Joe Kriz wrote:
As most of you know, I have been collecting boat information on the Montauk models for many years now.
For those of you that don't know, check the article here.
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=17

Through all this info, we are getting close to narrowing down what the exact hull number was when Whaler changed from the pre-smirked (Smirkless) hull to the newer Smirked hull of 1976 models. Boston Whaler did not keep track of this particular information.

In a discussion with Chuck Bennett at Boston Whaler, the first Smirked hulls were introduced in October of 1975 as 1976 models.
This would mean that some early 16/17 1976 models were still Smirkless. This also means that 1976 models could either be Smirkless or Smirked depending on when they were manufactured.

We now have concrete evidence that narrows down this change to within 63 hull numbers at this time.
Here is the info.
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3B0330 - Smirkless (last Smirkless on the list)
http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...r_id=17372

63 other boats fit in here (are these Smirkless or Smirked?)

3B0394 -Smirked (first Smirk on our list)
No photos as yet but BillB said he would send us some.
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We have a couple of other members that I haven't heard back from yet to determine what they actually have.

I am waiting to hear from ChelseaFish who has Stencil number 3B0352
I can't tell from her personal page if her Montauk is Smirkless or Smirked and I am not going to guess.
http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...r_id=13524

I am aslo waiting to hear back from Paulsv on his Stencil number. He has a Smirked 1976 hull but not sure where it fits.
http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...er_id=6410

So, do any of you have a 1976 16/17 hull with a Stencil number between 3B0330 and 3B0394 ?????
It doesn't matter what model you have, this has to do with just the 16/17 hull and the Stencil number of that 16/17 hull.

Please let us know so we can try to narrow this down further.