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1984 BOSTON WHALER
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| canyonlaker |
Posted on 03/26/09 - 9:07 PM
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Are the wrinkles on the back side of the hull a problem?
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/boa/...16088.html
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| Jeff |
Posted on 03/27/09 - 8:56 AM
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That often happens when a boat is left hanging by straps in a boat lift. It can be fixed but would cost you a bit. At today's prices for 18's you could find one in that range without that issue that is just as nice.
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| canyonlaker |
Posted on 03/27/09 - 8:42 PM
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Thanks I just liked that one because it was clean, and it had a four stroke.
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| duf |
Posted on 03/28/09 - 3:05 PM
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So Jeff, i still have my 22 hangin in a boat lift. Do you think there is any possibility that could happen to mine?
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| Jeff |
Posted on 03/28/09 - 4:14 PM
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Duf,
I would say yes. The bigger and heavier the boat the more likely the damage. I will try and find an old thread on CW where a guy left a 27 Full Cabin in slings for a year and destroyed his chines.
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| ioptfm |
Posted on 03/28/09 - 4:26 PM
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Is it casued by the stress on the sides or the weight load on the hull?
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| regentsbay |
Posted on 03/28/09 - 4:44 PM
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It's caused by the weight load placed in a spot on the hull not intended for the stress. The weight load on a Boston Whaler is intended to be placed on the keel. That is why you will see indentations on a whaler hull that is placed on trailer rollers where the keel is not supported by the trailer.
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| Doug V |
Posted on 03/28/09 - 8:42 PM
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My firtst Whaler, a Sport 13 was owned by a friend of my wife's family for years before I bought it. Jack kept the 13 on what he called a "beach buggy".
The beach was steep enough for the buggy to roll down the beach without power, and was pulled up the beach with an electric winch so that he could launch and retrieve the boat on any tide. It had wide rubber tires so that it would roll easily over the beach gravel.
The beach buggy was a steel framed cart that had 12" wide rubber belting slings suspended between the vertical frame posts on each side, fore and aft.
I never noticed the sling waves in the hull when we were young, but years later, when I bought the boat from Jack's younger brother, the sling waves were very evident. It did not seem to structurally affect the hull though.
Doug
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| ioptfm |
Posted on 03/29/09 - 6:10 AM
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I guess it would be advisable then to make a cradle somewhat like the configuration of the boat trailer setup to prevent this. That's why I love this site............I learn something new on it constantly!
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| regentsbay |
Posted on 03/29/09 - 8:42 AM
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I just got my 18 Outrage back from the repair shop because It had been stored at the marina pending some repair on a boat dolly that didn't quite fit the hull. It was resting on the bow chines instead of the keel and the weight of the hull in a few short weeks crushed the chines.
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| boopete |
Posted on 03/29/09 - 3:46 PM
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I have a 17 ss on a bunk lift.The bunks run the distance of the chines, will this damage the hull?
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