Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos

Posted by johnep on 05/27/14 - 5:17 PM

I just bought my first Whaler. It's a 1967 13' I bought to striper fish in the bay. The problem I see is the hull has cracks all over it as does the interior floor. Cracks are everywere! I am in New England and it looks like it may be water soaked and then froze. I shoulda looked at it closer but it looked solid and the motor runs well so I figured what the heck. I'm sure I will get a few yeasr out of it but it's such a cool old boat I was thinking I might spruce it up over the winter. Is this a common thing???

Posted by northeastern on 05/27/14 - 7:25 PM

Spider cracks are common for older whalers. There is a lot of info on the web to refinish older whalers and remove the spider cracks. I am very new to this compared to a lot of people on here but as long as the cracks don't go down through the gelcoat they should not be a big worry.

The thing you don't want is water to be able to get to the foam core of the boat.

Where in MA are you? I have a 76 montauk out of newburyport (north shore)

Posted by Derwd24 on 05/27/14 - 8:21 PM

Might be good to weigh the boat and see where it's at if you suspect water intrusion. You can put a bathroom scale on each corner and add the weights up to get a total.

Posted by johnep on 05/28/14 - 3:18 AM

I am in Hampton ....just up the road. I will try the scales and see what it shows. I would think being an older boat is will be wet. I did a search but didn't find much on fixing the cracks. I will try the restoration search later. Thanks!

Posted by Derwd24 on 05/28/14 - 1:04 PM

They all have some water in them, knowing how much can be helpful when deciding on the restoration.

As far as the internal cracking, take a look at this personal page below. He used the epoxy coating method and it came out very well.

http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...r_id=18789