Y'all are right. My uncle took the headaches out of it instead of me dealing with it. But you gotta understand something. We keep our boats 50 miles away hanging on straps over the water at the camp. When we get the chance to go fishing, we hope and somewhat expect that our gear won't crap out often. We have dealt with problems all of my life. However, 4 problems in one day is a bit much. For the past couple of years, it has been a constant strain to keep all parts functional on the boat. So, I can only compare it to our other boat which has been close to flawless. I understand that the V20 is twenty years old, but it just severely cuts into the available fishing time when problems arise. This doesn't change the fact that the hull is still awesome, I am only wishing for more reliabilty (fingers crossed). I am thinking that my uncle is cursed temporarily.