How many boats like my 21 OUTRAGE Ribside were made?

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1971outrage
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How many boats like my 21 OUTRAGE Ribside were made?

Postby 1971outrage » Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:23 am

How many rib-sided 21 OUTRAGE hulls were produced?

BACKSTORY. I have a 1971 21 OUTRAGE with hull number 172. I came across it sitting in storage as it had been for nearly 20-years.

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Re: How many boats like my 21 OUTRAGE Ribside were made?

Postby jimh » Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:48 am

1971outrage wrote:How many rib-sided 21 OUTRAGE hulls were produced?
At least 172, based on your boat's hull number. You may get anecdotal comments that report higher hull numbers.

Here is a bit of background on the 21 OUTRAGE Rib-sided hull:

The 21 OUTRAGE with the rib-sided upper hull sides was the initial production version. The often-repeated story about this model, which I will now repeat here, is the separation of production laminated pieces from the mold for the rib-side structure was difficult. The inference is that the mold was not producing enough good output. To remedy the problem a plug for the upper hull side component was made without the ribs and a new mold created from that plug. This mold apparently produced better production output, that is a higher percentage of good parts, than the original rib-side mold.

I don't have a verifiable source at Boston Whaler for that story, but I have heard it retold by a person or two who were Boston Whaler enthusiasts in that era. The guy who would really have known more about the ribside was Bob Dougherty, but unfortunately he has passed away.

Your questions is a variation on a common questions, and the Boston Whaler FAQ has an answer that may give you more information. See

Q15: How many boats like mine were made?
https://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/FAQ/#Q15

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Re: How many boats like my 21 OUTRAGE Ribside were made?

Postby 1971outrage » Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:06 pm

I came across an article on the early Outrage from inthebite.com which asserts that during 1970 to 197171 only 722 ribsides were sold.

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Re: How many boats like my 21 OUTRAGE Ribside were made?

Postby jimh » Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:27 pm

Hull 635 is for sale in Marketplace, thus the number made must around 635 or higher.

https://continuouswave.com/forum/viewto ... f=5&t=7401