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2. Include the correct name of your Whaler model. Example: Montauk 17, Montauk 170, Outrage 26, Outrage 260
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New article on "Looking for and buying used Whalers"
Jeff	#1  Posted on 11/05/07 - 5:01 PM
Member Posts: 1987 Comments: 34 Joined: 04/02/05	After spending many long hours over the past years looking for Whalers online I have decided to compile my daily searches into an article for you guys looking for used Whalers. It includes links to all of my bookmarked META searches as well as inspection documentation. Yes, I search these everyday and yes it is a sickness. Looking for a Whaler is a time consuming passion and luck will only get you so far. Good luck and hope you find what it is you are looking for. New article Cheers, Jeff Edited by Jeff on 11/05/07 - 5:02 PM 1993 23' Walkaround Whaler Drive
VG_82_Sport	#2  Posted on 11/05/07 - 6:45 PM
Member Posts: 18 Comments: 5 Joined: 10/04/06	Thanks, Jeff. Very helpful article, I found a lot of possibilities on the craigslist link.
ioptfm	#3  Posted on 11/07/07 - 7:20 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	Thanks Jeff, your information will prove to be a tremendous tool for "Whaler Hunters" Tom 1979 Sport 15'
kamie	#4  Posted on 11/07/07 - 7:32 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 2975 Comments: 3 Joined: 11/04/05	Tip for those of you searching Craig's list. If you are using firefox make a folder. Then go to your local Craig's list sites and do a search on whalers. Book mark that search result page and save it into the folder you made earlier. Now do that for all the Craig's list sites you would normally vist, for me this is DC, most Virginia sites, Maryland, Delaware, NJ ect. Once you have done all the ones you want open Firefox, go to your bookmarks and highlight the folder. The last option is "Open All in Tabs", select that an it will open all the search pages, refreshed with the current search. Now look page thru them to see what is available close to you.
Paulsv	#5  Posted on 11/08/07 - 7:25 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 122 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/27/07	Jeff- Great work, and very helpful. Wish I had known about the inspection checklist when I went to inspect the Whaler I bought. That would be another great article, or addition to this article: A list of all the things you should inspect, and how to go about inspecting them. For instance, if I was ever going to buy an older whaler, knowing what I know now, I would pay very careful attention to how level it floats, and bring the boat to a scale to be weighed, if I had any concern at all about water intrusion. I would get under the boat, and check every little crack or chip, tapping with a coin to see if there seems to be any delamination around any of them. I'm sure you and some of the other more expert members could think of many more.