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jimh posted 07-09-2014 03:00 PM ET (US)
We have from time to time remarked about the appearance of a Boston Whaler boat in various movies, ranging from incidental and brief shots to starring roles. In that vein, I have to report a new sighting.
The TNT cable channel new series THE LAST SHIP utilized a c.1970 Boston Whaler OUTRAGE powered by an OMC outboard engine as a key element in the story line in last night's episode. The old OUTRAGE shows up about 32-minutes into the show.
I can't say for certain if it's a 21-foot or a 19-foot OUTRAGE. The console is molded fiberglass. There is a close up of the Morse top-mount throttle control. A view of the Starboard stern quarter shows a name "MARINA 1". The scene occurs at night, but when the boat is illuminated in a search light, it appears to have rather nice blue and white upholstery and trim.
The boat is piloted by two Navy officers, man and woman, who apparently have a love interest (of course, to add to the drama). As they approach a large hostile warship at full speed on a very dark night, from the Outrage they are able to shoot and kill quite a few of the ship's crew who are firing at them with automatic weapons from an elevated position with several searchlights clearly illuminating the small boat. The Whaler and its crew incurs no damage from this barrage of fire, and shooting into the blinding light, kill many of the crew on the warship. About 100-feet from the ship, the Whaler crew jumps overboard, the Whaler carries on, colliding with the warship, setting off an explosive charge hidden in the stern of the Whaler. This breaches the hull of the warship, kills a lot of crew, but leaves the two swimmers unharmed. Apparently being in the water about 100-feet from a huge explosive charge strong enought to penetrate an armored warship hull provides the two Navy folks complete protection.
A few minutes later in the drama the two are back aboard their ship, which was trapped in the main harbor by the presence of this other warship, but in an amazing maneuver has escaped by using a shallow and narrow back channel to the sea and blasting its way out through large coral reefs with torpedos. The ship had launched a rescue boat, which apparently snuck in at high speed, under cover of darkness, and rescued the two Navy folks from the water within 100-feet of the other warship, all without being seen or being fired upon.
By the way, in the process of channel blasting and escaping through the narrow channel, the hull of the Navy ship scraps along the rocks and coral. Unlike the real world COSTA CONCORDIA which was ripped open like a tin can by such a maneuver, the Navy ship is completely unharmed.
While all this is going on, the other warship is completely fooled into thinking the Navy ship is still on station in the main harbor, due to a roll of aluminum foil having been rigged between two small stands with some duct tape which we are told gives the same radar signature to the other warship.
As you might sense, the plot for THE LAST SHIP is riddled with many inconsistencies which require complete abandonment of rational thought by viewers. This is a show that only a seven-year-old can love. I don't recommend the show. Last night's episode will probably be the last one I watch. But I did want to mention the Boston Whaler boat.
Whalrman posted 07-09-2014 08:21 PM ET (US)
I think there is a 17 foot Montauk in "The Dome" by Steven King
Dave Sutton posted 07-09-2014 09:54 PM ET (US)
It's a real shame the TV production is so far fetched, as the novel of the same name is an absolutely excellent read. The writing style of the author has been compared to a modern Hermann Melville, and it's a superb sea story.

Dave
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whalerdude posted 07-09-2014 11:33 PM ET (US)
My favorite Whaler Movie scene was the Outrage 22 being chased through the canals ov Venice. The engine sound was fake though :(
deepwater posted 07-09-2014 11:43 PM ET (US)
Yep it was a Montauk ^@^,,,for you max
pete r posted 07-10-2014 07:37 AM ET (US)
Maybe that was the one I saw in Venice recently.
Probably left there after movie, and donated to tne local coast guard
EJO posted 07-10-2014 08:09 AM ET (US)
yea and the local coast guard found out they were a lot more stable and faster than a gondola and drafted less than the beautiful wooden inboards over there..
Hoosier posted 07-10-2014 08:40 AM ET (US)
That Whaler scene in Venice was in the remake of "The Italian Job" in case you want to go find it. It was some really neat boat handling but I doubt even a Whaler could survive having a store safe dropped into it from the second floor...
