Year??? V20 in VA--$6000 obo

[reelapeelin]

It looks like my '74...which could place it anywhere from 70 to 77...

[fishnfetch]

I checked this boat out yesterday. It does have a trailer and is in pretty good shape. He hasnt had alot of interest at that price and i think it could be gotten for a fair price. what turned me off is there are two small fuel tanks under the gunwales and the deck has been redone without any scuppers in the transom. there is only a well with a bilge pump under the motor well. the deck didnt look like it would self bail anyhow but to expect a bilge pump of any size to evacuate a cockpit full of water isnt safe in my opinion

[RWilson2526]

Originally Posted by fishnfetch

I checked this boat out yesterday. It does have a trailer and is in pretty good shape. He hasnt had alot of interest at that price and i think it could be gotten for a fair price. what turned me off is there are two small fuel tanks under the gunwales and the deck has been redone without any scuppers in the transom. there is only a well with a bilge pump under the motor well. the deck didnt look like it would self bail anyhow but to expect a bilge pump of any size to evacuate a cockpit full of water isnt safe in my opinion

I think that was Wellcrafts standard design for a while....somebody will tell the years for sure....I agree would be the least desirable option.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by RWilson2526

I think that was Wellcrafts standard design for a while....somebody will tell the years for sure....I agree would be the least desirable option.

Yup, that's the way not only Wellcraft, but most all boat mfgrs made 'em before somebody came up w/a self-bailing design...well, the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria were self-bailing decks...just took modern boat-makers a while to apply it to our size boats...and it IS a superior design, no doubt...but remember it's only a scupper-clog away from sinking, too...

The twin 20 gal under-gunwale tanks were used 70 - 77...no flotation in the hull to speak of and I recall reading here re peeps using multiple 1,000 GPH bilge-pumps as standard install...

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by fishnfetch

...and the deck has been redone without any scuppers in the transom. there is only a well with a bilge pump under the motor well. the deck didnt look like it would self bail anyhow but to expect a bilge pump of any size to evacuate a cockpit full of water isnt safe in my opinion

That's kinda funny you put it in those terms...it wasn't REdone...that's how it came from the factory...I had a '74 (shown below) for about 10 years and no doubt was a concern to me...

[fishnfetch]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

That's kinda funny you put it in those terms...it wasn't REdone...that's how it came from the factory...I had a '74 (shown below) for about 10 years and no doubt was a concern to me...

i filled the cockpit of a 23 seacraft in a following sea probably 20yrs ago now. scared the shyt out of me, thats one of them lessons you learn the first time it happens

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by fishnfetch

i filled the cockpit of a 23 seacraft in a following sea probably 20yrs ago now. scared the shyt out of me, thats one of them lessons you learn the first time it happens

Oooo...sounds NASTY!!...I throttled up thru the backside of some breakers in FL several years back to keep from doing the same thing going into a small channel...later my wife said, "You sure came in fast back there"...I said, "Yes I DID!!..."

I had 11 people aboard, not by my choice...