Destroyed 20', pieces available to good home.

[Miles Offshore]

Glad you are allright- boats are easy to replace- [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[alarie]

I am interested in the bay or flats boat style restoration...If I cut the sides down fluch with the casting deck and then built a flats style cockpit with side and aft decks, that might be a pretty cool boat! It would remove most of the damaged glass, and the floor could be left as is (undamaged). Interesting...

Does anyone have thoughts on this or any pictures of a similar transformation? You could probably push this hull with a 70 hp, making it float pleanty high in the back, and it would float in 10-11" of water. It might be the best riding flats boat around!

Thanks for the thoughts and inspiration!
Peter

[ScottM]

Peter,
Quite a while ago (> 1 year) there was a 20 for sale in FL that was modified into a flats boat. It had cut down sides, poling platform, etc. and was listed on Boat Trader or Yacht World. If you search the For Sale archives on this site, there may still be a link to it.

Anyone else remember this boat?

[SEAFARI]

Scott,
I found that thred the other day
but the pics are gone [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Anyone have any links to that boat?

[JW-Tex]

If you do the bay boat option, weight is your enemy so I would remove existing floor and go with the lightest option avaialbe to replace. You might also consider adding a pocket tunnel to the back (I think Keener offers this on thier v hull bay boats) the tunnel will allow you to run the motor higher up and provide more clearance for the prop. I think you could probably put a 3 foot pocket tunnel in the back and increase your draft substantially.

JW-Tex

[pogden]

Whats a pocket tunnel??

I think this whole idea is pretty neat. I would cut it as low as I cut and pull the deck and just reglass a deck/cap.
Put a small console in the center with a leaning post,etc.

I grew up in S.Fla fishing the flats when I was a kid, my old 14'balsa wood v-hull would take about 3" of water(if that). There was not a bay I hadn't fished in the ten thousand islands by the time I was done.

[sebaugh]

Sorry to hear about your mishap - I too have nearly been wiped out from the "wave from hell". I have a '74 20' CC that needs new stern hatch covers - mine has the 1/2 height compartments on port and starboard sides of stern. Does yours and are they available?

Thanks,
Skip

[John R]

Roger,

Butterball is .5mi N of Brenton - by Castle Hill - That whole area has sweet looking water but dangerous...

[mnwnvc]

Do you still have this boat?

Michael_A mnwnvc@rit.edu