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According to a Henry Smith, a Boston Whaler Employee at Rockland, MA., 1958-1982, The 1975 production year at Boston Whaler was fraught with hull defects that was caused by a foreign purchased resin. For this reason, there were fewer hulls manufactured during the 1975 year. The 1976 production year saw an improved quality in the hulls, and all new design for the BW17 hull. The BW17 smirked hull produced in 1976 would be of a better quality than the 1975 16 hull.

Me personally, I would never buy a 1975 BW hull. The resin was sourced to France; the lack of domestic resin source(s) was during the energy crisis. Hull quality was an oxymoron during that year of production. I call the 1975 hull a "citaeon" (lemon).