posted 07-27-2010 08:56 PM ET (US)        

While there I had the opportunity to get quite a bit of boating in including some time with smaller E-TEC outboards.

My father-in-law in Maine has a crappy 16' Logic he keeps on his float on the Kennebec River. It had been powered for years with a classic two stroke Johnson 40. When we arrived this year I discovered he had it re-powered with a new E-TEC 40 and I have to say, it is a very compact, quiet and clean little motor. It made puttering up and down the River MUCH more comfortable.

We then travelled down to East Dennis on Cape Cod. My brother-in-law and his brothers are avid boatniks and have a stable of Whalers including an old Rib Sided Outrage 21. They acquired it last summer with a dead Evinrude 150 and galvanized trailer for $2,250. They have spent some time this fixing it up and getting a V-4 Yamaha 115 they had lying around, tuned and running well.

They happened to come across a 2008 E-TEC 90 with only 10 hours on it for sale locally and decided to purchase it for the Outrage.

It is great power for that boat, very light weight and plenty powerful enough for their purposes. With three large guys it will pop on plane instantaneously and tops out at 34 MPH with a 13" pitch Stiletto Advantage I bought for it. It seemed to like cruising about 28-30 MPH at 4500 RPM.

Here are some photos of the combination:

http://home.comcast.net/~tomwclark/21Outrage_III_ETEC90.jpg

posted 07-27-2010 09:03 PM ET (US)            

Great photos! She is a real beauty.

posted 07-27-2010 09:57 PM ET (US)            

Looks like it was given the love it needed! Great to see that the boat will be enjoyed for many more years.

posted 07-27-2010 10:26 PM ET (US)            

Great shots. Rare console. Didn't it come with a canvas type windscreen that was attached to the grab rails?

posted 07-28-2010 11:40 AM ET (US)            

I'm curious, Tom: you say that your wife's brothers are all into boating; are you the influence that caused them to become interested in Whalers, or were they always there? They've sure done an amazing job with that beautiful dump truck, and I think I sense a touch of your fine Italian hand in the quality of work.

posted 07-29-2010 12:03 AM ET (US)            

Thanks for posting the picture links. The guys did a great job on her. I love those old ribsides.

posted 07-29-2010 11:05 PM ET (US)            

Don -- Yes, the 21' Outrage III had a laced-on canvas windscreen and this boat will have one again; their canvas guy is working on it along with covers for the console and seat.

Bob -- i was really smitten with this boat. It handles like an enormous Montauk; lots of room and very stable at rest. It takes regular wind waves fine so long as you do not quarter them but it is miserable in any kind of confused sea as you will find on busy lakes and inlets with lots of boat wakes.

Greg -- While we were in East Denis we had a sail on a recently modified Marshal Cat 18 my brother-in-law worked on this winter. They cut the cabin off of it and made it a day sailer that can easily accommodate twelve in it enormous cockpit. It is moored just off the Dennis Yacht Club.

Tony -- My brother-in-law, whose name is also Tom, makes me look like a lubber. He and his brothers have been boating since day one. Like all excellent boaters, they are not power boaters, they are not sailors, they are boaters who enjoy all aspects of boating and the water, whether it be a Hobie 16 or their restored 53' Huckins.

All of them race sailboats and Tom was at one time World Champion in the Star Class. He most recently sailed with his daughter two weekends ago in a regatta in Barnstable Harbor in their classic Rhodes 19.

Tom, like me, is much younger than his siblings. The day he was born their father bought the family's first Boston Whaler, a Sport 13.

posted 07-30-2010 12:32 PM ET (US)            

Has your brother-in-law experienced any problems with the way that console is attached to the deck? An older, local 16 (I think it was a "between" model, had the 16 hull, but had a tan factory interior gelcoat) had the same type console. It's been in the same family for decades and one problem a family member mentioned was the attachment point seemed to be the weak link, always getting loose and wobbly.

posted 08-01-2010 01:48 PM ET (US)            

Don -- The model you are thinking of is the Cohasset, the predecessor of the Montauk. It used the same fiberglass console shells as the Outrage III but was furnished with no windscreen and a different grab rail. See:

http://home.comcast.net/~tomwclark/answer.html

vs.

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/yachtingEyesABoat.html

They have not had any trouble with the console yet. Remember they just got it put back together last fall and I am sure they reinforced the attachment of the console. Because the base is so small, there is considerably more uplift force when the console is leaned upon compared to the wider base of a Montauk or Outrage standard console.

Larry -- Yes, the pilot seat is a hybrid. When they bought the boat it had it original fiberglass base (which would have originally had a Pompanette cushioned seat on top) and it also had a loose teak back rest from an RPS and a pair of stainless steel pivot frames kicking around inside. Like the rest of the boat, these parts were a dirty, weathered mess. It is amazing to see how they shine now.

But that is not the only departure from the original configuration. Note the helm. Originally this boat had the helm mounted on the aft vertical face of the console. What these guys have done is mount a new Teleflex BayStar helm on the angled dash area which effectively raised the steering wheel quite a bit and makes it much more comfortable for tall guys like us.

posted 08-01-2010 11:10 PM ET (US)            

...and I do not understand "boatniks in the worst way." Shouldn't that be "best?"

posted 01-21-2011 12:58 PM ET (US)            

Wonderful, beautiful classic. These type of posts, pictures of project Whales that have been brought back are my favoriate part of CW.

Evinrude looks great too.

Thanks for taking the time to post