Do these V's float when water filled ?

[RidgeRunner]

That is a good read MJ.


I think the Whalers float upright with rated capacity without the plug. Never tested that claim.

[tsubaki]

Yeah, from what I've seen the Whalers and most low gunnel boats lend to stay upright when swamped.

[bgreene]

Sounds like it may float.....

[jasoncooperpcola]

Now you got me wondering about whether or not to foam fill my V.

The Coast Guard has boats that are self righting. But hull design, watertite doors, and tons of weight down bottom make it so. Its all about center of gravity.

A cubic foot of foam provides 64lbs of bouyancy. 40 cubic feet of foam should keep a V20 afloat if filled with water. ( i wont use the "u" word)

If you take a wave over and fill the cockpit with water, your best bet is probably to get it on plane, and get the scupppers above the waterline. Problem is, these scuppers suck. A squid will clog them. Hell two acorns will almost stop it up.

[macojoe]

in 1976 they did not have scuppers in the i/o any way! i just got lucky and stayed up right, the hull had a few air traps in it and it stayed good. that was my last trip in the v20, after 9 years i sold it and got the sea ox! i was ready for a larger boat any way, all the places i was going really called for it..

[reelapeelin]

Pete's pictures here tell the story...this is the '84 hull I am enjoying the hell out of right now...


http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ad.php?t=13565

[Blue_Runner]

Reel I didn't know that was the one you got? Had I know that I would've said name it "Seal Deal" instead of "Reel Deal" LOL!!!! That's pretty cool!!

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

Pete's pictures here tell the story...

Yep. That's what the ol' PD did some 20 odd years ago, minus the seal. The only things keeping her off the bottom were the dock lines.

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

That is a good read MJ.


I think the Whalers float upright with rated capacity without the plug. Never tested that claim.

Keywest boats will. All the dealers get a dvd in the showroom that had the owner of the company in a cc model with the drain plug out riding in a lake and then he stops in the lake and talks to the camera man about how the boat wont sink.