Posted by MG56 on 08/13/14 - 3:55 AM
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laterongc wrote:
MG56 wrote:
My 1975 hull is just fine, but is there a record of how many hulls BW sold by year, sorted by models even better?
Sounds like a good idea for a new thread.
Care to respond to the question/topic of this thread?
I did respond earlier, post #14, but I think you need to know how many Montauks were sold by year to determine exactly how rare these boats are. Unfortunately I think Boston Whaler kept a record of boats sold by hull size, not by model.
I think 1973-75 were recession years and the number of boats sold may have been down. If Weatherly's hull defect info is correct there could be even less Smirkless Montauks made, but then again some 1976 boats were made in 1975 so who knows.
Judging just by the list here>>>
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=17 the number of Montauks by year breaks down like this:
1973 6
1974 7
1975 10
1976 13
But...of those 13 1976 models 6 were Smirkless, so let's throw those back with the earlier years resulting in 29 Smirkless Montauks vs 7 first year Smirked Montauks. Roughly a ratio of 4:1.
That makes the 1976 Smirkless Montauk a very rare boat. What do you think the price should be for a mint original, $30k? At auction that number could go anywhere. Now how much less would an equal quality Smirkless be if they were side by side? I think it would have to be close to 20%, but a Smirkless Montauk is still worth more than Montauks later than 1976, in collector value.