??? V20 Sizes ???

[Seacurity]

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]

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

[Destroyer]

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]

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]

I want a V24 in a center console!!

[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

[Destroyer]

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]

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?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Seacurity

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?

The V line from WELLCRAFT were called steplift hulls. They were based off of the famous Ray Hunt 24 1/2 degree deep vee hulls that made the FORMULA 233, and most all of the smaller BERTRAM's(20-28 footers) famous. Basically they took the 24 1/2 degree deep vee hull and dropped it back to a 20 degree vee at the transom, but maintained the sharp deep entry and added in a Carolina bow flare to it to keep the spray down. This resulted in a slightly slower hull in a rough sea, but required less HP to push it as deep vee hulls are very power hungry to get on plane even with the 6 lifting strakes. It was basically a compromise hull. The 248 is only a 18 degree deadrise at the transom, and the 228 is only 16. Less transom deadrise means it takes less HP to push it on plane and to speed, but is flatter which results in more of a pounding in a heavy sea under way. BUT a hull with less deadrise and a sharp bow angle tends to be stable at anchor whereas boats with a deep vee can snap from one side to the other while drifting or at anchor.

Personally I feel the best compromise hull design built was the POTTER built SEACRAFTS with the variable deadrise hulls. The 23 SEACRAFT has a sharp entry(even sharper than that of the FORMULA 233 or BERTRAMS), but has a multi-angle deadrise in the transom where the bottom is 24 1/2 degrees and working up to the outside is only 18 degrees of deadrise. But my DREAM boat is a BERTRAM 25 flybridge with a single BRAVO 3 I/O set-up and a small block in front of it.