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Been a while but been really busy. Made it through the Hermine deal with just a lot of wind and rain. I'll be cleaning up tree limbs for the next few days. We got a new Toyota Tundra Crewmax 4x4 5.7 for V20 pullin! Love it, pictures coming soon.

Please pray for my wife and I! We are having trouble in the Felton house! Been married almost 32 years and never expected this kind of trouble! Im scared Im gonna lose the woman Ive loved and cared for forever. DAM FACEBOOK MESSENGER!!!

I was standing in line at Arby's today in Chesapeake Va. and an older gentleman approached me and asked if the hat and coat I was wearing with WellcraftV20.com was indeed the boat. I said yes sir! He said he had owned a 1978 V20 with the Mercruiser 4 cylinder and wished he had never sold it! We...

My daughters camry blew a head gasket and the head bolts pulled the threads out of the block. Its an all aluminum engine and from reading post on the net its been a known problem they have soft blocks. I tore it down and tapped out the stripped holes and installed Helicoils. They didnt hold for...

Happy New Year guys!! Hope you all have a happy, safe and prosperous new year!

Took the wife out riding yesterday up the Chowan river. Rode up towards Winton and hung out for awhile, all was calm with wind blowing alittle. We had planned to meet our daughter and family at their new home at Arrowhead Beach. So we cranked up and headed up towards the sound. We broke past...

Fixed a few problems I noticed the other day. First the new starter I bought last year was dragging and killing my battery. Took it off and tore it down and found the shaft going through the armature broke behind the bendix. Ive been messing with motors all my life, never seen the shaft break in...

A couple of weekends ago my buddy took his 85 v20 with a 170 hp mercruiser out while I had my 77 V20 out. We ran them together all day and I noticed these differences. When starting off my V jumped way out in front of his but after a half a mile he began to over take me. We ran them wide open...

My buddy is looking for a good used tandem axle roller trailer to replace his. We got his gimble and motor straightened out on his 85 V20 and now he wants to replace his rotten trailer. If you're anywhere close by and got one for sale let me know. Thanks

Just finished replacing the bellows and outdrive cable on my buddys Wellcraft v20, 170. Didn't have a bellows expantion tool but worked the exhaust bellows on anyway.Aligned the gimble bearing and engine coupling and greased it all up. That was a pretty good job. Turned out great. Hats off to ya...

Rode out to the Eagle Mart by the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City and bought 25.75 gallons of 93 octane non-ethanol gas yesterday. It was 4.34 a gallon. I'm gonna drain out all of the gas left in my tanks before filling with non-ethanol. I haven't had any trouble with my 170 I/O yet but dont...

Took the V down to the Chowan river today and rode into the mouth of Bennetts creek. It was a little cloudy but overall a nice day. Caught 15 rock and kept 2 at 19 inches long. Here in NC we can keep three and they have to be 18 inches. Most were 16 to 17 inches long. Had a great time, V ran...

Just saw a 1993 V20 with a 150 Yamaha on Boat Angel that looks good. Its in Florida.

How much snow are you fellas getting up North? Been watching the weather and it looks like you all got hammered!

My buddy has an 86 V20 with a 170 Mercruiser that he rebuilt last summer. He used a rebuilt head he bought from Clearwater Cylinder Head Co. It started missing and running hot. He pulled the head and found it was cracked between a couple of cylinders. Clearwater wouldn't do anything, said his...

Just got back from a week at Nags Head, ate some great seafood! Went to Awful Authurs almost every day for lunch. Had a grilled marinated sandwich one day and it was probley the best Ive ever had. Found out they marinade a slab of fresh Mahi in Italian dressing for an hour or two and grill a...

Well, we got our first snow in a year or two. I guess we got about three inches on the ground before it quit. I know you guys up north have had a plenty this season! My new heating system failed a day before the cold hit, been using the old wood heater. I bought an 18 wheeler load of oak logs...

My wifes grandmother passed away Nov.23, and she lived on the end on the Rescue road in Smithfield Va. She lived a full life of 97 years and was a great lady.While visiting her family I noticed a V20 at the end of her road and wondered if it was anybodys here? Its an older model with the bottom...

If anybody is close by, the big red drum are hitting hard at the Avalon Pier. Check out the website, pics on twitter. My buddy called me last friday and said they were killin them on the piers, they are moving south toward hatteras. Headed down to the Outer Banks Seafood Festival this coming...

Just got back last Sunday from a week at Nags Head. Had a great vacation with the family. Had my two newest grandaughters down with us. Lily was only a few days old. Took the V out Saturday to Oregon inlet, fished for flounder for a while and caught a bunch but all were alittle too small. Tied...