Not a Wellcraft, a Whaler redo

[phatdaddy]

I know this is not a whaler forum, but things have been kinda slow on here this summer, so i thought I'd show u guys what I've been up to.

this is a '63 13 ft that i have owned since '92. it was a total wreck when i got it, no wood or hardware, just the hull. I use it for scalloping and stone crabbing. it gets banged up a lot. that was not so bad, but a couple of years ago, it started leaking through the hull a lot. my solution was to put a bilge pump in and just keep going. found a 4 inch crack along the bottom of the transom, so decided to fix that.

you know how that goes, first one thing then another dozen on a boat; ended up redoing wood, total paint and kiwigrip on the deck and rub rails.

http://i.imgur.com/XUD3wurm.jpg (https://imgur.com/XUD3wur)
looks good the further u get away from it

http://i.imgur.com/ochaNjjm.jpg (https://imgur.com/ochaNjj)
deck layout

https://i.imgur.com/Hg7ncREm.jpg

light blue is kiwigrip, whaler blue is Total Boat topside paint

https://i.imgur.com/6mVfzSwm.jpg

white is pretty aggressive kiwigrip for top rail

I power it with a 40 hp Tohatsu 2 stroke, working on it now

I'll let u know how the shakedown cruise goes

[Blue_Runner]

Looks great man, love the whalers. 40hp is purrrrrrrrrfect to boot!

[phatdaddy]

13 Whaler
Wellcraft V20

What can I say. I love the classics

First boat I owned on my own was a 13 whaler, had a lot of fun in it, but it is definitely a boat for young knees and backs. We have enjoyed scalloping out of this one for 25 years, but thats about all i do with it. The Tohatsu is 15 years old and has 220 hours on it.

I m going to try and set it up for gigging flounder this fall, i used to really enjoy that

[Giorgio]

Nice job and good luck on the end project with pictures to follow.:clap:

[phatdaddy]

Thanks guys, It looks a lot better now than when i started, so i m happy with it. I took it out to a local fresh water lake today and ran it for 35 minutes and 8 miles. First time the tohatsu has been ran since last September. It fired right up. Still gonna go through the carbs, it has a rough idle.

Had a light load, just me and 4 gallons of gas. Topend was 35mph. It seemed like 50 that close to water.

Just gotta smile when ur in a small boat going fast. It s like i was 10 years old again and riding around the keys with Bud and Sandy looking for Flipper.

[Destroyer]

Phat, that is a lovely boat. You've done her proud. Well done... and I'm jealous. :beer:


I love the 13' Whalers. Gotta admit that owning one is on my bucket list. Then it's goodbye to the 12' alum Sears and the 12' glass Sears rowboats that I presently own. My stable will be complete. I have a nice river just down the street from me and it's too small for anything really big, (Max depth is about 8') but it's ideal for a 12-13 foot boat. I can still dream. :head:

[phatdaddy]

Go for it ,D. People always say they cost too much for what they are, but they hold their value , for a boat, pretty well. Only advice I would give would be, if you can get one made in the early 80***8217;s, they ride a lot better than the earlier ones. If i was looking for one, i d try to find a 15, it s a whole lot more boat and rides much better.

I firmly believe the 13 was secretly designed by the American Chiropractic Association

[nymack66]

Looks great, I love the BW, great job on the restoration, I have my eyes on one down in Miami my brother in law sell it me one of these days...:clap:

[Dana A]

Picked up a 1966 13 last fall planning a full restoration before the v20 came into the picture. was looking at bringing the transom to a 20" but a lot of guys say keep it original. figured it would be a waterlogged hull first thing I did was try to pick it up from the back, picked up trailer and all - sold.

last month I had a guy looking to get rid of a motor that was in his shed for years said it was a mariner and thats it. drops of an 82 15" short shaft 25 mariner -Sold!

Most dont know these early mariners are actually Yamaha's.
a 10 yr partnership between Yamaha and Brunswick(Mercury) in the 70's into the 80's Sanshin Industries a subsidiary of yamaha built them all marketed exclusively in Japan by Yamaha and in the US and Australia by Mercury. notice the block of this motor Yamaha Blue



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[spareparts]

anyone need a bimin i for a 13 whaler? Ive got an ordinal pvc coated frame bimini that I had a new stamoid canvas(white) put on. I had it on my 14 Mckee for a while. Located near Charleston SC(don't ask about shipping)

[phatdaddy]

Nice find, Dana. Fun little boats. Mine had the exact same motor at one time. Ran great, but i wanted power trim and tilt, so i went with the Tohatsu.

U going to keep it a tiller or put in a console? I ve seen a few with a small console and grab bar , with a tiller extension, you drive standing up. Gives u a lot more deck room, but I m too old for that all day

[Dana A]

Was planning full 100% restore to original, All new mahogany, Awlgrip the hull, tiller handle would be removed but since I dont really need another whaler I am considering flipping the hull and trailer, going back and forth on it and already Have a 2017 13 in our fleet


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