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Noone inside that I know of. Wellcraft has been struggling, like a lot of others. They closed all the manufacturing plants in FL. I guess they are building some in Georgia. I don't see any contributions coming our way from them. Besides we are their worst nightmare, we buy their old boats and referbish and use them well beyond their useful life. LOL! They would prefer us to discard the V-20's and buy NEW.
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Noone inside that I know of. Wellcraft has been struggling, like a lot of others. They closed all the manufacturing plants in FL. I guess they are building some in Georgia. I don't see any contributions coming our way from them. Besides we are their worst nightmare, we buy their old boats and referbish and use them well beyond their useful life. LOL! They would prefer us to discard the V-20's and buy NEW.
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Noone inside that I know of. Wellcraft has been struggling, like a lot of others. They closed all the manufacturing plants in FL. I guess they are building some in Georgia. I don't see any contributions coming our way from them. Besides we are their worst nightmare, we buy their old boats and refurbish and use them well beyond their useful life. LOL! They would prefer us to discard the V-20's and buy NEW.
Very true, which in itself is sad, since we are probably their most vocal and loyal supporters. (Although since they stopped making the "V" in 96 I'm guessing that our touting the virtues of a Wellcraft "V" are not really all that impressive to them).
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I always liked the early 70's center consoles with the "flat" cap. Also I believe the '78 cuddy had some cool features with the new style cap, a wider splash well that looked like it would be good for twin outboards, turned down bow rails, and the unique layout of the instrument cluster.

Not to sound pissy, but I'd be surprised if anyone at Wellcraft even knew about us or cared. Corporate BS coming into play they want to sell the cheapest boat for the most money and with the economy going south I'll bet something there is having to give. I doubt they'd be interested in providing much support for a mid level boat they ceased production of nearly 20 years ago.

I am glad the V20 was Ray Hunt designed and in existence before a big name manufacturer took it over and I'm really glad it wasn't Bayliner! LOL! Wellcraft at least has some other decently cool hulls such as the Nova, Airslot, (some love them, some hate them) and the Scarab which had the Miami Vice notoriety back in the 80's and also carries some respect in offshore racing circles. These were all great hulls in the own right before being mass produced by Wellcraft.
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94 center console has to be the coolest!!!!
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