Thanks Macojoe, I am glad to hear you are having fun. I was reading about your efforts - even went to your site looking for step by step photos. Bigshrimpin and Chumbucket gave me the idea to buy a v20 with a seadrive, ditch the seadrive for a bracket and repower with a fresh outboard. I like the idea of a full transom for drifting thru my inlet when my stern "hits the wall".

I have built 20 foot glass over white oak and plywood workboats, and my current boat is an 1973 18 foot tin boat that I completely restored 3 years ago - so I know I can do it, but my house is in need of a restoration (1/2 done) , so I really can't take the time for another major boat project.

I bumped into a really sweet 1994 v21 with a yam 150 today for a reasonable price. I am going to start a new topic for opinions on this hull.