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Being in Michigan is an advantage for Whaler shopping. Your dollar is stronger, and there are plenty of boats. The nearest dealer to you may be Colony Marine. Go visit them at the Detroit Boat Show, going on right now. A MONTAUK and DAUNTLESS differ in a few areas: --the DAUNTLESS has an internal fu...

A two-hour drive is not particularly burdensome. I'd go see the boat in person. And go right now.

Used classic Boston Whaler MONTAUK 17 boats will sell very rapidly if they are in great condition, have a good engine and trailer, and are reasonably priced. Don't wait around.

If you are going to buy a new Boston Whaler boat, the first step is to find the local dealer. Check them out. See if you like them. You are going to be handing them a big check, and when I do that, I prefer to hand it to someone in whom I have some trust and feel like I can have a relationship. A Bo...

With an emphasis on the "small" in SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL, I want to mention a new technology that has been introduced by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP)--not in their EVINRUDE line of outboard engines but in their SKI-DOO line of snow-mobiles (or snow sleds or snow machines, as they...

The boat that was pictured in the temporary listing on a for-sale site was recognized by me to be an OUTRAGE 21 with the top cap removed.

The rubber hose for gasoline fuel delivery on boats changed in c.1987 to be alcohol resistant. The fuel hose should be clearly marked with the date of manufacture and the alcohol-resistant label. On a c.1992 boat there is no doubt that the hoses will be alcohol-resistant. A rubber fuel hose in servi...

MIKE' replies with the information I solicited: The upper holes are 2" below the transom... That is close to perfect. See the FAQ: The holes in the transom should be 1 and 7/8-inch below the top of the transom. In no case should they be closer than 1 and 3/4-inch to the top of the transom. The ...

On all small boats the distribution of weight like a 55-lbs battery affects the boat's trim, often quite substantially, depending on the hull form. There is no way to overcome the effects on the static trim, other than to redistribute the weight. It may be possible to correct for trim when underway ...

I believe that Spectrum Color just sells pre-tinted gel coat resin that they have mixed in colors in small batches to match Boston Whaler hull and deck gel coat colors to make small area repairs. If they are now selling complete hull repair kits, it would be good to mention more details about what i...

To follow up on the deadrise, here are comments I posted earlier in a prior discussion regarding measuring deadrise . I use a photometric analysis: Previously I measured the deadrise of the OUTRAGE V-20 hull using this same technique and found its deadrise to be 10.5°. I also measured my REVENGE 20 ...

See the FAQ on this topic. The FAQ has a lengthy and detailed answer on precisely your question: http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/FAQ/#Q8 If the lower transom engine mount holes clear the bottom of the splashwell, that is good. In order to offer cogent advice, more information from you is ...

There is a notion that a 2-inch change in pitch ought to reduce engine speed by about 400 to 500-RPM. You have observed a drop of 600-RPM. That is slightly more than expected, but later you moved the engine mounting height upward and saw only a reduction of 400-RPM. That is just about what would be ...

Re the MONTAUK in the listing: the condition of the boat looks quite good in the pictures. A 90-HP two-stroke-power-cycle engine is a good choice for the MONTAUK, and among older engines that Mercury 90-HP is a decent choice. The abrasion of the gel coat layer to reveal some underlying laminate laye...

In the four stages of the Blue Sea Systems P12 Battery Charger, the output is only voltage regulated in three of the stages: --BULK: apparently no voltage regulation used here as the charger is trying to push as much current into the battery as the battery can accept and as the charger can supply; t...

Your plan to have the batteries near their major loads is good. If you are worried about extra weight in the forepeak, there are now some lithium-ion 12-Volt DC batteries that have a much higher energy density than lead acid. Using them would reduce the weight compared to lead-acid for the same stor...

In electronics "escutheon" is often used to refer to a plate or panel surrounding a control that has the name of the function that the control operates. For example, on a rotary switch an escutcheon is often used to denote which position of the rotary switch controls what function. Here is...

VZE'--any informed and reasonable comments about any Boston Whaler boats ought to be useful. I don't quite understand your reluctance to offer written comments. But if you don't want to do that, that's fine, too.

I think you should take up the offer to confer with an owner of an OFFSHORE 27. There aren't that many of them to seek advice from.

Where will the trolling motor be installed?

Re Andy's comment about the OUTRAGE 20 hull being a derivative of the OUTRAGE 22 hull, but with the aft two-feet of running surface removed: This peculiar similarity between 20 and 22 has been mentioned many times, but I don't know if it is a fact or a legend. I don't know that anyone has taken care...

The following comments were posted in the other thread in reply to your request for information on this new topic of OUTRAGE hull similarity between 18 and 20-foot models by ANDY GERE; he commented: Billy B: A classic Outrage 20 is basically an Outrage 22 with 2 feet of hull length removed. The Outr...

The general design of the hulls of the classic Boston Whaler OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20 are similar. The OUTRAGE 20 has a wider beam, but I believe that its proportions are similar to the OUTRAGE 18, just scaled up a bit. As for deadrise angle at the stern, I don't know the exact values for either bo...

Earlier it was remarked that the SENTRY 19 would have two batteries in the forepeak for trolling motors. Where will the trolling motor be? I thought the SENTRY 19 had a closed foredeck, which would suggest the trolling motor must be a transom mounted motor. What is the forward deck configuration on ...

...[re the topic of locating the battery for a bow mounted trolling motor in the stern] the trolling motor has a 60 [Ampere] breaker so the continuous current is much less than a starter motor for a 150-HP engine. While a flow of 60-Amperes is less than the peak current anticipated when the electri...

For smaller boats, another Blue Sea Systems battery charger may be more applicable: the BatteryLink Charger. The BatteryLink Charger product is a designed for a two-battery system. It provides a dual charger output and an automatic combiner relay. The maximum output current is 10-Amperes. The chargi...

