'73 V 20 CC

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*Welcome Mike B ! There are not a lot of the 1970-1976 center consoles around . That is a great boat . I like the layout and console on those better than the newer ones . The spec. sheets on any of the above years should apply to your boat . Looking foward to seeing you pictures......

Hi Mike B!

I have a 90 model with the big 350 ci I/O and have the same problem with my scuppers. At sea, I even get water up through the drains when rocking in the swells!
How did the ball scuppers work out for you? Where they very expensive?

Ball scuppers are ok, better than flapper scuppers. You need to keep them clean or they wont seal, but that's not much of a problem.
I bought mine at Boat US but I've seen them at West Marine and some other big stores. I think I paid like $10 ea.
Mike

[macojoe]

I don't have scuppers :'( But I have a big bilge ;D

That has to be the one thing about my boat, That i hate! I do not have a self bailing boat. But that said I have a full transom and don't get all that much water in it in the first place. But would like to put a salt water wash down for all the messe stuff I get on the boat.
But then I would need a bilge pump ??? Well i guess I should install one some day any way in case i start to sink ;D My son is going to be a working person this year and won't be able to be with as much. So I have no one to pump the water out with the hand pump any more :o Us old fat guys would never keep up with that!! LOL

Hand pump?? Wow, I thought those were a "break glass in case of emergency" item! Gee, MJ, how old are you anyway?? ;)

Having a self-bailing boat, to me, is a must. I was coming back into Ponce Inlet down in Fla and ran into 5 foot standing waves (wind and tide clashed). I never buried the bow, but I did get a large amount of water in the cockpit and was sooo relieved to watch the 'pit drain quickly. I also have 2 bilge pumps...one auto and one switch controlled at the helm. As I have an I/O, I feel the redundancy is a necessity. PLUS, I carry a hand pump for those "just in case" times.

[macojoe]

Well I had a I/O and belive a self bailing deck is a must with them!! Nothing worse then having salt water splashing all over your engin!!
But wellcraft did not see that in the 1975 I/O, and all the water went to the bilge.
I was joking when i said I have no elet pump!! But I do need to replace the one I have.
This in my opion is the worse thing about my boat! But now that i have converted to a outboard, the problem of getting the engin splashed with water is fixed!
I have now added a 25 gal gas tank in were the engin use to be and still have to worry about keeping that dry. But Thank God the boat is a pretty dry boat and the only water i get is from pullinmg the anchor in or when it is raining all day.

I have two bilge pumps, wired and plumbed seperately plus the old hand pump which I really don't ever want to have to use. Plus, self bailing.

Cant have enough of this stuff when you in the crap.

Mike

AJ AND MIKEB, You are wise men. 8)

[chumbucket]

I've got the two bilge pumps also. One is wire in with the float switch and the other is wired directly to a switch with no float. The one with the float switch is my main pump, but I don't trust those switches. So, I've got the other for a backup.