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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #30 on: January 24, 2015, 10:51:14 AM »
I looked at the specific boat this morning and it had a few patches in the hull that were not done professionally and silicone filled holes where a kicker was mounted that look sketchy to me. It looked dirty, I got the impression it was well taken care of prior to the current owner. Maybe my standards are just out of whack.

The hull and layout were awesome, even the wife liked it. :)

The search continues.

The silicone filled holes shouldn't be a big deal as long as water was kept out. A quick tap with a small ball peen hammer will tell you if you have a problem. Fixing the holes properly is no big deal and cheap.

The hull patches could be a problem, but again if they are watertight they can be corrected later.

Good luck in your search, but remember these boats are 30+ tears old.




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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2015, 11:32:51 AM »
 :yeah:
I would actually go look at that

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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #33 on: January 24, 2015, 11:44:21 AM »
The good thing about Whalers is they are almost infinitely rebuildable. Unless they have been utterly abused they are a candidate for repair. We used a 17' as a heavy duty work boat for years hauling firewood, fuel drums, nets, pallets of materials, etc. lots of rocky beach landings, left exposed all winter on some log skids.  This boat was beat but every 3-4 years we would pull it, buy some fiberglass materials and go to work. By next season it was almost as good as new.

Rich S - the 13' and 15' boats had low freeboard and the 17' was a bit better but the 18' Outrage has plenty to be comfortable. The good thing about these boats, and I speak from experience, is they were designed to keep the engine powerhead above water and running while fully swamped. The only caveat being that the engine weight and assesories must be in boat spec.

The holes in the transom are fine. It is marine plywood and fiberglass, unless it was saturated for a *long* time it would be fine with the silicone patches. The hull patches are a bit worrisome, I have seen some horrendous work out there. What size are the patches?  Whalers take a bit of special knowledge to fix correctly so who knows.

Is that the Craigslist ad for the boat?  The 115 is a bit on the small size in my opinion but I always liked running Whalers a bit over powered, I had a 115 on my 17 and thought that was about perfect. That combo would be great for fishing and fuel economy, figure about 3-5 gallons per hour at about 24 kts.  Not a ski boat but would be good for wakeboarding or tubing.

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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #34 on: January 24, 2015, 02:44:58 PM »
That's the one I looked at.
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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #35 on: January 24, 2015, 02:51:00 PM »
The patches were on the transome where the tie down had been shifted in order to accommodate a kicker.

Patch of any kind makes me nervous. I'm willing to put in some work but I want to get out and use it, not spend my time fixing it and I've never done glass work.

What are your thoughts based on the pics? These are way better than the pervious ones he had up.
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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2015, 05:35:09 PM »
Rich,

I'm a big fan of the bond films. I would watch the marathons on TBS with my old man. Daniel Craig does a nice job but Sean Connery is James Bond to me.

It's just too damned bad that everything good comes to an end.

She's got nice lines....

Al

I got that!  :IBCOOL:  http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1452060160/nm0000805?ref_=nm_phs_md_2
Rich

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Re: Classic Boston Whaler Experience?
« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2015, 06:33:49 PM »
The patches were on the transome where the tie down had been shifted in order to accommodate a kicker.

Patch of any kind makes me nervous. I'm willing to put in some work but I want to get out and use it, not spend my time fixing it and I've never done glass work.

What are your thoughts based on the pics? These are way better than the pervious ones he had up.

I rebuilt a fiberglass Livingston last year, it is a lot easier than one might think.  However, I did not redo any gelcoat which looks a little more intimidating.

 


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