Princecraft Versailles 20
By By Michael Verdon
December 1, 2007
The Princecraft Versailles 20 is a full-featured pontoon boat that comes in at a decent price point
($30,274 base price). Highlights include the huge helm chair, nice-sized lounges on both sides up
front (both are 21 inches by 53 inches), big L-shaped lounge aft (51 inches long), and a cushion
(28 inches by 30 inches) over the changing area that pops up. There’s a lot of nice open space
behind the helm seat too. Creature comforts include an 11-inch-by-16-inch sink, 203-watt Clarion
AM/FM/CD player with MP3 plug, four waterproof speakers, and a 12-volt helm recep-tacle. The boat
is generally well-designed and comfortable, though it has some performance issues during the
Boating World test (it begins to porpoise around 37 mph with the 150-hp Mercury Verado outboard and
has a tendency to list to the left).
The 11 outboard options on the Versailles 20 range from a 25-hp 4-stroke to the 135- and 150-hp Verado 4-stroke as well as the 135- and 150-hp OptiMax. Once you get up to 135 horses, the boat is built with the triple-pontoon Performance Package. Boating World clocks a top end of 39 mph, and a 0-to-25-mph speed of 6.1 seconds. www.princecraft.com.
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