Taking a V-20 apart

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That was me who said something about taking the boat apart and its really not that hard of a job. I have a 1983 CC which I took apart to replace the transom. First I removed the motor and then started on the CC. I first bunched all of the wires to each guage together and labled them (like gas guage wires taped together and labled). Before I disconected any wires from them I took different color nail polish and hit the terminal and the wire. Now I had them grouped together and color cordinated by guage. I did this for the entire wiring and it made things much easier when it came time to rewire the boat. We then removed the CC and removed the rube rail and all the screws under the rub rail. Then We went around and disconected any other stuff like gas lines etc.. I then attached a rope to the two rear cleats and one to the front and tied them together in the center so it pulled up even. I then ran a rope through the pully and attached it to a truck. My buddy inched forward as I watch what was going on with the boat. We got it up about a 2 feet and then checked again to see if everthing was disconected (if you need to reach in to disconect anything brace the inner linner so if it falls). He then started edging forward raising the boat and this is where I had my only problem. as he went forward again I heard a crack and next thing I know the branch on the tree gave out and the linner came back down. Lucky for me the branch stayed up in the tree (use a thicker branch). We hooked everything back up, he rasied the linner and we pushed the hull out of the way (it was on a trailer) and lowered it back down. Fixed the transom and put it back together. I had two friends helping and we had the boat apart in one day. I hope this helps and if you have any questions let me know.