water intrusion

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Originally Posted by abbott

Hi, I have an '81 V20 with outboard. I am getting too much water in the bilge (definitely not rainwater). Are there problem areas for this on the V20, like leaky scuppers? I couldn't really see where the water is coming from. Thanks, Larry

Double check and see, but I believe 81 drained the deck to the bildge. It wasn't until around late 83 or 84 that outboard models drained outside the baot, and it wasn't until 86 when WELLCRAFT raised the deck that they become more or less saelf bailing. Look at your deck drains and see if they run into the bildge or if they go overboard and go from there. Also check you livewell as many of them drained into the bildge as the deck was to low for it to discharge overboard. Quite a few boats have sank because people didn't realize that all of the livewell water has to go into the bildge and then be pumped out by the bildge pump on early V-20's.