thinking about a whaler......

[charlie_the_tuna]

always liked the 17 Montauk. don't need much motor to push it and it's a whaler. dam things are expensive though.

[buckleyjr]

I loved my 13' when i was 14, my Montauk when I was 18 and my 21' outrage when i was 23 years old, but they all pounded. If I was single with a younger man's back, I'd still have the outrage. However, I still like lookin at them on Craigslist and saw this old whaler last night that looked pretty nice and inexpensive, for a whaler....

http://cnj.craigslist.org/boa/4444716079.html

[GREYWOLF]

I love those 14' one's I had one as a kid back in the late 70's. It pounded like hell but always got me out to the fishin grounds & back , mabey a little wet but safe . They are sure fun boats and realy hold there value ,

[phatdaddy]

jeez, you think we're a cult, wait till you meet the whaler crowd.

i've owned a 13 for over 20 years and love it for scalloping , checking crab traps, solo fishing , etc. they are one of the toughest hulls you will ever have and certainly live up to the poundng rep they have. as far as price, sure you pay more, but when you sell, you can usually get more.

[spareparts]

I got a 16 McKee I'll sell you

[RidgeRunner]

Nice plug Spare, LOL! The non traditional Whalers pound a little too, case of the 23' Outrage although it wasn't a wet boat at all. They are tough as nails. The jetty at Venice, FL back in the late 80's there is a guy that had a 70 Johnrude on a 15' Whaler. We were diving the jetty and he was jumping the waves. Big air and my back still hurts thinking about some of those landings.

[bradford]

The 13 Whaler was also a Ray Hunt design. I read somewhere he doodled it on an old envelope.


I've got a 15 Orrion I'll give you.

[phatdaddy]

interesting bradford, i always thought it was designed by the american board of chiropractors

[spareparts]

i work on a bunch of whalers, some I like, some I don't. The 13 is a waste of time, the 15 is probably the best sit down boat in its class, the 17 Montauk is too small, the 17 Outrage is much better. The 18 and 20 Outrage's are pretty awesome, just the fuel tanks rot in them. One thing I have noticed is they don't have a lot of glass in them, a whole lot less than you would think, but that's whats makes them light and perform well. The dauntless series are all pigs, way too heavy and require big motors to make them work. And as a two time McKee owner, I have to admit, the whalers are better boats than the Mckee's, but I have yet to find a whaler I could trade a 6 pack of beer for

[bradford]

Always liked the lines on the 15's.