Boston whaler

[Mr T]

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1969 Boston whaler Nauset, the 16/17 hull. Motor is a 1990 Evinrude 88 SPL, rebuilt in 2004, by Helmut’s marine in San Rafael approx 200 hours in rebuild. Nissan 4 stroke 6 hp kicker. New fuel tank in 2007, Moeller 26 gallon, Raymarine A65 GPS/chartplotter, Minn Kota Terrova 55# 12V trolling motor on a custom mount.
I put the current console on her about 3 months ago, and still have the original mahogany one as well.
Been all over the place in this boat, taken it out the gate a few times, bay, bodega, delta, lakes, rivers. Hell it’s a whaler. She’ll go damn near anywhere, shallow or deep and get ya home.

Asking price is $5500. I’m the third owner, she’s been a fantastic boat for me.

[Kneedeep]

trailer or no?

[Mr T]

trailer or no?

Oh yeah forgot to mention that, thanks for the reminder.

Trailer is an EZ-Loader bunk style, not sure of year, guess around a 2007. Excellent condition, no rust, goodyear marathon radial trailer tires. Good boat trailers are worth their weight in gold!

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

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

These older Boston Whalers were built extremely well.

These boats are world famous for their durability.

I have seen them all over the world in my fishing travel.

You will see them almost anywhere there is water......

[FRSam]

You don't miss a thing Bill...continuous wave is a great site for whaler information and owners. It's the reason I ended up buying one, a montuak 150, which I love. You can't go wrong with a whaler.

Pete

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

The 13 footer and the 17 footer are very common and were extremely popular.

I have only seen a handful of the older 15 footer which are a really cool size.



Ted "Doc" Cedar from Fairfield, CA has had a 15 footer for ever, now on his third motor.

He had 2 new 70 hp Evinrude 2 strokes which in their day were a very good motor.

No he has a new Mercury 60hp 4 stroke on it.

[JAWallace]

The 15' classic is a great size, and probably the coolest Whaler ever built. The 13' and 17' are more stable, however, as the 15' has a full V hull. It's great for going through chop smoothly, not as good for initial stability.

There is a big difference between the 17' Montauk (classic) and the 170 Montauk. The new 170 hull is much smoother and drier, has more interior room, and will take chop better than many boats 5' longer. I had one and loved it for Bodega and going fast on large impoundments and on the Sac, but I felt the intimacy with the water was lost with the greater freeboard and hull design. I will undoubtedly get another Montauk, but I will get a classic hull like Mr. T's. It's a very different feel, a little rougher and a little wetter but better for fly fishing if being close to the water is important to you. That hull can move fine with a 50 HP four stroke--60 is better and ample and about maxes out the weight for the transom.

The 13' is also a very intimate hull, but that boat has zero storage and gets real small real fast. The 13' classic will also knock your fillings out or crush your spine, whichever first occurs. I'd pick one up if I could find one with a tiller setup but those are rare. Too many seats to step over in the sport and especially the sport and super sort models. Whalers are best run standing up.