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Welcome to the site .Great choice on your first bigger boat. This is the best place to get all the info you'll need.
It may be possable possable water from storeage is trapped up under the cuddy.You may be able to look with a flash lite in the anchor rope locker and see if there is standing water. 
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10-19-2011, 09:34 PM
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Welcome to the Cult. Like others have said, I would check all the thru hulls carefully, as well as the engine mounting bolts, bow eye, livewell plumbing and if you have an access hatch in the splash well. Leaks usually don't get better with time. Glad you joined the site.
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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10-20-2011, 08:31 AM
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If water was rough while you were out and doing turns, you could be taking water between the cap and hull...my old '74 separated that seam about mid ship and would get very wet turning in rough water...walk around the boat and actually try LIFTING the rub rail...I'm not saying pull out...lift UP...
Also, that's around the time Wellcraft started putting belly tanks in these boats...bow-heavy sounds like you might be getting water up front as BR and RW suggest thru a fitting and it's not draining UNDER the tank...lots of water staying up front could keep the bow down... As suggested, look CLOSELY all under the hull along the lifting strakes for splits thru the hull... If you have plastic thru-hull fittings that don't look bad from outside, get inside and wiggle the hose at the stem and make sure they aren't cracked at the flange...let us know how this comes out...
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'74 V-20/ BF 150 '95 V-21/ BF 150 '84 V-20/ 200 2.4 Merc '87 V-20/'18 F150 Yamaha 
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10-20-2011, 09:06 AM
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If I remember right, some of the early V's had a marine head in the cabin with a through hull...am I right or just dreaming?
I'd get a handle on any water comming in before you spend much time on the water, and install a bildge pump pronto!...or at least wear your PFD.
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10-23-2011, 08:53 PM
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Did you use the in floor livewell? They leak like its going out of style.
I left two screws out of a thru hull "clamshell" under the hull and within an hour the boat was limping. There was a lot of water coming thru two screw holes. And then my bilge pump wasn't working either. Turned out being a bad switch in a $150 switch panel.  To find a leak you could fill the hull with water and look for water coming out.
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10-24-2011, 12:01 PM
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11-17-2011, 01:33 PM
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Making some headway
Hey all,
Found some time this past weekend to do some testing. First I filled the under cuddy up with about 8-10 gallons of fresh water. And no leak. Next step was floating the boat and the leak emerged. Turns out that the to factory through holes to the right and left of the transom have lost there seal/life and is letting water in it took on exactly 12 gallons of water floating for 2 hrs. Somehow the water is making its way to the bow through some channel in the bottom of the boat. Next I used a hand operated fuel pressure tester and put it to use, needless to say I was not suprised when it did'nt even hold pressure. Looks like a tank replacement is in my near future. I don't have the funds right now for a decent bilge pump but that and a new tank and all the fix'ins to install are on my wish list. Question: Has anyone ever altered the cuddy or floor on one of these boats to increase the size of the cuddy, this expansion is a later hope/dream/envision that we might turn it into some sort of small kitchen (very small lol) later in its life. Just throwing it out there? On a side note would anybody happen to have the dimensions/specs for the 1978 V20, my wife and I are discussing a Bimini and potty later on after the major repairs are complete and I would like to get some dreaming oh I mean pricing done on a few items and those specs would come in mighty handy. I have taken some of the measurements myself but they are ruff at best. Thanks in advance for all the help guys.
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11-17-2011, 01:54 PM
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