question about boston whalers

[rockyrude]

I'm waiting on pictures to confirm this, there is what is supposed to be a 1970 18' boston whaler for sale here for less than what the tandem axle trailer is worth. my question is this, this is supposed to have a 120hp i/o and everything i've found about boston whalers is they were o/b powered. is this correct? is it worth restoring?

 

[Gary H NC]

Re: question about boston whalers

All of the Boston Whalers i have seen were outboards...You have a good question..
Our member JB and a few others should chime in...

 

[JB]

Re: question about boston whalers

BW built some I/Os in the 70s and 80s.

I don't have record of any 18' I/Os from 1970, or even the 19' Outrage I/Os that early. Most of the I/Os were Outrage 19s during the 70s.

There is certainly at least a partial error in ID-ing the boat. It may not even be a Boston Whaler, as some folks seem to think that is a type of boat, rather than a brand.

Please post the pix when you get them, Rocky. I have every BW brochure from 1958 to 2003, so we should be able to correctly ID it.

 

[Campylobacter]

Re: question about boston whalers

Found this on another site. Here is a quote:

"There were several hundred built in New England in the early 70's and Boston Whaler sold a few rebranded as the Yankee Voyager."

 

[gcboat]

Re: question about boston whalers

The mold that Whaler used for the Yankee Voyager was purchased from Hi-Liner of Connecticut.
I found that in the Whaler forum. So it does appear that they did produce another boat that may not "resemble" the typical Whaler that we have come to recognize.

 

[jonesg]

Re: question about boston whalers

I'm waiting on pictures to confirm this, there is what is supposed to be a 1970 18' boston whaler for sale here for less than what the tandem axle trailer is worth. my question is this, this is supposed to have a 120hp i/o and everything i've found about boston whalers is they were o/b powered. is this correct? is it worth restoring?

Theres a bunch of whaler Rage jet boats around,
some get converted to outboard when the jet drive burns out.

Heres one,
http://boatbrokerageinc.com/BWRAGE15.htm

 

[JB]

Re: question about boston whalers

The Outrage 19 was first offered with sterndrive in 1975. They weren't very popular and were dropped after only a few years.

The Yankee Voyager was never offered or branded as a Boston Whaler. The pic above clearly shows that it did not have the famous Boston Whaler hull construction.