Wellcraft V20 Pilot house

[bradford]

I'd keep the arch. Boat looks great. If you're thinking of doing another check out the design on Shamrock Mackinaw models, always liked their look.

[Big D MacG]

Sliding would have been nice but the price was crazy.

[scook]

My fishin buddy got a pair of sliders from a wrecked RV. I don't think he gave much for them - he went scrounging and got lucky I guess.

[Big D MacG]

I hunted high and low for sliding windows, came close on a couple. I wedge the front door open if gets to hot. Would need sliders first and build pilot house around them. As it is the front is the full hight of a 4x8 sheet of aluminum. Also I was trying to find sliders with the slope of the front window. Custom-made windows were around $1,200. I almost sloped the window forward but made problems with the door swing.

[Pep930]

Hello,

First time posting or replying I'm pretty new here. Signed up and got real busy at work so have not had a chance to be on much. I have 2 v20's an inboard v8 and a outboard 140 Suzuki. Not as much of a following here in Northern Ca but I do spot others from time to time.

Would you be interested in selling the pilot house or detailed plans if you have them? Great looking boat either way I have always wondered what it would look like done right

[bradford]

Welcome Pep.

[Big D MacG]

I know I said earlier that I would be interested in selling pilothouse but when I add things up it would not be cheap. I built it by the seat of my pants with no plans. First off you need to find a good fab shop with a sheer and bender. I had a shop bend the front and both side for me and the bill was $700 not including the aluminium. I made him use the full width of the sheet for the front and then cut and bend the sides to match. Once I had the 3 pieces home I cut out the windows using a 5 inch hole saw to get the radius and a skill saw to cut the rest. The sides side pieces have 1 inch bends on all four sides and the front piece only folded on top and bottom. After cutting windows out I measured the holes and ordered tempered glass witch was cheaper. In the end I would just find a glass shop to cut safety glass, a little more money but fit the first time. The glass and rubber to mount glass was around $1000. They wanted around $700 to paint but found good deal on powder coating but was still $600. At this time I don't think I want to build another one. It was a good project and not all that hard to do if you have the time. Take the windshield off find a good sheetmetal shop and show them the pictures. Sheetmetal shop, powdercoat shop, glass shop and some upholstery work for the side windows.
My bill was.
$700 aluminum
$1000 glass and rubber
$600 powder coat
#700 sheetmetal shop
$300 hinges bolts and rivets
$200 upholstery
2 guys for 20hrs
I think it would be worth $5500

[Big D MacG]

That's Canadian money. Canadian dollar only 70cent American