2008 205 CONQUEST Source for New Weather Canvas

[205conquest]

I need to replace the Bimini top on m\y 2008 205 CONQUEST.

Q1: what manufacturer made the OEM Bimini top for a 2008 205 CONQUEST?

[Phil T]

I recall it was Great Lakes Boat Top
https://greatlakesboattop.com/boston-whaler

If you have the old one, you can replace it with a Carver. They make high quality products. Measure your height, width. They are sold via resellers.

https://www.boatcoversdirect.com/products/bimini_tops/by_dimensions/

[205conquest]

I tried source a new Bimini top from GREAT LAKES BOAT TOPS. They said they only made a Bimini top for the 2008 205 EASTPORT

Q2: are the 2008 205 CONQUEST and the 2008 205 EASTPORT the same boat?

I will give also contact CARVER.

PHIL--Thank you.

[Phil T]

Another instance of the geniuses at Whaler marketing showing off their scattershot naming convolutions.

Yes; the 205 Eastport was renamed the 205 Conquest.

Just like the 190 Nantucket was renamed the 190 Outrage

Same boat, different name.

[jimh]

In c.2008--which was the 50th Anniversary of Boston Whaler--the use of place names like EASTPORT and NANTUCKET was a revival of the initial boat model names with place names, like the NAUSET, EASTPORT, SAKONNET, and, of course, the MONTAUK.

Apparently there was a change in direction for the model names a year or so later, and the 205 EASTPORT became the 205 CONQUEST, and the 190 NANTUCKET became the 190 OUTRAGE.