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V with curtains is fantastic
I've had a center console, and now with the V I'm WAY more comfortable.
Front and side curtains means staying warm and dry. Here in NJ, fishing from April to December that means a lot. Guess I'm getting old because when I see other boaters running huddling behind the tiny center console front windshield I just don't want that anymore. Down in Fla and such.....that's another story...... remove the V curtains and just use the bimini to keep from burning ! All good with the V ! 
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03-15-2014, 12:52 PM
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I couldn't agree more. If I had the money an enclosure would absolutely be the first thing I would get for my V. Truthfully, I've never understood the appeal of a center console. (Oh, I know that for fishing they make getting around the boat easier, but a walk around design does the same thing, and you still get a cuddy that way). But even without an enclosure, the shelter provided by my windshield, bimini and cuddy are still more than a center console would give me. I just wish I could get the set-up like you have Greenie.
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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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03-15-2014, 02:29 PM
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Back in 1999 when I put my 1st V together...the '74, one of the main things I did was a full, four sided enclosure...forked over $1800 for it and never regretted a penny of it...secure a propane heater inside during hard winter, fished 12 months and LOVED it...
Front and side curtains are a great start...the rear panel is icing on the cake... 
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03-15-2014, 05:09 PM
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Its all true I could not fish without them!!!!!!
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03-16-2014, 06:28 AM
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My enclosure was done by a one man operation - Sam / Dynamic Upholstery, Cherry Hill NJ. Phone # is 856-779-9000. Welcome to send me a PM if you want more info.......
Probably wouldn't have the curtains if I didn't find this guy. Back to performance - countless times out on the ocean, breeze picks up, running along, spray fiies and pours down the front / side curtains and there we sit, dry. Nice. Last edited by bgreene; 03-16-2014 at 07:28 AM.
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03-16-2014, 10:44 AM
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Spent a few days knocking these out for the Sea Ox.
Came out pretty good. Still learning but getting better at it. I actually enjoy these projects. Lots of time involved making patterns and you earn your money doing canvas/upholstery work. Was going to try to put smiley zippers in the front but didn't have the room to roll or flip them up with the electronic box.   
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03-16-2014, 01:33 PM
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Nice work!
I have always wanted an enclosure for my V but just haven't done it, but I had 4 sides on my old Grady White, it was awesome.
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03-17-2014, 07:31 PM
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Been lovin mine ever since I bought from Franco....nothing like it. In the summer I've been running just the front curtain and cannot tell you how many buckets of water I/we didn't have to eat on the way to the fishing grounds.....makes for easy conversations in the cockpit too without all the noise. Love it.
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