Some advice; classic 20 SF?

[Terry England]

CRSavage1, First of all, your candor is refeshing. Many new members want to feed us data on what they see as an as need to know basis. The problem is unless we know a lot about the intended use, typical load and standard range used, we have very little to go on. Here are a couple of initial thoughts -
1) We have all been where you are
2) All of our wives / girlfriends / signifant others are certian we are CRAZY
3) Many overpower these boats - the original 20's were designed around a Mark 78 Merc (75 HP) for power. The 20's do fine with a 115 and are sporty with a 140. (What difference does it make when you have a VDH hull if you are riding around on your Cavitation Plate with a 200?)
4) Even when you do the work yourself the cost of the proper materials can add up quickly. If you pay to have the work done, you can easily exceed the resale value of the boat.
5) Proceed cautiously, people buy $5,000 boats and then 3 years later they have another $15,000 in them paying for work to be done and when you actually get in the $15,000 range there are a lot of nicely redone SeaCrafts with recent power available you can put your cooler in and go fishing.
6-9) Check with VezoII, Tom Paris, Bushwacker, Fly4Navy, Tiny, No Bones and others.
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