- Front page illustration of Whaler News for January 1991. The boat shown is the new 16' SL model. Note the airbrushing of the water below the boat. This was a pre-Photoshop technique.
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Here's a peek at the new Whalers for the 90's
This year is an important one for Boston Whaler and Boston Whaler owners. We are introducing more new boats in 1991 that at any other time in our history, and we are fine tuning the designs of some current models to make them even better. In the coming year we will also be offering a number of new options. We hope you agree that all this effort is proof we intend the 1990's to be one in which we maintain our leadership in the powerboat industry.
We are offering five new models in 1991, and major refinements of two others. They will begin to appear in your dealer's showroom soon. But you can get a first look at them at the New York and Miami boat shows.
Newest in our Sport series is the 16' SL. Its new deep-v hull design will let you slice your way through chop with the kind of smooth ride you would normally expect only from bigger boats. Designed to make every member of your family think we had only them in mind, its features include high freeboard, a self-bailing dry cockpit, and built-in storage for fuel tanks, batteries, and all your gear. With an abundance of comfortable seating, it will be a great boat for open-throttle, wind-through-your-hair cruising. But when you don't want to think about anything but fishing, a six-foot-long guttered and gasketed locker in the cockpit sole will keep water-skis out of sight, and, more importantly, out of the way.
We like to think of the new 21' Walkaround as our stepping-stone boat. This deep-v design is the boat for you if you've come to appreciate the quality and unsinkability of our smaller, open Boston Whalers and are now looking to move to a cabin boat. Its 8' 6" beam makes it easy to trailer, and its full walk-around configuration makes it easy to move around in for fish-fighting or handling dock lines or the anchor. But the cuddy cabin, with a v-berth and a location for a head, will give you just the weather protection, privacy, and secure stowage you need.
If you're ready for an even bigger step, take a look at the new 23' Walkaround. It is similar in concept to the 21' Walkaround, including the 8' 6" beam and the deep-v hull. But it has the features you won't find on the 21'—or, for that matter, most other 23-footers. Perhaps most unusual, and most appreciated, for a cuddy cabin boat of this size is the enclosed head. You'll also find a v-berth, sink, fish box, live well, and enough stowage capacity so that every aboard can pack for the weekend without feeling guilt.
- 27' Offshore
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Something else you may appreciate, especially if your fishing sometimes takes you over the horizon, is optional diesel power. Admittedly, we might have trouble getting you all excited about a great all-around family boat if you are the kind of person whose dreams are based on the fishing scenes from "The Old Man and the Sea." If that's the case, we're sure you'll soon be dreaming about the new 27' Offshore. It's for the serious "blood and guts" fisherman who wants a fast, "pocket," offshore fisherman and who does not want to talk about any compromises that involves fishing features. Just so you'll know, there is a large cuddy. But more importantly, the walk-around deck is made for mixing with monsters, and the huge fish boxes with icing grates are made for storing them. The custom-designed hardtop with wrap-around electronics mounting surfaces, the stable, dry, deep-v ride, and the Boston Whaler quality are standard.
Of course, if every member of your family is a blood and guts fisherman, the 27' Offshore would make a great family boat. But since from our own family experiences we know that very few families are that fortunate, we'd also like to introduce to you the new 27' Walkaround. Its fresh and salt water sink, two huge fish boxes with icing grates and macerators, and a convenient walk-through transom with integral live bait well will let you fish with the best of them. But below decks it has such family-oriented niceties as room to sleep four, including an aft athwartships berth you can get to from the cockpit or the cabin, full galley, dinette, and an enclosed head compartment.
Two models which aren't new, but which have been fine-tuned to make them even better, are the 17' Outrage and the Whaler 31L. The movement of the 32-gallon fuel tank to the belly of the Outrage and its enhanced stowage areas make it a very fishable and functional center console. The 1991 Whaler 31L is a no compromise inboard sportfisherman that will let you do some comfortable cruising. Powered by twin 300 hp diesels, the 31L has a standard 313 gallon fuel tank.
- Whaler 31L
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The 31L has a white hull complemented by black detail. Its huge cockpit has been called a serious fisherman's dream. But the most striking feature of the 31L's many new features is the cabin's redesigned contemporary interior styling with Corian™ counter tops and oak trim. A double bunk is forward, and the dinette converts to another double. The full-size head includes a shower.
Proof that we haven't just been making paper airplanes out of the reader surveys some of you have filled out for us lately—surveys that included our questions about what you think we could do to improve Boston Whaler—we're now offering two new options that Sport and Montauk owners asked for. They are a Sport GLS seat back and cushion set, including forward and aft thwart seat cushions, console seat back cushion, and stern seat back cushion; and a Montauk stern seat, with a full width cushioned seat and seat back.
These new models, upgrades, and options signal that the 90's will be a decade of change for Boston Whaler. But we can promise you that throughout the decade some things will remain as they always have been. Boston Whaler hulls will remain unsinkable. Boston Whaler quality will remain unbeatable.
From the lead article of the 12-page January 1991 "Whaler News, A Newsletter for Boston Whaler owner."