Recent content by dan4836

I was able to get out of work early today and decided to take a quick cruise putting some more hours on my V. Everything is running great and I am ready to start fishing! I was able to take a ride down to Garden State Marina and snap a photo! Top looks great! Next upgrade for me. Not sure if I...

I'm in and ready to fish. Just a few more items to tie up such as: Seats - I am thinking about keeping the deck open and using some folding deck chairs that I can store in the cabin as and use on the deck as needed. In floor fish box - It's under the floor but I never cut it out. This will be...

With the help of many people on this site, I was able to completely rebuild my V. I purchased my boat last April and it was sitting for about ten to twelve years. I new the floor was rotten and the stringers as well. I learned a lot about fiberglass work and paint products. Overall, this is...

Finished second layer of chopped strand over 3/4 and some putty to tie in the sides were the new deck met the old (uneven in some spots) Question: I find many areas were the glass is not smooth. I will sand but I am still worried that some areas will still not look good after paining. I am...

Good day today. I was able to set the gas tank and run the hoses and fuel sender wire. Also, was able to glass in some more supports for the floor. I left about one inch of the original floor but I think some added support can't hurt. 3/4" plywood going in tomorrow for the floor. Stingers are...

I love looking at classic boats and love to compare the pros and cons of each. After owning many boats, my V20 gives me a lot of versatility and excellent fuel economy (470 I/O) Usually, the trade off with deep V boats is the ride in rough seas but poor at drift. I found my V20 to be...

Working on many projects over the winter but I could not resist jumping in and remodeling the dash! I love setting up a clean looking dash panel the way I want it. Perhaps that's what's so great about these boats - you don' feel bad about taking things apart a resembling. Instead of installing...

First project of the year, floor and stringers. I have been reading a lot of post in order to come up with a plan to repair the stringers and install a new floor. Stringer repair - I want to pour seacast arjay or nidabond instead of removing them. Anyone have how much is needed and where to...

I put my boat in Shark River from 11/15 to 12/15 but I am looking to move to Manasquan in the spring. I know SkunkBoat is in Manasquan but not sure if anyone else boats out of this area. Can anyone provide any local knowledge? I am looking to keep my boat in a slip. Advice on: marinas, inlet...

I tried just about everything... My boat runs great except a very slow heat up after 3200 RPMs until boil over. I replaced: 1) Thermostat 2) Water pump and housing (twice to be sure) 3) Removed the 3" heat exchanger and replaced with 4" 4) Flushed out the seawater circuit 5) Removed the riser...

After much work, I decided to take the V for its first ocean run of the year. To date, I have ran my V in the river but did not have to contend with chop or any sea conditions. On Sunday morning, I ran my V about seven miles out for some wreck fishing out of Shark River inlet, Belmar, NJ...

Decided to paint the aluminum window frame today. Trying to make my old V look good and thinking about painted the rub rail tomorrow to match. I removed the bow rail last week as it was bent in one spot. What do you guys think?

Hello All! Long time boat owner but new to the V20. Started out with rowboat and with selling my family to go in on larger boats, we experienced: 19' Anacapri, 18' Aquasport CC, 22' Shamrock Predator, 29' Phoenix SFX and now a 81 V20 Cuddy I/O After two months of work with the following tasks...