1979 V20, new owner
Picked up this boat for the 4th of July weekend from a local boat mechanic who had replaced the motor with a 200 hp Mercruiser sterndrive from 1989. The hull sounded fine when tapped from the outside looking for rotten wood especially the transom. I probably wasn’t as thorough as I would have been inspecting the boat, and though I was told by the merchant the motor beds and stringers were fine, the transom wood is wet but not rotted but there is definitely rot in the stringers accessible in the cuddy when I took the carpet out. The transom is solid though wet. Also, there is the lack of scupper drainage from the ddck and the small holes go to the bilge, with only a small bilge pump. The hull is pretty but I’m wondering if since this will be a Lake Erie boat: a) sell it b) use it near shore during the warmer months with two large bilge pumps and a second battery then raise the deck, fix the stringers and transom this winter c) park it and use another boat until I can make repairs.
I can’t find a thread for a cuddy/sterndrive boat for these repairs but only for an outboard transom (Skunk’s) and have read that. I have a place to do the repairs this winter and the skills and tools to do the work. What would be the value of a restored V20 etc comes into play as I have a Boston Whaler Outrage 19 project to do and a 2005 Carolina Skiff 24’. I’m retired and not strapped for cash but I was hoping to use this boat for awhile and then sell it but not “stick” someone else with it.
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