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Sean,

Most all of us have a story like Sisslechest.
Here is mine.

I owned a 13' Sport for 13 years and satisfied my needs at the time.
When it came time to get a larger Whaler I went looking for an Outrage 18'....
Couldn't find the elusive Outrage 18' so I ended up with a 1978 Montauk.
I owned the Montauk 17' for 15 years and finally moved up to an Outrage 18'.
Although I really enjoyed the 15 years with the Montauk, I wish I would have found the 18' originally and bypassed the Montauk.

I think the 2 most sought after Whalers for general all around use are the Montauk 17' and the Outrage 18'...

Since then I have owned several other Whalers including another Outrage 18' with twin motors, and Outrage 22' Cuddy, and an Outrage 17' II....
I am now down to just the one Outrage 18' with one main motor and kicker.

My first choice would be the Outrage 18' with a 150hp and second choice would be a Montauk 17' with minimum of 70hp and preferably a 90hp

Look at this chart of members that have listed their boat info.
You will see more Montauk 17's and Outrage 18's than just about anything else listed.
Click on "Model" at the top of the list and this will arrange the list by Model.
http://www.whalercentral.com/boat_lis...st/bl1.php