CONTINUOUSWAVE

I was wondering what was the longest running hull design, without major design modifications, for Boston Whalers boats. My 190 Outrage hull has been the same since its introduction as the 190 Nantucket I believe in 2002 or 2003, and there is no sign of it going away any time soon. I'm thinking that this may become a post-classic classic hull.

For all of you historians, are there any other boat hull designs that have remained unchanged for 15, 20 years or more?

Divin'Ivan wrote:...are there any other boat hull designs that have remained unchanged for 15, 20 years or more?

There are other boat hull designs that have remained unchanged for 15-years or longer. If you are interested in which other Boston Whaler hull designs have remained unchanged, I'd start with the 17-foot classic hull. See

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/16-17/

For a Whaler I'd say the 13 or 17 models.

There are plenty of other manufacturers that shared hull plugs and kept the same hull for a very long time. I see the 13' Sport lives again from Metan Marine, but I guess that does not count since it's not a Whaler. It looks the same, but the fit and finish is many levels above Whaler.

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Keep in mind many of the Boston Whaler recreational models had a longer life as commercial models from the CPD subsidiary.