*Well, *Chumbucket was sooo right. *I am very happy with my new v21 and my 1994 yamie 150 *;D .

*Went out with my buddy, Extreme James, for the shakedown cruise at 6:00 pm last Sunday.

We were hopeing for some tunoids, but had to settle for 3 small mako pups and 3 blue sharks to about 150 lbs.

Back at the ramp 12 hrs, and a 36 mile round trip later ;D.

Gave the boat a decent workout, cruised in 3 foot swells at 3800 rpm for 27 - 28 mph the whole way out and back, not a drop of spray on us. Trolled until dark at 5 - 8 mph. *Opened her up on the way back to the Shinnecock ramp, against a strong ebb current, for a top speed of 38.3 mph. *The guy I bought her from said the mechanic told him there was a factory equipped governor on the motor that limits rpm to 5000. *I had my doubts about this because there is no mention of this in the manual, and the manual lists WOT range as 4500 - 5500; but she did not exceed 5000.

Bottom line; boat and motor ran smooth :-*.

Back in the driveway, washdown aided by monsoon cloudburst.

Drained the lower unit lube - no water or metal particles :).

Oh yeah, those cockpit drains ain't worth a sh!t >:(. *They clogged right up with bunker scales from my chunk chumming. I bought 2 of west marines 2200 gph bilge pumps for the cockpit, yesterday.

My friend, that has the wellcraft v20, has a digital camera and a son that knows how to both use it and post pictures on websites. *I will try to get some pictures posted after I get a few things straightened out.

REELAPEELIN, I think there is wood inside the molded transom. One of these days I'll remove a motor mounting bolt and find out for sure.

Well that's all for now, I will be continuing to install all the new things I picked up at west marine: new livewell thru-hull fitting, powerwinch, bilge pumps, second battery, battery switch, kicker moter bracket. Swap vhf, fishfinder, fuel filter etc. from other boat.

Also need to rig up a bow pulpit/anchor roller. Has anyone out there done this modification???