Forum: General
02-10-2008, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 689
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Forum: Boats For Sale or Wanted
10-09-2007, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 563
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Forum: General
08-21-2006, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,776
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Forum: Fishing
02-07-2006, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 629
Re: Offshore Fishing
I run offshore in Mississippi out to 35 miles to fish reefs & rigs & the V20 can do that easily. It can also pull up to a barrier island beach, swing stern to beach & let my pretty little wife get...
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Forum: General
01-28-2006, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 959
Re: Tow vehicles
I had the same truck for a few years. I'd add some weight in the bed to give you better braking power, bring stuff to fix the trailer & go. Mine was a standard but I think a tranny cooler may come...
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Forum: General
11-26-2005, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 489
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Forum: General
11-13-2005, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 489
Re: Katrina & my v20
BTW I did find that boat that was on the levees in new Orleans. It was in Irish Bayou and is still there I hope to go get the numbers to see if the owner may part with it or the hatch.
Doug
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Forum: General
11-13-2005, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 489
Re: Katrina & my v20
Rick, thanks I'm looking forward toit, I need a project that is pure fun. Actually I need to put a roof on the house I just bought but fixing up the boat sounds better. ;)
Doug
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Forum: General
11-05-2005, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 539
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Forum: General
11-05-2005, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 539
Re: FREEBOARD ?
They have more freeboard than many 12 footers it's one of the features I love about the boat, good support & leverage for snapper fishing.
I have had my kid & her buddies in the boat since she was...
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Forum: General
11-05-2005, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 489
Re: Katrina & my v20
Thanks for the concerns, I have friends in the pass & long beach too. I was never checked once going in or out of my place - gee do you think it might be those folks with the mansions on the beach...
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Forum: General
10-31-2005, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 489
Katrina & my v20
Been away from the board for a while, been kind of busy down here in south mississippi. :'(
I have a new house now, the old one is better called debris & I'm starting to get things straight,but...
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Forum: Repairs
06-13-2005, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 987
Re: Mercury or Mariner motors
I have a 1997 200 with carbs. I also had the oil injector removed (plastic drive gear-what the hell were they thinkin'?)
I have the same rough idle, and it will stall occasionally too, I have been...
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Forum: Modifications
05-24-2005, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,203
Re: Anyone ever fill in a notched transom?
How do you guys get in & out of your boat?
Here on the Gulf Coast, the family & I do a bunch of island hopping & unless it's about 100 degrees my wife doesn't like getting her feet wet. That's one...
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Forum: General
01-29-2005, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 608
Re: Cuddy question
I have line-x on my work truck for 6 years and it's been great, still looks like new, much better than several other spray on liners we have used.
Never thought about using it on a boat but I saw...
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Forum: Repairs
12-04-2004, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 687
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Forum: General
08-30-2004, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 765
Re: Horse Power
There is a thread around here about your boat a couple of the concerns were:
As somebody already said here the scuppers are going to be low, I expect it will be wet all the time.
Where could...
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Forum: Performance
07-12-2004, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 407
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Forum: Performance
07-10-2004, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 407
Re: Trim Tabs
Thanks Crusher,
I did search but found nothing, I didn't try real hard though.
I searched at hull truth but didn't ask tabman yet, I figured the info I got here would likely be better.
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Forum: Performance
07-06-2004, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 407
Trim Tabs
I'm looking at some trim tabs for my '87 cuddy with a 200 mercury.
What do you guys have?
Doug
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Forum: Performance
06-14-2004, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 344
Re: I/O or OB power? Need feedback ASAP
I've owned I/O's & outboards & even though the I/O's are fuel efficient & quiet, there is no way I would ever buy another one. Outboards are more reliable, less complicated, more powerful for the...
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Forum: General
06-13-2004, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 358
Re: Anybody shrimp with their V-20?
Shrimping update.
With my wife as the crew, we left the dock (my dock) at 5:30 & had the trawl in the water by the 6am opening time. By eleven, after 4 drags we had 100 pounds of shrimp, were...
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Forum: General
06-07-2004, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 941
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Forum: General
06-06-2004, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 358
Re: Anybody shrimp with their V-20?
OK, OK I'll take some when I get it out to rig for shrimping, it lives in a tin boathouse so no pics now, it's raining cats & dogs out anyway.
It's my first v-20 but I've been hunting for one for...
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Forum: General
06-06-2004, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 941
Re: Is this a good buy?
two years ago I paid $6500 for an 87 cuddy with a '96 200 merc & an original (I think) aluminum trailer. I think I did pretty good but that seems to be about the going price & about what I think the...
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