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bkovak posted 09-18-2014 08:34 AM ET (US)
This [link to a 3-minute 43-second recording showing a sawn-in-half Boston Whaler boat operating in Holland's canals and in the North Sea area] pretty much says it all ... : )
jimh posted 09-18-2014 10:00 AM ET (US)
I have often thought that the hulls which are sawn in half and used for these sorts of promotions are production hulls that failed to meet the quality standards for weight or porosity. Rather than discard them, they get sawn in half and given to dealers to use for promotions.
bkovak posted 09-18-2014 05:36 PM ET (US)
Jimh,
You could very well be right on that. I wonder how long one of these would last before the exposed foam becomes too waterlogged to get it up on plane properly. Looks like a fun ride though that I'm sure turns more than a few heads!
Brian
saumon posted 09-18-2014 08:39 PM ET (US)
My first thought when I saw that video was that they must have sealed the exposed foam with some kind of epoxy...
Jeff posted 09-18-2014 09:35 PM ET (US)
My first thought when I saw the video was the hull was grossly overpowered for it's given hull lenght no matter what the capacity says. : p
leadsled posted 09-19-2014 01:38 PM ET (US)
Jimh, I think your right about using defective boats for stuff like that. If the hull did not fill all the way up with foam and the void was too big they would not sell it. Behind the Norwell plant there were several 20-25 ft commercial hulls that I wanted to buy when I worked there but they would not sell me one. They ended up crushing them when they closed the plant. They towed a bare hull way offshore and fired 2500 50 cal rounds at it with 22 ft Whaler gun boats and it was still floating with 1600 holes in it. I bet that hull was defective out of the mold.

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Author	Topic: Unsinkable Legend Tour
bkovak	posted 09-18-2014 08:34 AM ET (US) This [link to a 3-minute 43-second recording showing a sawn-in-half Boston Whaler boat operating in Holland's canals and in the North Sea area] pretty much says it all ... : )
jimh	posted 09-18-2014 10:00 AM ET (US) I have often thought that the hulls which are sawn in half and used for these sorts of promotions are production hulls that failed to meet the quality standards for weight or porosity. Rather than discard them, they get sawn in half and given to dealers to use for promotions.
bkovak	posted 09-18-2014 05:36 PM ET (US) Jimh, You could very well be right on that. I wonder how long one of these would last before the exposed foam becomes too waterlogged to get it up on plane properly. Looks like a fun ride though that I'm sure turns more than a few heads! Brian
saumon	posted 09-18-2014 08:39 PM ET (US) My first thought when I saw that video was that they must have sealed the exposed foam with some kind of epoxy...
Jeff	posted 09-18-2014 09:35 PM ET (US) My first thought when I saw the video was the hull was grossly overpowered for it's given hull lenght no matter what the capacity says. : p
leadsled	posted 09-19-2014 01:38 PM ET (US) Jimh, I think your right about using defective boats for stuff like that. If the hull did not fill all the way up with foam and the void was too big they would not sell it. Behind the Norwell plant there were several 20-25 ft commercial hulls that I wanted to buy when I worked there but they would not sell me one. They ended up crushing them when they closed the plant. They towed a bare hull way offshore and fired 2500 50 cal rounds at it with 22 ft Whaler gun boats and it was still floating with 1600 holes in it. I bet that hull was defective out of the mold.