Posted by Tom W Clark on 12/13/09 - 9:13 AM
#3
The puckered hull sides are very common on Whalers from the early 1980s and especially the first Outrage 18s made in 1981 and 1982. Some were so bad, the hulls were replaced under warranty.
It is cosmetic, not structural. I would not worry about a hull that has now survived 28 years.