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I have a 1989 Outrage 18 and wondering what my options are for a replacement center console. Does anyone have the molds where consoles can be made from?

Long term I want to replace the fuel tank. While I do that I want to put a fresh new console on.

Thanks!
David
Houston, TX

(moderator note: changed the abbreviated year to the full 4 digit year)

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Yes, Boston Whaler does and they will be happy to make one for you.

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Joe Orlando in Kemah has a bunch of different consoles that would probably work for you.

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Thanks! I'll give him a call.

Any clue how much Whaler would charge to construct a new console? I'm guessing in the $1000 range.

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You need to order through a Whaler dealer (I recommend Sue Lodel at Twin Cites Marine) but the console itself is less than $1000

twincitiesmarine.com

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Whats wrong with your original console?

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Angels quoted me $800 two years ago, for a bare, standard size, 1986- design console.

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Technically, nothing. I will eventually want to replace the original fuel tank (25 years old an counting) and when I do that I want to replace the console. Since I have to remove the console to access the fuel tank anyways.

When I bought my boat it had a blown Yahama motor. I repowered with E-tech but some of the old Yahama gauge holes were still visible. So I put 1/4" starboard over the entire dashboard to cover the holes then redrilled for the E-tech gauges. I like the way it looks and all but I rather have the flat gelcoat dash. I simply want the fresh look of a new dash rather than the look of the starboard covering the previous gauge holes.

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Not too bad. I wonder how Angel's price compares to Orlando's and Twin Cities. My family takes all their whalers to Angels when they need fiberglass repair. He's been good to us.

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I actually have to take my boat to Angel's here shortly. I removed the bow rail and filled in the mounting screw holes with epoxy then sanded smooth. I will have him put fresh gel coat over where I sanded a little too much. While I'm there I'll ask him about a new console.

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Is your fuel tank aluminum or plastic? I am pleased with the results of not removing a plastic fuel tank in a 1979 Revenge.
gchuba

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Aluminum

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I am not familiar with the aluminum tanks but my "in place" plastic cleaned up beautifully. Check to see if you have access plates fore and aft of the baffle in the tank. Tank cleaners need access on both sides of the baffle. They need a minimum of a 2" hole (in my local at least). It may save you some work. I had an existing a 4" access in the fore portion of my tank and I cut in a 4"aft access for my tank (the aft access doubles as a fuel intake for the motor and the fore portion is the original fuel intake/sender unit). I can now cleanse the tank myself as needed.
gchuba

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If there's nothing really wrong with your consul you might consider installing plugs in the holes, glassing, sanding and shoot gel coat or have the gel coat shot. You have the potential to save a serious amount of money.

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I thought that at first, but if you can replace the console for $800 you can recover half of that cost by selling the old one. Not to mention that fixing the old one will be at least $500.

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Good point, if you could do the work yourself it would cost almost nothing , Last year I bought a matched quart of gel coat from Spectrum for $79.00. The glass and resin should cost lest than less than $50.00 for the amount you are going to need. But you do have a pretty good plan.

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I redid my console (see personal page) and in hindsight, I would not do it again. I'm quite happy with how it turned out, but it took a ton of effort, because there were so many holes to repair.

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Mark,

Excellent looking console!

When I redid my console trying to fill in the old gauge holes I bought starboard and put one solid piece of it over the entire dash. Then securely mounted it down. I moved the wheel up towards the top of the dash a few inches for better ergonomics. So that necessitated filling in all the holes with 3/4" plywood (painstakingly cut and sanded to fit of course) then glassing over it all with 8 oz cloth. Then putting the starboard down and finally re-drilling the new holes. That was a lot of work. Probably spent close to $150 between the starboard and all the mounting equipment. I bet I could have sold my console and only had to spend maybe a few hundred more to get one from Angel (whose shop is only 20min from my house)

I really don't like how I did it, I rather have the smooth look of the gel coat rather than the starboard. But it was my first major boat project (also replaced the original split bow lights, replaced the bus bar, installed new Blue Sea System switches, and installed a new bait pump) and I had fun doing it.

My boat has cable steering. I will want hydraulic steering before long and when I do that (Angels will do install the hydraulic steering) I'll get a new console then. I just ordered a fire extinguisher pocket (Thanks to this site for posting where the buy the pocket from) and I will wait til the new console before I mount the pocket and put teak trim on.