help with v20

willy · #1 07-08-2005, 09:40 PM

hi all new member been shopping for 6 months for right v20 looked at one today, all the way up in lake george. was on ebay i made offer. top dollar for boat but set up the way i wanted, 1989 , 1993 225 evinrude. on older style armstrong bracket. transom looked good and solid, floor on port side had a little flex( creaking ) but did not feel soft. i walked away from it with a heavy heart because it had a strange veiny looking cracking in the gell coat all over bottom of hull and especially one side of transom. have any of you seen this ?

Mac_Attack · #2 07-08-2005, 10:10 PM

Mine is a 1990 and we just waxed the bottom. *There were no cracks. *When you pushed up on this veining area was there any flex, I'm thinking it possibly hit something. *Welcome Bill Mc ;D

willy · #3 07-08-2005, 10:42 PM

hi mac attack, no this wasn't any type of collision or abrasion like damage. it looked like egg shell type cracking of just the gell coat and it was stained inkish colored from the fresh water it was in. looked like veins in your arms and was scattered generally around hull below water line and transom, being below water line is what got me nervous. no blistering on boat at all

willy · #4 07-09-2005, 03:30 PM

well either everyone is too busy fishin, can't blame ya , or no one has seen this on their boats.

reelapeelin · #5 07-09-2005, 07:00 PM

Hey Willy...you're right to be concerned re that type cracking...unless you're ready to pay a large repair bill or a REAL do-it-yourselfer...most likely that viening is only in the gel coat as long as it feels solid right along the cracks...but even gel coat repair of that size is gonna be HIGH!...

Keep lookin'...you'll find one in better shape and go for it!!...there have been some REALLY NICE boats recently, like the one Blue Runner got... ;) ;D...

macojoe · #6 07-09-2005, 07:47 PM

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looked like veins in your arms and was scattered generally around hull below water line and transom,

All I got to say is the only blue vains I want to see, are on my women :o

willy · #7 07-09-2005, 08:33 PM

thanks reelapeelin, it was hard walkin away from that setup. it's the one that was on ebay someone had posted about. drove four hrs. to see it. nice fellow took good care of boat. but i never saw gel coat look like that before. guy said it was there for years. looked like algae would stick just inside fine cracks. some of it you could rub mostly away. but it was all from water line down all under boat and back of transom . this looking is getting time consuming and still no boat. my blue veined woman is looking askew at me. anyone seen another v20 0r 21 decent close to jersey, my gas bill is getting high

willy · #8 07-09-2005, 08:45 PM

hey franco you still got yours for sale ?

fillet1 · #9 07-09-2005, 08:50 PM

Fine spider webbing in the gel is no big deal. As it ages it becomes more brittle, and when the hull flexes it spiders. The odd thing is that it was on the hull bottom and transom, rather then on the hull sides and gunnels where you usually find it.

BTW - I am not a big fan of fresh water boats! Fresh water rots wood stringers and decks faster then salt water. It is better for the engine though.

willy · #10 07-09-2005, 09:29 PM

hello fillet, thats what i thought, i've seen it in other spots but this wrapped around where sides meet bottom, along a bunch of edges and chines. along bottom of hull and port side of transom. pretty much whole bottom had it some areas worse than others