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[Huron Blue]

Originally Posted by bradford

Thats a clean center console for the money, love the old Novas, Welcome to the Cult.

Yea... cult isn't too far off. lol The way one thing leads to another in a project boat I'll be lucky if I'm still married by the time I'm done! ha My wife doesn't even like boating!! I really should have had a better screening process... turns out there were other 'qualifications' I needed to investigate. LOL

[Destroyer]

Welcome to the site. Good that the transom is solid. That's one of the weaker spots on the V's due to dry rot of the wooden interior. I went to school in Wi, so know about the weather up there. You're right on the money that it's not boat fixer up time. Put a cover over her and wait till the sun makes things warm again. Last thing you want is something snapping due to being brittle from the cold. Soft spots under the floor are an indication of rotted stingers. There's lots of discussions and threads here about how to go about fixing them. Just do a search. In all cases, once again, welcome aboard. Don't hesitate to ask questions, there's lots of guys here with decades of experience on these boats that love to share their knowledge.

[phatdaddy]

looking at your pics, if the soft spot/rot is just under the seat post, might can get by with re-coring the fuel tank cover. never worked on a wellcraft center console, but it looks similar to a mako i had. you have to unscrew all of the base screws holding the console down. you should have enough slack in the steering, cables, wiring, ect. to raise the console 3 or 4 inches. then unscrew the fuel tank cover and slide to the stern to get it out to work on it.

[Huron Blue]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

looking at your pics, if the soft spot/rot is just under the seat post, might can get by with re-coring the fuel tank cover. never worked on a wellcraft center console, but it looks similar to a mako i had. you have to unscrew all of the base screws holding the console down. you should have enough slack in the steering, cables, wiring, ect. to raise the console 3 or 4 inches. then unscrew the fuel tank cover and slide to the stern to get it out to work on it.

Yea that's what I'm hoping. All those beers bouncing over the years on those seats took it's toll on the floor right there. ha The way the rest of the boat and floor is so solid I don't think it's anything major. I was very happy to see that center floor section was removable! I can't wait to see what it needs but not gonna happen until probably March. I also need to sand off the anti fouling paint on the bottom and paint it with this http://www.bottompaintstore.com/revo...t-p-12347.html

Might do the whole thing if I like how it turns out.

thanks guys for the kind welcome to the forum.

[Huron Blue]

Given the age of this boat it all looks amazingly clean. Gotta love how Wellcraft has the hand laid fiberglass covering the stringers. No wonder the boats last so long!

[phatdaddy]

are you planing on keeping it in the water? just wondering why the bottom paint.

[Huron Blue]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

are you planing on keeping it in the water? just wondering why the bottom paint.

No it will be a trailered boat. I'd like to get it back to 'OEM' so to speak. Better fuel economy too I think.. and I put a LOT of miles on mine :]

[SkunkBoat]

Welcome to the site. Good luck with the V20.

sorry to highjack the thread but I have a question/request. What year is that?looks to be Late 70's ? I love the way the motor well is open straight to the deck.
If you get a chance, could you post a pick of the motor well from several angles. Its got me thinking of a project to remove the "spashwell" on my 84 cuddy, since I'm redoing the transom this spring.
I see there is a deck hatch for the battery?

Here's a pic of what I'm thinking of removing.

[Huron Blue]

Hey no problem. Here's about the only pic I have of the transom area. It's under a tarp and a foot of snow at the moment this pic is a couple weeks ago before the snow. If you look close you can see a chrome hook. I think it came with removable panel that could go over the transom opening if you want. Perhaps somebody else has a pic of that. My dads boat has a similar transom design as yours and one thing I did like about it is he can create a small table for cutting up bait and or handling of fish and any mess can easily be washed into that transom well. But the open design will be nice for sweeping minor dirt or water from cleaning right out the back. It has the scupper drains but those are also susceptible to clogging so straight out the back is even better. Start a thread with pics when you start your project love to see what you come up with.

ps no that deck hatch is for the bilge. The bats go under one side of those seats with the teak tops.
Its a 1989

[SkunkBoat]

Ahhhh! I see.... there's a trade off on yours cuz you have those boxes on the sides. I did put some Starboard on top of mine and I mount a cooler there.

I would love to have clear space in the stern. Not entirely all-in on the idea of fabricating the deck and a hatch though...definitely has "delayed fishing start" written all over it. And in the end, I'd still be kicking a cooler around...