Would a " new V " sell ?

[phatdaddy]

center console might, but not the cuddy. i've heard the dual consoles are the new "cool".

[Striper80]

Maybe if they stretched the hull a little to make the cabin a little larger and offered it as a WA. I personally love the hull shape.

[randlemanboater]

Dusky still sells the V-20...I don't know how well they sell though.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

Dusky still sells the V-20...I don't know how well they sell though.

They sell the heck out of there 227 hull(used to be known as the 203, but they now include the bracket in the length). That being said though, they are a bare bones, no frills, no chills, factory direct company. Not a bad looker though. VERY simliar hull to the V-20, but they use a basic cap on it with no liner to give more interior room. And I think the bow flare comes up slightly higher.

[scook]

I think Striper80 nailed it. The guy I got mine from bought a Seaswirl Striper 23' WA after fishing the V20 in the California ocean for years and told me later that the 20.5' V was better in the ocean than the 23' Striper. The extra length and a little more beam and bigger cuddy would pretty much solve any problem I have with my V.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by scook

I think Striper80 nailed it. The guy I got mine from bought a Seaswirl Striper 23' WA after fishing the V20 in the California ocean for years and told me later that the 20.5' V was better in the ocean than the 23' Striper. The extra length and a little more beam and bigger cuddy would pretty much solve any problem I have with my V.

Here you go, 5 inches wider, 3 foot longer hull, and a bigger cuddy like the V-20's(they also offer it in 2 different cuddy designs).

[bgreene]

That pic is interesting.

Guess I'm partial to the classic lines of the V / V21.
It just looks like a " boat" vs some of the " floating molds" I see .

There are some high end producers that mfg boats similar to the V, bigger, and costing
many times more.

[bradford]

Ferm, I actually like the separate cap and deck on the Dusky's, read somewhere that they seem to ride a little better than the full liner boats. Seems a whole lot easier to rig and repair when the day comes too. That ice blue center console looks sweet.

The new boats around me that actually look good are all expensive offshore rigs like regulators, contenders etc. The less expensive ones aren't to my liking design wise, scouts, whalers, the newer makos which i think are ugly. Heck, the new wellcrafts are pretty ugly to me. I wonder what a new V-20 would sell for? All new boats are way too expensive I think. Then again so are new trucks.