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Bill, The boat looks great!! You will enjoy it for years to come. My cousin bought a 1973 V new and he still has it. I have loved the looks ever since. so much so that I have had 4 of them. Good luck with yours.
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An adventure is a disaster that fails to kill you!! 1987 V20 Cuddy 175 Yamaha SOLD 1996 V21 Cuddy 200 OceanRunner SOLD 1994 V21 Cuddy 150 Mercury SOLD 
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04-30-2017, 02:51 PM
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I will likely run the boat for a while and decide on tabs. We had them on our Grady and agree they helped quite a bit.
Thanks to all for the assistance on this project! Looking forward to a great season. Bill
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"Good People drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson 87 V20
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05-01-2017, 09:11 PM
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Why am I not surprised, It's a great boat bill and me to I love the looks and the lines of the steplift, and to prove it to you just look at my name Steplift 20 Need I say more Nice looking boat too
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05-02-2017, 01:25 PM
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Nice looking boat! Nice pictures! You're right about the ride, never been in a better riding 20ft.boat. Ive had mine since 06 and this year its 40 years old. I wouldn't trade it for anything out there!
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09-03-2017, 07:30 PM
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Thought I'd up date this thread now that we have put quite a few ours on the V. The family is loving it, we spent a lot of time this summer running a round the bay.
Some intermittent overheat issue kept me from running off shore...but I believe that is behind us now after replacing all cooling components, some gaskets, etc, etc... So...our Son and I finally had a chance to run off shore this weekend...first time on the outside! Keep in mind I have run many boats over the years from Whalers to a 42 Post...I have to say I was very impressed with the handling on the open, felt very confident. We had a great day, caught some fluke and blues (stripers quiet right now?) and really had a nice Father/Son day. For the first time I can really say I got an accurate fuel burn...with the 2000 Johnson 150 Ocean we burned 6-7 gals/hr. A little better than I thought. I was pleased with this. We ran 3900/4000 at 28 mph out the bay, 3500 ~ 24 mph on the open, and trolled for a good 1.5 hrs looking foe stripers after fluke drifting. All in all a great trip, building a lot of confidence in this boat now and the Family really enjoys it for how we currently use our boat. Thanks to many of you for all the help/advice over the past year. Sincerely, Bill
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