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For those who defied their own common sense and voted for someone with ZERO experience and ZERO demonstrated ability to manage or take executive decisions, I wonder what you're thinking now? You gave us an incompetent President! Obama is very likely to go down as the worst who ever held that...

I would be interested in buying a Wellcraft V20 outboard boat with trailer in or near San Diego/Los Angeles area. Larry

Today I pulled into the fuel dock near Harbor Island on San Diego Harbor. The attendant sees big and little boats all day every day, of course. He sees slick Chaparrals, and other 20 foot boats that sold for $40K up! He remarked and kept commenting, "that is a nice boat!" I told him it is 40...

When the boat is in a slip in a marina, the answer is to have the bottom cleaned periodically by divers. Turns out that there are plenty available to clean the boat bottoms in the marina; they are competing for the business. They do it well and inexpensively! I saw one in the parking lot...

This is what it looks like after an almost total rebuild by Henry Trailers here in the San Diego area. This old trailer had been under the boat in a field across the street for at least 14 years. 4 flat and rotted tires, much rust, bunks stuck to the boat, wood rotted away. One spring broken...

I feel lonely here! The prices we see for nearly everything are outlandish to this group. My boat trailer overhaul cost $2500! And the owner of that place said it is worth $6000+. Just a steel dual axle trailer fit for a Wellcraft V20 Steplift. I asked the owner about the prices you guys...

Seems someone could easily convert a Wellcraft V20 to a more modern configuration by removing the cover over the cuddy cabin-- and adding seat backs. We could walk all the way to the bow inside the boat. We could easily create 4 more seats in front of the windshield. Our boat would look more...

Today I took my boat out for a short spin. It was idling too slowly and died when I was maneuvering back into the marina slip. Thankfully, someone helped me avoid drifting into other boats, mostly sailboats so long that they extended out into the channel. Once safely in my slip, I removed...

My old Wellcraft V20 has snap studs everywhere. They are every few inches across the top of the windshield and down along the sides nearly to the transom. The distance across the boat varies continuously from windshield to transom and the snap locations seem to be rather random. So a...

The raised logo on one side of my 1974 Wellcraft V20 is broken. How can I get a replacement? Larry

With zero experience, I wonder whether my old 1979 Evinrude 150 runs rougher than it ought to. It has sat idle for 14 years before I bought the motor and started it. The compression numbers were ideal! The powerhead had been rebuilt before it was sold and then stored. We got it running...

My boat is a 74 V20 with an Evinrude 150. An outboard mechanic evaluated my engine and said it is in "new" condition internally, obviously from the compression numbers having had a recently overhauled power head. He said the carbs should be cleaned at the end of the season for optimum...

I have a 74 Wellcraft V20. There are snaps everywhere for a tarp cover. I would love to get the pattern for the factory tarp cover. Is that available anywhere? Does anyone have a tarp that fits from the windshield top all the way back to the transom? I would buy it or maybe find a way to...

I have a small fuel leak in one of the small hoses leading to the lowest carb of three on my old Evinrude V6 150 hp. The nipple is way under there, nearly impossible to reach. I cleared everything on the side where the tube comes from, but I am unable to push a new fuel tube onto the nipple...

I see HUGE difference in the price of 2-cycle outboard oil. Some want as much as $40/gallon. But Walmart is only $18 and it is supposed to be standard TCW3 oil. Is there any reason I shouldn't run that? I have a recently overhauled 1979 Evinrude 150 Larry

Hi all, I just added the second battery the wiring schematic seems to recommend for my 1974 V20. There is plenty of room down in the battery well compartment. I replaced the two fiber hold-down belts. But my boat will be stored in an open field behind my neighbor's house. Its free...

It is a 1974 Wellcraft V20 Steplift. It has two custom 20 gallon fuel tanks mounted in the sides. I suspect it was always a San Diego or S. California boat, zero dry rot. It had a sophisticated Lowrance depth system with two transponders. It had been sitting idle for 10+ years when I...