In what years were they improved?

[eight]

I suppose its an odd group of odd people.

Do these things sink? I mean, if I was able to put a hole in the hull in the gulf would it descend to the murky depths, or would it float at the top?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by eight

I suppose its an odd group of odd people.

Do these things sink? I mean, if I was able to put a hole in the hull in the gulf would it descend to the murky depths, or would it float at the top?

The later models have foam in them, I believe the consensus is 76 or 78 is when that started. It is hard to sink a V-20, ask MJ about his rogue wave incident.

[macojoe]

I had a 1975 cuddy, Lets just say that a 10 foot wave will fill you to the gunnles and it will stay floating!! As long as it stays upright that is.

[eight]

Was there a certain year when they changed from the ugly orange stripe to the blue one?

Sorry to those with ugly stripes. Can I get one with maroon?

Really just trying to judge age from picture when its not posted in adds.

I would think this boat is older while this one is newer but the wood trim tells me it is still older than this one which is an 88.

[randlemanboater]

Mine is an 84 outboard and it has the raised floor.

They used several different colors during the same year model run so you can't really tell the year from the color........mine is red and black.

[csvencer]

How do you know if you have a raised deck? I have an '84 and I still get some water up through the thru-hulls...

-Svence

[THEFERMANATOR]

The raised deck should sit slightly above the waterline when at rest. The early V-20's sit with the deck just below the waterline. This is why they drained to the bilge and then the bilge pump pumped it out. Otherwise the deck would stay wet all the time. The outboard boats got the raised deck first, and some of the I/O's and sea-drive boats stayed with the lower deck. The color scheme is a poor way to tell the year, but there were a few hull changes through the years. 78 brought about the raised gunnel where as 77 was flat about 3-4 feet back from the windshield. And the center consoles switched back and forth from raised front casting decks to not raised, and had several different configurations. You can go through the catalogs in the history section to find some of the major differences.

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by csvencer

How do you know if you have a raised deck? I have an '84 and I still get some water up through the thru-hulls...

-Svence

You have a raised deck, they just did a poor job designing the drains.

If I ever see my V again, I am going to see if I can fix the problem....if it works I will share, if it doesn't, I'll cuss.