??? V20 Sizes ???

Seacurity · #1 11-17-2010, 05:08 PM

I have been researching Wellcraft, Pro Sport, Aquasport and Mako looking to find a good trailer queen family fishing/water sport boat to use mainly on the LI Sound. I have heard rave reviews about the V20 and have pretty much decided that's where I am headed. My question is, what is the largest CC or DC V20 made? I have seen 18s, 20s and 21s but nothing larger than that.

Destroyer · #2 11-17-2010, 09:00 PM

V21 is the largest in the steplift V hull configuration. V20 is actually 20'6" long. V21's are really the same boat (I know, I know, the windshield is different, etc.) But they are still V20 steplift hulls. The reason they are called 21's is because the motor well on the transom adds some extra overall length to the boat. Wellcraft stopped making them in the 90's for some silly reason.

Seacurity · #3 11-17-2010, 11:36 PM

Thanks for the clarification. I was on board a 19' Mako last week and it seemed tiny compared to the V20. Seems as though Wellcraft did very well with the design and layout of the V20. Both boats were CCs.

spareparts · #4 11-18-2010, 06:49 AM

didn't we have a discusion about a V23 at one time?

Destroyer · #5 11-18-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by spareparts

didn't we have a discusion about a V23 at one time?

The discussion might have been before my time Spare. I'm not aware of a V23, but if there was one I'd be happy to retract my statements and stand corrected. I know there was the pseudo flybridge Wellcraft called the Suncruiser? Is that what you're talking about? I really don't know. I thought that the 21 was the largest steplift V they made.

THEFERMANATOR · #6 11-18-2010, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by spareparts

didn't we have a discusion about a V23 at one time?

Yep, and it is RARE. There was one for sale last year down in Ft Myers, I should have bought it just for the rarity of it. Looks exactly like a V-20, except it is extended out just over 2 feet in the middle.

Here's the early V-23; http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/cat_1970/10_G

And the V-24; http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/cat_1971/page018

Seacurity · #7 11-18-2010, 06:23 PM

I want a V24 in a center console!!

spareparts · #8 11-18-2010, 06:59 PM

Security, you may want to check out the 248/250 Coastals/Sportsman. there are plenty of them around. I know wellcraft was making a 25 center back int he 80's http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/cat_1983/A6
lppk thru the history section on the wellcome page

Destroyer · #9 11-18-2010, 08:51 PM

Spare, I stand corrected.. (Thanks for that info Ferm). I've never seen either of them before (23 or 24) Although I've seen several Airslots in those sizes through the years.
Oh, and it was the Sportsman I was thinking of when I mentioned the Suncruiser? I knew it wasn't the right name, but it was the only one I could recall.
So there you have it Seacurity.. Looks like the largest true steplift V was a V24 (although super rare).

Seacurity · #10 11-18-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by spareparts

Security, you may want to check out the 248/250 Coastals/Sportsman. there are plenty of them around. I know wellcraft was making a 25 center back int he 80's http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/cat_1983/A6
lppk thru the history section on the wellcome page

Now that's what I'm talkin about! Its not a V though. What is the major advantage of and what distinguishes a V? Hull?