Wellcraft V-20
I cannot speak for newer Wellcrafts, but as previously described on CSC by Bushwasker, one of my best friends probably in the late 70's severely cracked a Wellcraft V-20 on the same return trip from the Bahamas that Unoho (a Moesly 21) and Bushwacker (20' Seafari) came through pretty much unscathed. I had been on this boat several times. The Wellcraft had longitudinal cracks perhaps 6 - 8' long. My friend tried to get Wellcraft to repair it even for a fee. They gave him some tips (apparently there had been a lot of them), but refused to do it. I helped remove/reinstall the inner liner and was appalled by the shoddy construction previously unseen. The stringers were maybe 5/8" lumber with what appeared to be only one layer of roving up & over the top of the stringer. The glass broke at the fillet radius of the stringer to the hull. After my friend's repair it was a much more solid & quieter boat. Guess that explained the noise when hitting a bad wake or wave! From then on we referred to Wellcrafts as crackcrafts. Wellcraft certainly has sold a lot of boats; I hope they are better built than my friend's boat.
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