rebuilding a V20 with my dad

[captpete13]

on and off for the last 2 years I have been rebuilding a V20 that I gave to my dad. when he first saw my boat he lit up. He told me that he always wanted on of these boats. I just so happened to be sitting on two extra hulls. So I gave him one for fathers day. He had just recently retired and I figured it would keep him busy. The boat needed a transom and a floor. I warned him of the anount of work it needed. He was ok with it. So I told him that he would have to strip the hull so we can seperate the deck from the hull. "no problem" he said. and after a few weeks it was stripped. I then got the two halfs apart. I left the hull at work and took the deck to his back yard. Last winter we replaced the transom and cut out all the rotten bulkheads. Over the summer we replaced all the rotten wood in the floor. This last month while I was laid off we finished the bulkheads and bilge drainage, mounted the new gas tank and got the long lost two halfs back together. There is still a long way to go. The boat has an ugly helm. It doesn't seem to bother my dad but I know it could look better. But I didn't want to make any more extra work for myself. But after talking with a wise man from Spartenburg I decided to go for it. Here are some pics.





















here is after I got it back together














here is the fugly helm



this is what I did to it



a cardboard template soon to be replaced with wood and fiberglass





You were right Ozzie. I spent the whole ride home thinking about what you said. He did do a thing or two for me over the years. Thank you for putting things into the proper perspective for me. More pics to come as I progress.