1994 v21 cuddy - opinions?

*Well, *Chumbucket was sooo right. *I am very happy with my new v21 and my 1994 yamie 150 *;D .

*Went out with my buddy, Extreme James, for the shakedown cruise at 6:00 pm last Sunday.

We were hopeing for some tunoids, but had to settle for 3 small mako pups and 3 blue sharks to about 150 lbs.

Back at the ramp 12 hrs, and a 36 mile round trip later ;D.

Gave the boat a decent workout, cruised in 3 foot swells at 3800 rpm for 27 - 28 mph the whole way out and back, not a drop of spray on us. Trolled until dark at 5 - 8 mph. *Opened her up on the way back to the Shinnecock ramp, against a strong ebb current, for a top speed of 38.3 mph. *The guy I bought her from said the mechanic told him there was a factory equipped governor on the motor that limits rpm to 5000. *I had my doubts about this because there is no mention of this in the manual, and the manual lists WOT range as 4500 - 5500; but she did not exceed 5000.

Bottom line; boat and motor ran smooth :-*.

Back in the driveway, washdown aided by monsoon cloudburst.

Drained the lower unit lube - no water or metal particles :).

Oh yeah, those cockpit drains ain't worth a sh!t >:(. *They clogged right up with bunker scales from my chunk chumming. I bought 2 of west marines 2200 gph bilge pumps for the cockpit, yesterday.

My friend, that has the wellcraft v20, has a digital camera and a son that knows how to both use it and post pictures on websites. *I will try to get some pictures posted after I get a few things straightened out.

REELAPEELIN, I think there is wood inside the molded transom. One of these days I'll remove a motor mounting bolt and find out for sure.

Well that's all for now, I will be continuing to install all the new things I picked up at west marine: new livewell thru-hull fitting, powerwinch, bilge pumps, second battery, battery switch, kicker moter bracket. Swap vhf, fishfinder, fuel filter etc. from other boat.

Also need to rig up a bow pulpit/anchor roller. Has anyone out there done this modification???

[chumbucket]

;DNice! ;D
On the bow roller, check out Cbuzz's pics. He put one on his center console. I think he even gives the model number that he used. My buddy put one on the '83 V20 of his that I posted pics of to show the canvas enclosure but I don't think you can see it so well in those photos. It's an arrangement that works out well on these boats. Makes it easier to stand inside the cuddy and pull the anchor with a lot more ease. I've put them on before. Not too difficult.

CHUMBUCKET,

I took a look at those pictures. on the 1994 I only have 7 inches of deck space fore of the hatch when fully open. Not enough room for a bow roller and center cleat.

I will probably fabricate some kind of raised platform/pulpit above the sliding hatch. How high above - I am not sure of. It could be as low as a 1/2 inch or maybe high enuff to clear the guard rail. A high one might also prevent catching on the trailer's bow roller when launching. Reduced visibility might be an issue, however.

I like the idea of using the sacrificial tarp to protect the bimini top while in the driveway. I am going to do same until I rig up better shelter. Thanks!

[chumbucket]

My buddy had to remove the cleat and offset it to the side of the hatch slide. Still works out well though.

Thanks Chumbucket, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself on this one (anchor roller/bow pulpit), and I probably should start a separate topic for this in the modifications forum: but I don't think I have enuff forward deck space for a suitable roller much less a cleat. Really don't want a cleat off to the side. I want my setup to be operable when I am alone at the controls, and also have the backbone to straighten out a serious wreck anchor. This project is very much in the design incubation stage, at this time.

Did another, tuna/shark trip yesterday 3:30PM - 10:00 PM. Tons of green bonito (only one hooked on a cast tin)
, a decent mako that came unbuttoned, and a big, brown sea turtle that swam right up to the boat while we were bombarding the bonito with tins. Had to pack it in at 10pm just when things were starting to get interesting, because my fishin buddy, Extreme James, had to be up for work (sorry about the filthy 4 letter word) at 5 am, and he has to get his 3 hours sleep.

Anyway, the reason I'm posting this here is that when I opened the boat up for the sprint back to the ramp from the inlet, the tach climbed to 5100 rpm. So I suppose that there really is no governor on this motor limiting the rpm's to 5000. Just a myth.

so u say u saw agreen cee turtle . ???did it like the v21 u bought

he wuz a bron cee tuttl. he likt da v21 soo much he dint leaf til James tapt hiz shel wit da fissin po :D

dija shot a mooz in kanda? i cood gofer sum bullwinkle burgas cuz i gotz no tuttl soop :P.

[chumbucket]

;D ::)

[bigshrimpin]

Way too funny . . . Thanks Seakindly!! That's exactly what I expected from you.

Jay - Welcome to the board . . . . where are you from?