has anyone ever picked up the deck on a v20

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i have a v20 with some bad stringers iam thinking of rippin up her deck just want some advice if anyone has done it before
 
Franco replaced stringers in an i/o. Also, there's some pix in the gallery somewhere that shows the floor lifted on an older V20. Some have used seacast. Good luck and keep us posted with pics if you decide to dive in.
 
hey DAB if it's a pre 1980 well 78 but if it's pre 80 raise the floor 6 inches while it's out and make the boat a deck drain boat and install a belly tank.
 
yeah if you rip out the floor to the stringers just add 5 inch's to the stringers that way when you floor it you will be around 5 1/2 to 5 3/4 inches higher that way it will deck drain just floor over the hole in the rear center and put an access hatch there and that way you can open it to get to the bilge pumps.
 
Hey Dab, I cut out the floor last year on my 84. I cut a line level with the bottom of the rod holders around the deck. I have Pics in the gallery. It was'nt really that bad. Just have to try to get one rib out in good shape, so you can get a template for the others where they go to the gunnels. I was able to get the wood out by using some chisels after grinding the top of the stringers and ribs off. I pried the glass back and got the old wood out. It was a job but well worth it. She doesnt rattle anymore.
 
yeah but Vic yours is a much newer hull with the higher deck and the cap has the floors molded together, Dabs is much older and hasn't got rod boxes and the cap is seperate from the floor.
 
Skool, does the floor have to come up that much?? Seems like a lot. I was thinking the floor might have to go up as far as the bottom of where the saddle tanks sit, but I don't think that is 6". I might rethink my belly tank idea. :'( Then again, I was thinking I'd be happy with a fourty gallon tank. Maybe I wont have to go up as far... :-/h
 
ok my floor measures from the bottom center of the boat to the bottom of the deck 16 inches. If i were you i'd raise it 2 inches over that to 18 inches. do you want pics of where i measures and all or does this make since.
 
Makes sense to me! I'm just glad we aren't still talk'n 6". I just measured the top of my floor and 2" is about 1/2" below the flat surface where the saddle tanks sat so going by your measurements it looks like I can stick to plan A ;D. Thanks Skools!
 
no my floor was good. i measured in the rear floor storage holes. yeah i wasn't positive on how low it was in the older models but yeah rasie it up and you will have a deck drain boat. i'd personally go 18 inches from center bottom of the boat to the underside of the floor.
 
wow is she wet,  there is not 1 peace of dry wood in her,  from the transom to the bow it all needs 2 be ripped tryin 2 get som pics.
 
Sorry, I didnt think of the difference in the years. Dab these guys are experts, they helped me through mine last year. Good luck.
 
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