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Hello all. I'm new to the world of Boston Whaler boats, even though I've had my 1987 27 FULL CABIN for about a year now. Up until a couple months ago she has been sitting in storage waiting for me to begin restoration. To date I've done some work on it. Have re-powered with twin Mercury 275-HP Verado [propulsion systems]. I stripped the entire boat, and now it's ready for new gel coat, paint, a new custom triple-axle trailer. Done are all-new rigging, electronics and plumbing. Still outstanding are making her look pretty and the interior.

The bilge system on this thing definitely threw me for a loop until I found this site and the old manuals that you all pointed me to. Thank you for that information. It confirmed what I had thought about how it worked. The site has been a big help!

I'm looking forward to sending some updates and probably will be reaching out for advice as well!. Best regards,

Chris
Houston, TX

Welcome to the site, and good luck with your project.

Chris--to get advice on making repairs or modifications, please post to the REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS forum.

Your restoration sounds like a big project. Your mention of re-powering with VERADO engines is also interesting. It is quite unusual for a classic Boston Whaler boat to be re-powered with a VERADO due to the size and weight of those engines. But a big 27-foot hull should be quite capable of handling them. I think many readers will be interested in hearing more details about how you accomplished the re-fit with the VERADO engines. It takes a specialized Mercury dealer to be qualified to install them. Perhaps you can give us more details on that part of the project. To date, your boat is one of very few classic Boston Whaler boats that I recall having been re-powered with VERADO engines. Because of the rarity of that choice, I think readers will want more details about it.