New guy here
 

Hi guys, My name is Abel, I live in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I've been searching the huge amount of knowledge you guys have built. the fact that you all have put this site together is remarkable. Great to see this hull has such a following.
I kind of inherited a 1979 v20 I/O cuddy. Not sure what engine is in it, just that it's a V8. I got a chance to check it out more today and bought a Die Hard to crank it over. Isn't getting any fuel to the carb. Posting some pics of it. Not in great shape, but feels solid.

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welcome :clap:

Welcome Abel, good to have you on board. I think few other hulls have the classic lines, seaworthyness, and versatility of the V-20 hull and are readily available to the average joe. Look forward to seeing your progress with your new V!

P.S. NOW THATS WHAT YA CALL A DIVE PLATFORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD LORD MAN!!!!!!!!

welcome aboard abel,
is that an a/c unit in the bulkhead? looks like a real nice v ya got there.

Welcome aboard, nice heliopad. I guess being from Louisiana, that's a V20 Lafitte skiff

Yea, that platform is crazy but, nice. I've been out on it once ,before we inherited it, and it really ads room for people to spread out. Now, to the A/C in there...I have no idea. It was bought that way. Maybe if you had a really quiet and portable propane generator it could be useful...to freeze you out. What's really funny is they used romex run to the transom (along with about 35 other single conductor wires) for 120AC. I guess being from Louisiana I should understand that if you give some coonass a welding machine, boat and an air conditioner that it could turn into a monster, but it still confuses me.

welcome! cool rig man....that dive platform must be a nice conversation piece at those crawfish boils eh?

Good to see a fellow La resident. This forum never ceases to amaze me. Crawfish have been a little high this year. We've only had two boils so far. We can't wait till after Easter when prices go down. Lastnight we had a boil for a rehearsal dinner, but nobody has seen the boat yet. I hope to get it running for some trials by May. I'm looking to get to the first rigs to do some fishing this summer. Seems I've gained some extra friends at work when I explain the boat...everyone wants to go fishing

hello abel, i dont want to alarm you but some jackass has crashed his pontoon boat into the back of your boat.
gonna be hell gettin it off.

:hi: Welcome

That's it! Time to pimp out my boat. MJ!!! Bring me the blow torch and more peanut butter! :bat: