 23' Striper. The extra length and a little more beam and bigger cuddy would pretty much solve any problem I have with my V.

Here you go, 5 inches wider, 3 foot longer hull, and a bigger cuddy like the V-20's(they also offer it in 2 different cuddy designs).
http://www.dusky.com/static/sitefile.../P31200131.JPG

That pic is interesting.

Guess I'm partial to the classic lines of the V / V21.
It just looks like a " boat" vs some of the " floating molds" I see .

There are some high end producers that mfg boats similar to the V, bigger, and costing
many times more.

Sometimes you come across something that is just "perfect" the way it is built, and despite many many imitations it still remains the favorite for a lot of difficult to understand, unspecified reasons. Vice Grip pliers and Channel Lock pliers are just two examples. I submit that the V20/21's are in that same category. There are countless other hull designs, sizes and shapes that have come and gone and even though they have been out of production for 18 years now the classic lines of the V's remain an all time favorite. They continue to gather looks of approval and comments of respect to this day. They are simply the best in their class.

Ferm, I actually like the separate cap and deck on the Dusky's, read somewhere that they seem to ride a little better than the full liner boats. Seems a whole lot easier to rig and repair when the day comes too. That ice blue center console looks sweet.

The new boats around me that actually look good are all expensive offshore rigs like regulators, contenders etc. The less expensive ones aren't to my liking design wise, scouts, whalers, the newer makos which i think are ugly. Heck, the new wellcrafts are pretty ugly to me. I wonder what a new V-20 would sell for? All new boats are way too expensive I think. Then again so are new trucks.