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Timberdoodle77 posted 12-23-2011 06:39 PM ET (US)
I recently purchased a 1963 13-foot [Boston Whaler boat] with a trailer. The trailer appears to be of about the same vintage and seems to have been made to fit the [Boston Whaler] hull. [The trailer] is tan in color, has heavy metal fenders with small step pads, and the ratchet mechanism is encased with a metal shroud. The trailer has no registration and the seller did not know anything about the trailer's history. Did [the Boston Whaler company] make trailers in that era? Did they have trailers made? [Did Boston Whaler have trailers made] for them by another company? With the little info I have supplied, can anyone [identify the manufacturer of] this trailer? Thanks.
contender posted 12-23-2011 07:06 PM ET (US)
I can not remember [the Boston Whaler company] making a trailer, and, depending on where the [Boston Whaler boat] was purchased, local trailer dealers supplied the trailers. A couple early trailer company [names] I can think of in South Floria [are] Murry, Seminole, and Horizon. I know there were others.
jimh posted 12-23-2011 08:59 PM ET (US)
To the best of my knowledge Boston Whaler did not make trailers.
You posted this article in triplicate. The two other articles you started on this topic have been deleted. Please do not post your articles in triplicate.
jimh posted 12-23-2011 09:04 PM ET (US)
You ought to provide a digital image of the trailer. If you want to solicit help in identifying a particular brand of trailer, please provide a digital image of the trailer so that readers can see the trailer. It is much easier to identify the manufacturer of the trailer if readers can see it. Just post a link to an online resource where we can see the trailer. It will help identify the trailer.
Many Boston Whaler boats in the 1960's were delivered on Tee-Nee trailers.
jimh posted 12-23-2011 09:33 PM ET (US)
I don't understand how the names of trailer manufacturers in South Florida in the 1960's would be exactly binding on Boston Whaler. In the 1960's Boston Whaler boats were made in Massachusetts. It is extremely unlikely that Boston Whaler would have partnered with a trailer manufacturer in South Florida. Also, in the 1960 there was not much in South Florida other than a few orange groves and Jackie Gleason.
Almost all of the vendors associated with early c.1960 Boston Whaler boats were from the area around Massachusetts. Vendors like Wm. J. Mills & Sons Canvas of Greenport, New York, Art's Auto of Massachusetts, and old-line marine chandleries of New England supplied components for Boston Whaler boats.
The early sales of Boston Whaler boats were probably concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest. I don't recall any particularly special concentration of early c.1960 Boston Whaler boats being sold in Florida.
contender posted 12-23-2011 10:01 PM ET (US)
Jim: My father purchased a 13 Boston Whaler brand new (boat, engine, and canvas top) for me and my brothers in 1962. The dealer has long been gone and the same for the building, and now a road runs through were the building stood. My brother still has the Whaler stored in his garage but I know it needs a redo. I do remember the trailer being a white painted steel and I think is was a Murry (could be wrong) I believe my father even purchase an extra 6 gallon fuel tank with the boat. Another note I even remember being asked what kind of boat it was at the ramp because of the tri hull design (yes, maybe it was rare for down here I do not know). I also did not say that a trailer manufacturer team up with Boston Whaler but as I said there were different trailer manufacturers, and the dealer would just match the whaler with one of the trailers (who ever gave them the best deal) companies. None of the trailer companies I stated in the above thread are still in business.
IGN posted 12-24-2011 12:37 AM ET (US)
I don't know who makes them but in the last 3 or 4 years I have seen probably 4 or 5 trailers with the Boston Whaler logo on them and advertised as such. The have been on Craigs List in the Seattle area.

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Author	Topic: Identify Trailer By Narrative Description
Timberdoodle77	posted 12-23-2011 06:39 PM ET (US) I recently purchased a 1963 13-foot [Boston Whaler boat] with a trailer. The trailer appears to be of about the same vintage and seems to have been made to fit the [Boston Whaler] hull. [The trailer] is tan in color, has heavy metal fenders with small step pads, and the ratchet mechanism is encased with a metal shroud. The trailer has no registration and the seller did not know anything about the trailer's history. Did [the Boston Whaler company] make trailers in that era? Did they have trailers made? [Did Boston Whaler have trailers made] for them by another company? With the little info I have supplied, can anyone [identify the manufacturer of] this trailer? Thanks.
contender	posted 12-23-2011 07:06 PM ET (US) I can not remember [the Boston Whaler company] making a trailer, and, depending on where the [Boston Whaler boat] was purchased, local trailer dealers supplied the trailers. A couple early trailer company [names] I can think of in South Floria [are] Murry, Seminole, and Horizon. I know there were others.
jimh	posted 12-23-2011 08:59 PM ET (US) To the best of my knowledge Boston Whaler did not make trailers. You posted this article in triplicate. The two other articles you started on this topic have been deleted. Please do not post your articles in triplicate.
jimh	posted 12-23-2011 09:04 PM ET (US) You ought to provide a digital image of the trailer. If you want to solicit help in identifying a particular brand of trailer, please provide a digital image of the trailer so that readers can see the trailer. It is much easier to identify the manufacturer of the trailer if readers can see it. Just post a link to an online resource where we can see the trailer. It will help identify the trailer. Many Boston Whaler boats in the 1960's were delivered on Tee-Nee trailers.
jimh	posted 12-23-2011 09:33 PM ET (US) I don't understand how the names of trailer manufacturers in South Florida in the 1960's would be exactly binding on Boston Whaler. In the 1960's Boston Whaler boats were made in Massachusetts. It is extremely unlikely that Boston Whaler would have partnered with a trailer manufacturer in South Florida. Also, in the 1960 there was not much in South Florida other than a few orange groves and Jackie Gleason. Almost all of the vendors associated with early c.1960 Boston Whaler boats were from the area around Massachusetts. Vendors like Wm. J. Mills & Sons Canvas of Greenport, New York, Art's Auto of Massachusetts, and old-line marine chandleries of New England supplied components for Boston Whaler boats. The early sales of Boston Whaler boats were probably concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest. I don't recall any particularly special concentration of early c.1960 Boston Whaler boats being sold in Florida.
contender	posted 12-23-2011 10:01 PM ET (US) Jim: My father purchased a 13 Boston Whaler brand new (boat, engine, and canvas top) for me and my brothers in 1962. The dealer has long been gone and the same for the building, and now a road runs through were the building stood. My brother still has the Whaler stored in his garage but I know it needs a redo. I do remember the trailer being a white painted steel and I think is was a Murry (could be wrong) I believe my father even purchase an extra 6 gallon fuel tank with the boat. Another note I even remember being asked what kind of boat it was at the ramp because of the tri hull design (yes, maybe it was rare for down here I do not know). I also did not say that a trailer manufacturer team up with Boston Whaler but as I said there were different trailer manufacturers, and the dealer would just match the whaler with one of the trailers (who ever gave them the best deal) companies. None of the trailer companies I stated in the above thread are still in business.
IGN	posted 12-24-2011 12:37 AM ET (US) I don't know who makes them but in the last 3 or 4 years I have seen probably 4 or 5 trailers with the Boston Whaler logo on them and advertised as such. The have been on Craigs List in the Seattle area.