Thanks for the follow-up on your choice for trim tabs. I was hoping that you might choose the Volvo QL trim tabs, just on the basis of being curious about how you would install them. As I recall, the Volvo QL trim tabs generally need a rather large hole made in the transom so their electrical cable ...

...all...escutcheons that were on the 17...boats I owned...NEVER lead to open spaces under my decks... The escutcheon is not removeable--it cannot lead to anything and never will. An escutcheon surrounds the access plate in order to identify the function of the access plate. The access plate is rem...

That's a lot of snow. What is the latitude at your location?

Are there resources available for how the pros rig the boats? I don't know if any participants in this discussion are employed as professional boat riggers or professional boat captains. However, knowledge of the behavior of electricity or buoyancy is not strictly limited to those two categories of...

I believe that Boston Whaler Customer Service must have looked up your hull's STENCIL NUMBER in their old hand-written record books. You can see those old record books in a illustration to my article about a factory tour. See http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/factory.html You find this imag...

The term "thin-plate pure-lead" (TPPL) appears to refer to a special form of absorbed glass mat (AGM) lead-acid battery in which the thickness of the lead plates is reduced compared to normal construction. The thinning of the plate material allows for a higher number of plates to be used i...

The P12 Battery Charger from Blue Sea Systems may be the ultimate 120-Volt AC-operated 12-Volt-DC marine battery charger. The P12 can individually re-charge three 12-Volt batteries of similar type, providing a maximum total output current of 25-Amperes or 40-Amperes depending on model. The P12 Batte...

What model is your 1989 15-footer? I know you remarked it has a side console. See the REFERENCE section with model information for help in identification. I think the choices are SPORT, SUPER SPORT, SUPER SPORT LIMITED, and CENTER CONSOLE. Which one is it?

I used to have a 15-footer. The engine was an old two-stroke-power-cycle Mercury 50-HP. The top speed was around 34-MPH. The engine was a 1976, which perhaps was a power-head-rating of 50-HP, so you might consider that the power at the propeller was less, maybe 45-HP. Here is an appropriate discussi...

The New England Patriots are the Boston Whalers of the NFL; they are unsinkable. I admit I turned off the game early in the third-quarter when I thought the Patriots were sinking fast. I switched back just as overtime began. I could not believe they tied the game. Then winning it in overtime--even m...

Re filling those 1/16-inch-diameter holes by the hundreds: if you use an epoxy resin you should probably mix the resin with a low-density filler compound. Cured epoxy resin that is not mixed with a filler will be very hard, probably much harder than the old gel coat layer, and it would be likely tha...

With no prior experience working with fiberglass, I was able to accomplish very successful repairs of small abrasions and fill many, many empty mounting holes no longer needed. I used WEST System epoxy for the repairs. I used generic gel coat resin and some tints to make my own custom-color gel coat...

Re moving the engine cranking battery (and other 12-Volt batteries such as a house battery) to the forepeak of a boat: I have two problems with that proposal, on these general terms: --the primary load for the engine cranking battery is the engine's cranking motor, and the battery should be located ...

Hello Mike--welcome to the forum. The SPORT 15 is a great boat--perhaps the best 15-foot boat ever made. You will have a lot of fun with it. I just hope your back is up to the low seating.

With a stencil number of 558 you've certainly got an early 13-footer.

Images hosted here are limited in size. You can upload images to a photo-hosting site and then link to them. These modern digital camera now take images with massive file size.

The speed at which the town of Leland raised $200,000 for the purchase of their own dredge is quite impressive. I hope it works out for them. Having a complicated mechanical device like a dredge that you only run about one month each year could be a bit of maintenance headache. And I see now there's...

FINA--if I have this correct, you want opinions about how a 1996 BOSTON WHALER 19 OUTRAGE (as it is listed in the catalogue) compares to a classic c.1988 OUTRAGE 22 in its ride, and also if there are any drawbacks in a 1996 BOSTON WHALER 19 OUTRAGE compared to a c.1988 OUTRAGE 22. The first thing th...

John--your interpretation would make sense--except in this case the pier comes out from land at 90-degrees to shore, so there really is not a "port" side. In cases were the pier does have a side that is protected, I would refer to that as the "inside" or lee side of the pier, and...

The FCC still hasn't granted [certification] for these radios, and that's causing the delay in their coming to market.

The MONTAUK 17 is probably the most popular of all Boston Whaler boats, and certainly the most popular variation of the 17-foot hull. On that basis, a MONTAUK 17 is likely to retain more value as it ages due to its great popularity and the continued strong market for that model.

Phil--I don't think that is the boat that FINA is talking about. I don't think the classic OUTRAGE 19 II model you have shown was made in 1996. I appreciate your reply to help FINA gain information about the boat he wants to compare to a c.1988 OUTRAGE 22, but I think you've got the wrong boat. The ...

Note: FINA replied to the comments in this thread that he had the wrong boats in his initial posting. I moved his request for comments on different boats to a new thread.

Do you know where pics or posts are available? No--I don't. I'd have to use the SEARCH for the OLD FORUM to find them. Go to http://continuouswave.com/whaler/oldForum/ and use the search string there. That's what Phil did to find those threads. Try various search terms. As I recall, there is not a ...

There is one trend in modern life in America that is hard to ignore: the availability of and a strong market for products that are upscaled in price and appearance from what was once considered a standard level. In an age when it is now possible to spend $800,000 on a center console Boston Whaler bo...

Phil--thanks for your comments and for straightening out the model names. Regarding your proposal that an 19-foot Accutrak hull will have a better ride than a 22-foot classic Boston Whaler OUTRAGE hull, I think you might get some arguments in favor of the 22 inasmuch as its hull is three feet longer...

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