[Skools Out]

that red boat was a great boat once i finished it. it ran out so good , i rebuilt that motor to a 140 but decals were 120 so it would be coast guard legal. was rated for 135 lol. with a stainless 13 1/4 x 18 OMC prop it ran out at 41 mph and turned 5750 rpms. I hated to sell it, That boat i hate to say this on this site lol but it road better than the V-20 *??? But i sold it when i found the V-20. Sold the Manatee on a Friday night and went to the beach, bought and picked up the Wellcraft on that Sat. lol. That was a prototype boat that had a hand scribed Hull numbers. It's HIN # i'll never forget cause it was the boats birthday lol. # was V. 10 4673 which come to find out was the 10th boat built by the Manatee company as there prototype pn 4/6/73 lol. It was a heavy over built boat but had a ton of wet wood.


and Hey Joe,
*That boat had sunk in a hurricane was floated the next day and the guy used it 2 more years and then it sat 3 more years and the wood was still wet. Time out of water doesn't matter. If it can't get air it won't dry. Plus it was warped up in alot of areas from being wet. making stuff fit after it dried was a true nightmare. *PS i say RUN RUN RUN and Don't look back. Let someone else fix that wet julopa. If it's a cuddy boat the front top deck will be wet and bad too.