WANTED : OUTBOARD V20 STEPLIFT CUDDY

[macojoe]

Seakindly, I finished my boat back at the end of may and I have had a great summer!! I have used and abused this boat and it keeps going!! I could not be happier with the conversion!
It is not as hard as you think. I did this hole thing my self, and it went great!
Hope you find something soon!! If I see anything else I post. Weather or not I think you want it or not, and you can decided

Thanks Macojoe, I am glad to hear you are having fun. I was reading about your efforts - even went to your site looking for step by step photos. Bigshrimpin and Chumbucket gave me the idea to buy a v20 with a seadrive, ditch the seadrive for a bracket and repower with a fresh outboard. I like the idea of a full transom for drifting thru my inlet when my stern "hits the wall".

I have built 20 foot glass over white oak and plywood workboats, and my current boat is an 1973 18 foot tin boat that I completely restored 3 years ago - so I know I can do it, but my house is in need of a restoration (1/2 done) , so I really can't take the time for another major boat project.

I bumped into a really sweet 1994 v21 with a yam 150 today for a reasonable price. I am going to start a new topic for opinions on this hull.

[bigirishk]

Fresh meat on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2429876268

Kevin

[macojoe]

Wow I wish I had a self bailing deck!!! This is one of the things I hate the most about my boat!!!
Did they make all the O/B self bailing?? Mine was a I/O so is this the reason mine is not??

[chumbucket]

bigirishk, 112 HP Johnson; Underpowered. The pics I posted in the gallery are of my buddy's V20 (I've got the V20 Center Console). He's got a 115 HP Merc on his and after being on it many times, I think the minimum HP rating I would consider would be 130HP.

[bigirishk]

I agree Chum, I was just passing on a V-20 listing for SeaKindly.

I just picked up a used 200hp Johnson for my 83. It's already installed on the boat, I just have some final adjustments to do to the throttle/shift cables and some very minor wiring. I'll post some pics of the cleaned up boat with this beast on it soon.

K

[chumbucket]

That thing is going to fly with that 200 HP on it. ;D Especially on the lakes where you can open her up a little more than us ocean goers.

[bigirishk]

Yeah, it's one huge mother compared to the 140. It looks very similar to Fitz's big Rude. I had to go and buy a transom saver last night to keep that thing secure while on the trailer. Of course now that I got the boat and looked at the hull rating plate, it says 200hp max. Looks kind of like a cuddy muscle boat!

Thank you bigirishk, macojoe, drumbeater, chumbucket, and last but certainly not least - bigshrimpin; but I have decided not to buy a v-20 after all.

That's right, I bought the 1994 v-21 - and I am stoked :D !

I suppose we could/should keep this thread going as a hot lead thread for prospective v-20 purchasers, but as for me 1 is enuff for now. Thanks again fellows, I am going to jump to the 1994 v-21 thread in the general forum to talk about my new pride and joy.

[chumbucket]

;D