Picked up my 3rd V

[jamesbalog]

Well I went about a month without a V-20. This one is an 83 cuddy powered by a 470 mercrusier. I’ve never had an I/O and wanted to stick with an outboard but when I looked at this one it was apparent that the owner took very good care of it and I couldn’t pass it up for the price. He was the 3rd owner and knew the 2nd. I know the last two owners always trailered. I’m guessing the first owner left it docked since it does have bottom paint.




Boat seems structurally solid, I couldn’t find any soft spots or wood that looked bad or sounded bad to the hammer test.

It has a bunch of different canvas, auto pilot, trim tabs, newer captains chairs on pedestals and a bunch of other odds and ends.

Never having an I/O I’m not real sure what to expect performance wise. I’m hoping for good gas milage out of the 4 cylinder and hopefully at least 30mph


I’ll get you guys some more pictures when I pull off some of the current accessories and replace them with some things I have