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striperfishing posted 12-28-2008 07:09 PM ET (US)
So I've been trying to restore an old 1960-something 13' Whaler for awhile now. Had to do major fiberglass work which included cutting away and repairing a huge fracture in the left side, and rebuilding the bow. Now comes the decision on what to power the boat with. I bought a '73 25hp Johnson short shaft to start but it seems to have a leeking lower unit due to the puddle of fluid i discovered was collecting on the ground below the prop. I currently have a '90-something Evinrude 30hp 20" shaft that hasn't run in 10+ years. What are my options with this motor because i think the 25hp is too small. Can i put the 20" shaft Evinrude on the boat despite the 15" transom of the boat? Should i buy a jack-plate? Any info would be greatly appreciated, and any other info about the boat I should know about would be helpful, Thank you.
skred posted 12-29-2008 11:10 AM ET (US)
There's a 5-inch transom extender available at:
http://www.trmarine.com/cat.html
It's about $50.00. Used one on my brother's boat - works great!
charing posted 12-30-2008 07:58 AM ET (US)
I am also in the process of restoring a 1960-something thirteen-foot Sport, hull number 2559. I would like to be able to date her more accurately than the guess offered by the factory, and the 1958-1961 time span offered by other historians. Are you aware of any evidence of your boat being a 1960 Boston Whaler? And most interestingly, have you identified your hull number? I am very interested in hearing from other members who have similar information and can enlighten me to the production year and date of my boat.

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Author	Topic: Old 13' Project
striperfishing	posted 12-28-2008 07:09 PM ET (US) So I've been trying to restore an old 1960-something 13' Whaler for awhile now. Had to do major fiberglass work which included cutting away and repairing a huge fracture in the left side, and rebuilding the bow. Now comes the decision on what to power the boat with. I bought a '73 25hp Johnson short shaft to start but it seems to have a leeking lower unit due to the puddle of fluid i discovered was collecting on the ground below the prop. I currently have a '90-something Evinrude 30hp 20" shaft that hasn't run in 10+ years. What are my options with this motor because i think the 25hp is too small. Can i put the 20" shaft Evinrude on the boat despite the 15" transom of the boat? Should i buy a jack-plate? Any info would be greatly appreciated, and any other info about the boat I should know about would be helpful, Thank you.
skred	posted 12-29-2008 11:10 AM ET (US) There's a 5-inch transom extender available at: http://www.trmarine.com/cat.html It's about $50.00. Used one on my brother's boat - works great!
charing	posted 12-30-2008 07:58 AM ET (US) I am also in the process of restoring a 1960-something thirteen-foot Sport, hull number 2559. I would like to be able to date her more accurately than the guess offered by the factory, and the 1958-1961 time span offered by other historians. Are you aware of any evidence of your boat being a 1960 Boston Whaler? And most interestingly, have you identified your hull number? I am very interested in hearing from other members who have similar information and can enlighten me to the production year and date of my boat.