Hilinercc posted 07-10-2014 11:43 AM ET (US)
Lets not forget that Bruce Willis/Sarah Jessica Parker Movie from the 90's about two Pittsburgh Water Cops on the Ohio River.
I don't remember the name of the movie, but they were tooling around in a 25 Outrage with twin 150 Ocean Pros.
Frazier's dad was in it as a retired Pittburgh cop who owned an old mohagany Chris Craft Capri, and the bad guy who was killing women was "Eldon" from Murphy Brown.
There was a big chase scene at the end of the movie between the Whaler and the old Chris.
jimh posted 07-10-2014 11:47 AM ET (US)
Dave--Thanks for the endorsement of the book, THE LAST SHIP. It sounds like a good book to read on a summer cruise.
The TV series appears to have obtained considerable cooperation from the Navy of the USA, as there are many great shots of the modern warship--really the title character in this saga--underway at high speed, throwing a massive wake. I don't think these are computer-generated graphics. They are shot from an aerial camera making a very close fly-by, and I suspect there were some serious discussions about that approach to filming.
It is very rare that a book author can retain much creative control over the adaptation of his work to film, and book authors are some of the harshest critics of the films that are made from their works. Even the universally acclaimed DAS BOOT, the greatest submarine movie ever made, did not receive favorable endorsement from its book author, Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
mkelly posted 07-10-2014 03:51 PM ET (US)
I'm embarrassed to report this as I have only seen snippets of Baywatch, but on one occasion as I was surfing by, I noticed Kathy Ireland commanding an Outrage Cuddy. I think it was Baywatch, again don't be too rough on me.
masbama posted 07-10-2014 06:14 PM ET (US)
Plenty of classic whaler hulls in "Jaws".
contender posted 07-10-2014 06:26 PM ET (US)
old favorite, Flipper the kids went around in a 13 whaler, a lot of it film here on Key Biscayne Fla.
Jeff posted 07-11-2014 12:29 AM ET (US)
Striking Distance was the Bruce Willis movie.
martyn1075 posted 07-11-2014 03:36 AM ET (US)
Jaws: The Revenge. 18 outrage (without front rails) and a 13 sport. Both were in the same scene at one point.

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jimh	posted 07-09-2014 03:00 PM ET (US) We have from time to time remarked about the appearance of a Boston Whaler boat in various movies, ranging from incidental and brief shots to starring roles. In that vein, I have to report a new sighting. The TNT cable channel new series THE LAST SHIP utilized a c.1970 Boston Whaler OUTRAGE powered by an OMC outboard engine as a key element in the story line in last night's episode. The old OUTRAGE shows up about 32-minutes into the show. I can't say for certain if it's a 21-foot or a 19-foot OUTRAGE. The console is molded fiberglass. There is a close up of the Morse top-mount throttle control. A view of the Starboard stern quarter shows a name "MARINA 1". The scene occurs at night, but when the boat is illuminated in a search light, it appears to have rather nice blue and white upholstery and trim. The boat is piloted by two Navy officers, man and woman, who apparently have a love interest (of course, to add to the drama). As they approach a large hostile warship at full speed on a very dark night, from the Outrage they are able to shoot and kill quite a few of the ship's crew who are firing at them with automatic weapons from an elevated position with several searchlights clearly illuminating the small boat. The Whaler and its crew incurs no damage from this barrage of fire, and shooting into the blinding light, kill many of the crew on the warship. About 100-feet from the ship, the Whaler crew jumps overboard, the Whaler carries on, colliding with the warship, setting off an explosive charge hidden in the stern of the Whaler. This breaches the hull of the warship, kills a lot of crew, but leaves the two swimmers unharmed. Apparently being in the water about 100-feet from a huge explosive charge strong enought to penetrate an armored warship hull provides the two Navy folks complete protection. A few minutes later in the drama the two are back aboard their ship, which was trapped in the main harbor by the presence of this other warship, but in an amazing maneuver has escaped by using a shallow and narrow back channel to the sea and blasting its way out through large coral reefs with torpedos. The ship had launched a rescue boat, which apparently snuck in at high speed, under cover of darkness, and rescued the two Navy folks from the water within 100-feet of the other warship, all without being seen or being fired upon. By the way, in the process of channel blasting and escaping through the narrow channel, the hull of the Navy ship scraps along the rocks and coral. Unlike the real world COSTA CONCORDIA which was ripped open like a tin can by such a maneuver, the Navy ship is completely unharmed. While all this is going on, the other warship is completely fooled into thinking the Navy ship is still on station in the main harbor, due to a roll of aluminum foil having been rigged between two small stands with some duct tape which we are told gives the same radar signature to the other warship. As you might sense, the plot for THE LAST SHIP is riddled with many inconsistencies which require complete abandonment of rational thought by viewers. This is a show that only a seven-year-old can love. I don't recommend the show. Last night's episode will probably be the last one I watch. But I did want to mention the Boston Whaler boat.
