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Monty684 posted 12-23-2012 07:16 PM ET (US)
Would anyone here support a change.org petition to re-issue the classic 13 and 15 hulls? I'd love to get a new 15 with a 75 and sell my 13 with the 50. I got to run an old 15 again this summer, it is really a nice rig and a little more versatile in the water in my opinion.
Jefecinco posted 12-23-2012 07:28 PM ET (US)
There seems to be a good supply of excellent to good 13s available for restoration or just renovation. Why pay the price a newly made 13 would have to fetch for Boston Whaler to begin building them again.
I have a 1981 13 Sport that I use and I intend to renovate it as my spare time permits. Eventually I'll replace the wood but the gel coat requires some attention first. The first thig I'll porbably do it put a new rub rail on the hull in conjunction with a rewire. I'll be using a current thick rubber rub rail so this will be a renovation rather than a restore.
I have no experience of 15s other than seeing them.
Butch
Mambo Minnow posted 12-24-2012 12:03 PM ET (US)
Not going to happen, best bet is to get a 50 th Anniversary edition 13 sport
Spuds posted 12-27-2012 01:37 PM ET (US)
Why stop with the 13 and 15?
I say petition to bring back the classic 18, 22 and 25's.
I keep looking at "modern" versions of these sizes and can't believe:
1. How little deck space you get in the "modern" versions,
2. And some of them are just so ugly that no self respecting fish would want to be landed and have it's picture taken on a boat with such hideous lines. :^D
Jefecinco posted 12-27-2012 07:22 PM ET (US)
Not really on topic, but I was looking through the 2013 Boston Whaler Brochure received in the mail this AM and found several models are now offered in a Desert Tan hull color.
Is this a small step in the direction you want to see?
Butch
Monty684 posted 12-28-2012 12:53 PM ET (US)
I still think this is a good idea. I'd get a new 'old' 13 and 15 i think.
Maybe I should just rehab my 13 hull. I runs fine and just got a brand new 50 for her last year, I'm just worried to death about water in the hull though. I would do a wood replacement, but I think that messes up the unibond.
Monty684 posted 12-28-2012 12:56 PM ET (US)
Butch - I kinda like the look of the new ones and they look like nice boats...but double the weight is a serious detraction.
I'm at a crossroads right now anyways. The 13 fits 2 comfortably and does all I need in a gas-sipping package...but I have to decide if I want a bigger 'party boat' to go out on the lakes with 4-6 friends or a fishing boat...not sure if you can really have both.
...now if my family would finally pull the trigger on a lakehouse, this all would be a non-issue and I could have storage space for everything!
Hilinercc posted 01-03-2013 07:40 AM ET (US)
As much as I agree with you that the new Whalers are mere shadows of their former selfs, as soon as Brunswick let the Sea Ray guys into the Whaler plant they got it in their heads everything they build should look like a Sea Ray.
My neighbor has a 230 Conquest and it looks like a big bath tub (no offense to Conquest owners here), big ol' Sea Ray Euro-Stern. He never uses it, sits on the lift year in, year out.
I sure miss the ld "Rockland MA" Whalers. Thank goodness there are guys here that keep 'em going.
Jefecinco posted 01-03-2013 10:02 AM ET (US)
At least there is nothing SeaRayish about the post classic Montauks.
Butch
wezie posted 01-03-2013 11:32 AM ET (US)
A great business opportunity.
You find the money for the business, find the moulds and produce a few to get the bugs out and a few people will look at them and ooh and ahh and not buy a very dated design at a very not dated price.
There will also be a lot of pictures and several strings about how great they are and how every one else should love and buy one.
Good Luck!

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Author	Topic: Change.org for re-issues?
Monty684	posted 12-23-2012 07:16 PM ET (US) Would anyone here support a change.org petition to re-issue the classic 13 and 15 hulls? I'd love to get a new 15 with a 75 and sell my 13 with the 50. I got to run an old 15 again this summer, it is really a nice rig and a little more versatile in the water in my opinion.
Jefecinco	posted 12-23-2012 07:28 PM ET (US) There seems to be a good supply of excellent to good 13s available for restoration or just renovation. Why pay the price a newly made 13 would have to fetch for Boston Whaler to begin building them again. I have a 1981 13 Sport that I use and I intend to renovate it as my spare time permits. Eventually I'll replace the wood but the gel coat requires some attention first. The first thig I'll porbably do it put a new rub rail on the hull in conjunction with a rewire. I'll be using a current thick rubber rub rail so this will be a renovation rather than a restore. I have no experience of 15s other than seeing them. Butch
Mambo Minnow	posted 12-24-2012 12:03 PM ET (US) Not going to happen, best bet is to get a 50 th Anniversary edition 13 sport
Spuds	posted 12-27-2012 01:37 PM ET (US) Why stop with the 13 and 15? I say petition to bring back the classic 18, 22 and 25's. I keep looking at "modern" versions of these sizes and can't believe: 1. How little deck space you get in the "modern" versions, 2. And some of them are just so ugly that no self respecting fish would want to be landed and have it's picture taken on a boat with such hideous lines. :^D
Jefecinco	posted 12-27-2012 07:22 PM ET (US) Not really on topic, but I was looking through the 2013 Boston Whaler Brochure received in the mail this AM and found several models are now offered in a Desert Tan hull color. Is this a small step in the direction you want to see? Butch
Monty684	posted 12-28-2012 12:53 PM ET (US) I still think this is a good idea. I'd get a new 'old' 13 and 15 i think. Maybe I should just rehab my 13 hull. I runs fine and just got a brand new 50 for her last year, I'm just worried to death about water in the hull though. I would do a wood replacement, but I think that messes up the unibond.
Monty684	posted 12-28-2012 12:56 PM ET (US) Butch - I kinda like the look of the new ones and they look like nice boats...but double the weight is a serious detraction. I'm at a crossroads right now anyways. The 13 fits 2 comfortably and does all I need in a gas-sipping package...but I have to decide if I want a bigger 'party boat' to go out on the lakes with 4-6 friends or a fishing boat...not sure if you can really have both. ...now if my family would finally pull the trigger on a lakehouse, this all would be a non-issue and I could have storage space for everything!
Hilinercc	posted 01-03-2013 07:40 AM ET (US) As much as I agree with you that the new Whalers are mere shadows of their former selfs, as soon as Brunswick let the Sea Ray guys into the Whaler plant they got it in their heads everything they build should look like a Sea Ray. My neighbor has a 230 Conquest and it looks like a big bath tub (no offense to Conquest owners here), big ol' Sea Ray Euro-Stern. He never uses it, sits on the lift year in, year out. I sure miss the ld "Rockland MA" Whalers. Thank goodness there are guys here that keep 'em going.
Jefecinco	posted 01-03-2013 10:02 AM ET (US) At least there is nothing SeaRayish about the post classic Montauks. Butch
wezie	posted 01-03-2013 11:32 AM ET (US) A great business opportunity. You find the money for the business, find the moulds and produce a few to get the bugs out and a few people will look at them and ooh and ahh and not buy a very dated design at a very not dated price. There will also be a lot of pictures and several strings about how great they are and how every one else should love and buy one. Good Luck!