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I have a 1978 wellcraft Steplift ( I'm sure you know that by my posts) I think it's a perfect set up and a perfect boat so I was thinking and going to ask, name one thing you would change about the layout or design, I will start
The only thing I would redesign and I'm sure you out there must have done it is I would put storage for life jackets under the side cabin seats close in the sides going down to the floor and have a door under the cushions to put ( in my case ) life jackets. That's all I would change 1; storage under the cabin seats .
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Coat all of the drain holes in the stringers with resin
Glass the top of the transom instead of the aluminum junk Seal the deck when they installed the seats Seal the holes when they installed the hatch rails Coal tar the fuel tank But, I guess if they had done all that, we would have missed out on a whole lot of fun. |
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Agreed glass the transom cap , what were they thinking when they put on those stupid caps
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they were thinking it would last 5-10 years, which was probably long enough for the original buyer to either sell it or pay off the note.
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The crappy aluminum transom cap trim plate on the V21 ?
Same idea… My V21 tested dry but I had it redone - entire outer fused as solid unit, eliminated the trim into one solid fiberglass unit. Had the transom inside also fused eliminating the “seam” of cap fiberglassed into a solid mass. Suppose it could now easily handle a 300 HP outboard but the V21 rating was for max 200 . Bow slider design to windshield section can allow water to drip into the cuddy so that would be a re engineer project . My solution ….had bow slider canvas cover designed with rubber edge gasket and snaps . Looks great, easily removable, and solved the issue. |
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