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jay18 posted 01-27-2013 05:14 PM ET (US)
Was the Whaler Drive on an [1989 25-foot Boston Whaler boat] made by Boston Whaler? Or, was it possibly outsourced? My Whaler Drive does not appear to have the same finish as the rest of mine or other Whalers I am accustomed to.
Tom W Clark posted 01-27-2013 07:29 PM ET (US)
The Whaler Drive is pretty obviously a Whaler product, made with the same foam-filled Unibond construction process.
Starting in 1991, under new ownership by Reebok, Whaler introduced some new models that they called Whaler Drive but which used aluminum brackets made by Saltshaker Marine. But in 1989 there was only one Whaler Drive.
Tom W Clark posted 01-27-2013 07:34 PM ET (US)
http://s1287.beta.photobucket.com/user/Jayachomeau/media/ 1989%20Revenge%2025%20WD/IMG_0287_zps75ea9490.jpg.html
This is a real Whaler Drive made by Whaler.
What is different about the finish?
jay18 posted 01-28-2013 08:45 AM ET (US)
Thanks. The gel coat does not match well with the transom, and the non-skid-to-gel-coat seam seems a bit rough. It just does not match up for some reason. Perhaps they were sprayed at a different time and place and then married together on the production line.
jimh posted 01-28-2013 09:02 AM ET (US)
It would be completely normal that the boat hull would be laid up at a different time than the Whaler Drive would be laid up. I don't think the production schedule would require they be built simultaneously.
As for a difference in place, around 1988 or 1989 Boston Whaler had two production facilities, one in Rockland, Massachusets and one in Edgewater, Florida. It is possible that the hull could have been molded in one facility and the Whaler Drive in another, but I don't have any basis to say that, other than it is perhaps a possibility.
I think it is more likely that exposure to sunlight in the 23 or 24 years since the boat was produced might have caused a change in the color of the gel coat. Maybe the hull was covered at some point while the Whaler Drive was exposed to sunlight.
It is also possible that the particular batches of resin used to make the two components were not precisely identical in color or tolerance to UV exposure.

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Author	Topic: Whaler Drive by Boston Whaler
jay18	posted 01-27-2013 05:14 PM ET (US) Was the Whaler Drive on an [1989 25-foot Boston Whaler boat] made by Boston Whaler? Or, was it possibly outsourced? My Whaler Drive does not appear to have the same finish as the rest of mine or other Whalers I am accustomed to.
Tom W Clark	posted 01-27-2013 07:29 PM ET (US) The Whaler Drive is pretty obviously a Whaler product, made with the same foam-filled Unibond construction process. Starting in 1991, under new ownership by Reebok, Whaler introduced some new models that they called Whaler Drive but which used aluminum brackets made by Saltshaker Marine. But in 1989 there was only one Whaler Drive.
Tom W Clark	posted 01-27-2013 07:34 PM ET (US) http://s1287.beta.photobucket.com/user/Jayachomeau/media/ 1989%20Revenge%2025%20WD/IMG_0287_zps75ea9490.jpg.html This is a real Whaler Drive made by Whaler. What is different about the finish?
jay18	posted 01-28-2013 08:45 AM ET (US) Thanks. The gel coat does not match well with the transom, and the non-skid-to-gel-coat seam seems a bit rough. It just does not match up for some reason. Perhaps they were sprayed at a different time and place and then married together on the production line.
jimh	posted 01-28-2013 09:02 AM ET (US) It would be completely normal that the boat hull would be laid up at a different time than the Whaler Drive would be laid up. I don't think the production schedule would require they be built simultaneously. As for a difference in place, around 1988 or 1989 Boston Whaler had two production facilities, one in Rockland, Massachusets and one in Edgewater, Florida. It is possible that the hull could have been molded in one facility and the Whaler Drive in another, but I don't have any basis to say that, other than it is perhaps a possibility. I think it is more likely that exposure to sunlight in the 23 or 24 years since the boat was produced might have caused a change in the color of the gel coat. Maybe the hull was covered at some point while the Whaler Drive was exposed to sunlight. It is also possible that the particular batches of resin used to make the two components were not precisely identical in color or tolerance to UV exposure.