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V20 made the #37 of Best 50 of All Time Fishing Boats!
SaltWater Sportsman had this to say:
#37: Wellcraft V20 Steplift This hugely popular boat was one of the best-selling designs ever for Wellcraft. It’s important to remember that Wellcraft was a huge player in the fishing-boat business in the 1970s, due in large part to boats like the V20. It came in many different forms, but all of them were capable, utilitarian boats that rode well and carried a relatively wide beam, providing excellent stability. It remained a solid performer until Wellcraft shifted its corporate focus to its racing platforms, deemphasizing the fishing side. 
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02-28-2014, 09:11 AM
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Good find!
http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/bo...81768223030885 That's a fun slideshow. We're in very good company, but then of course we already knew that.
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02-28-2014, 11:49 AM
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Interesting choice of boats for the article. Personally, I think they should have divided it up into rich people/millionaires boats (30' and over) and regular people boats (30' and under). And I really do question their picking some of the smaller boats that only had a two or three year run. How can you say that a boat that was only around for a few years was one of the best machines? If it was one of the best, it would have, by definition and market pressure, been around for much longer.
Putting the Boston Whaler 13 in made huge sense... these were and are highly sought after boats. But at number 50? Come on!! That's one of the most iconic fishing boats of all times. And saying that the number one boat was a boat that only 11 of them were made ..simply because someone that had a lot of time and money got several fish records while using one? Naa.... that does NOT make it the best fishing boat. Plus, we all know that the Wellcraft V20 should be in the top 5... maybe second to the Whaler... but certainly ahead of Seacraft and Mako and some other lesser built machines. (IMHO)
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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02-28-2014, 02:37 PM
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Most of these boats manufacture,s found their fame in the 60's when fiberglass boats where made. Then the deep V set the industries a step further.To this day they are still being produced. Good to see this American standard perform, well maybe with the help of some imported outboards.
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02-28-2014, 03:11 PM
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I think they should have only the top 25 and hulls you have actually heard of.
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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02-28-2014, 05:54 PM
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the 13 whaler was made in far more numbers, but the 15 whaler is the better boat. I'd rate the Seacrafts ahead of the V,but I'd put the Mako behind it
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03-01-2014, 08:19 AM
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I would agree with spare i would have to put the seacraft in front of the v20, but dont get me wrong i love my v20.
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03-01-2014, 12:42 PM
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When I lived in Toms River my next door neighbor had a Seacraft. Good boat for sure, and we took tons of fish from it, but it was a wet riding boat all of the time. Truthfully I didn't like it much. (But then again, I don't care for center consoles too much anyways, so maybe I'm just being picky). I still think the V20 is a better boat.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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