Whaler Lovers 17 Montauk

[mragu]

C’mon Noli, get to work

[mr fun]

sweet boat , thats like having a vintage Triumph or MG. myself ,,, I like the wood , it's like your putting a miata interior in a Austin Hely .

[JPEROG]

These guys are your friend whenever you are into a Whaler project. I have done several and still have an 11' sport, 17' montauk, and an 18' Outrage.

www.specialtymarine.com

Joe

[Chaz]

Nice find Noli ...

All the wood pieces look good enough to be used as "exact templates" .
Compared to metal .. wood is easy to work with. Cut, sand, varnish, glue and screw.
New Yamaha ...

[FUJIMO]

...or HDP material, like some people are going with. (high density polyethylene) ...whatever floats your boat...

[JBS]

Great boats. I've caught all kinds of fish inshore,and near shore in my old 15,16. That's a huge console your putting in? That 90 is a good motor for her.

[noli]

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I agree, the console is too big. could be 4 inches small all around




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[Jim Speros]

Cool boats. Brings back childhood memories. Many include the Natural Resource Police with their 115 Johnsons

[FUJIMO]

[JPEROG]

Fun boats. This one has seen a best of 61 so far.

Joe

[FUJIMO]

...question: what did whaler call the baby blue or powder blue gelcoat color on the insides of the older 16'7'' whalers? i know the later whalers inside color they called "desert tan" gelcoat...

[XstreamVking]

Had a 17 with live wells on the back made boat longer and killed porpoise. Had to rig my 245 Bridgeport on it. Out ran all of the lake and bays in the tournaments I fished. The looks I got with that lil screamer were priceless. Whalers still the best utility boat you can get

[dgscroggs]

Who hasn’t had a whaler lol ,this 67 has been in the family longer than me !

[noli]

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dgs,

how did you remove the millions of miniature cracks in the gelcoat?





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[XstreamVking]

Here’s the bad news noli. cracks? Gotta grind them out or glass them over