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Friday morning, November 8th at 12:30 am we lost my son in law. His liver and kidneys failed and wouldn't recover. He was only 32 years old. He was diabetic and his liver just gave up. He was the best son in law anybody could ask for. He loved my daughter and grand daughter and took really good...

Today the wife and I went down to the annual Stumpy Point Oyster Feast. Had a great time, ate some of the best seafood ever including fried and steamed oysters, fish, hush puppys, slaw, beans, potatoes and more. Great folks down there, always enjoy going to Stumpy Point. Its a small place, one...

I know some of you guys have had back troubles so I'm asking your opinion. I woke up December 9th and couldn't get out of the bed, had terrible pain in my lower back, hip and left leg. I had broke my long handle ratchet pulling on some big bolts and fell on a motor about two weeks before. It...

Took the V out for the first time this year since I did the gimble reboot thing and solving my cooling issue last summer. We ran it up the Chowan river about 15 miles, ran 165 degrees, all ran perfect. Fished part of the day, caught white perch two at the time, grand daughter skunked us all...

Happy Birthday Blue Runner! Hope it was a good one!

I'm trying to find my wifes father. She hasnt heard from him in 47 years.

We're getting some snow here in Gates County N.C. That's the first time I've seen snow here before Christmas in a long time. Its rained for a couple of days so its not sticking but its coming down pretty good!

A guy came by the other day with a complete alpha gimble he wanted to get rid of, he had parted out his boat. After taking a quick look at it I bought it. It looks to be an Alpha gen 2 housing with the trim cylinders , trim pump and inside mounting plate. Its in really good shape, joints are...

Had some time to get the V ready for the season so I changed oil and filter, spark plugs, fuel filter and gave it checkup. Got a complete water pump kit and replaced it, usually change the impeller every other year. Soaked the impeller in Marvel Mystery oil as Spare said. Checked the 170...

Hey fellas, Hope you're all doing well! We just got a new paddle board and was wondering if anyone else has one and how you transport it. Got it from Sams and its a 10' 6" long 31" wide soft board. We have a new Tundra crewmax TRD but the bed is only 5 1/2ft. It has a naked roof and I don't...

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