Whalrman	posted 07-09-2014 08:21 PM ET (US) I think there is a 17 foot Montauk in "The Dome" by Steven King
Dave Sutton	posted 07-09-2014 09:54 PM ET (US) It's a real shame the TV production is so far fetched, as the novel of the same name is an absolutely excellent read. The writing style of the author has been compared to a modern Hermann Melville, and it's a superb sea story. Dave .
whalerdude	posted 07-09-2014 11:33 PM ET (US) My favorite Whaler Movie scene was the Outrage 22 being chased through the canals ov Venice. The engine sound was fake though :(
deepwater	posted 07-09-2014 11:43 PM ET (US) Yep it was a Montauk ^@^,,,for you max
pete r	posted 07-10-2014 07:37 AM ET (US) Maybe that was the one I saw in Venice recently. Probably left there after movie, and donated to tne local coast guard
EJO	posted 07-10-2014 08:09 AM ET (US) yea and the local coast guard found out they were a lot more stable and faster than a gondola and drafted less than the beautiful wooden inboards over there..
Hoosier	posted 07-10-2014 08:40 AM ET (US) That Whaler scene in Venice was in the remake of "The Italian Job" in case you want to go find it. It was some really neat boat handling but I doubt even a Whaler could survive having a store safe dropped into it from the second floor...
Hilinercc	posted 07-10-2014 11:43 AM ET (US) Lets not forget that Bruce Willis/Sarah Jessica Parker Movie from the 90's about two Pittsburgh Water Cops on the Ohio River. I don't remember the name of the movie, but they were tooling around in a 25 Outrage with twin 150 Ocean Pros. Frazier's dad was in it as a retired Pittburgh cop who owned an old mohagany Chris Craft Capri, and the bad guy who was killing women was "Eldon" from Murphy Brown. There was a big chase scene at the end of the movie between the Whaler and the old Chris.
jimh	posted 07-10-2014 11:47 AM ET (US) Dave--Thanks for the endorsement of the book, THE LAST SHIP. It sounds like a good book to read on a summer cruise. The TV series appears to have obtained considerable cooperation from the Navy of the USA, as there are many great shots of the modern warship--really the title character in this saga--underway at high speed, throwing a massive wake. I don't think these are computer-generated graphics. They are shot from an aerial camera making a very close fly-by, and I suspect there were some serious discussions about that approach to filming. It is very rare that a book author can retain much creative control over the adaptation of his work to film, and book authors are some of the harshest critics of the films that are made from their works. Even the universally acclaimed DAS BOOT, the greatest submarine movie ever made, did not receive favorable endorsement from its book author, Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
mkelly	posted 07-10-2014 03:51 PM ET (US) I'm embarrassed to report this as I have only seen snippets of Baywatch, but on one occasion as I was surfing by, I noticed Kathy Ireland commanding an Outrage Cuddy. I think it was Baywatch, again don't be too rough on me.
masbama	posted 07-10-2014 06:14 PM ET (US) Plenty of classic whaler hulls in "Jaws".
contender	posted 07-10-2014 06:26 PM ET (US) old favorite, Flipper the kids went around in a 13 whaler, a lot of it film here on Key Biscayne Fla.
Jeff	posted 07-11-2014 12:29 AM ET (US) Striking Distance was the Bruce Willis movie.
martyn1075	posted 07-11-2014 03:36 AM ET (US) Jaws: The Revenge. 18 outrage (without front rails) and a 13 sport. Both were in the same scene at one point.