Posted by spuds on 10/05/11 - 3:06 PM
#16
Keven wrote:
To me, he mere fact that Chuck can look at our stencil number and determine what model boat it is should indicate exactly that...what model boat it is. A customized Montauk should be a customized Montauk...not a Eastport.
I guess that was along the lines of my thoughts. My Nauset has been a Nauset for 50 years. If I were to add a rear seat, which I am thinking about doing. To me it's still a Nauset... modified to an Eastport.
It just seems that if the original model is known, then that designation should stay with the hull. Example:
1967 Nauset - Customized (Fiberglass Console and RPS added)
A couple more examples: say someone took the cap off a 1978 19 Outrage Banana Hull. Is it now really a Lo-Profile Model, which are fairly rare and hard to come by.
Or if someone took the cap off a 1974 19 Outrage Banana Hull. Is it now really a Lo-Profile Model, if they weren't made till 1977? (We do have a 1973 Lo-Pro listed in the owners list)
To me, these would be 19 Outrages, modified to a Lo-Pro.
IMHO keep their born-on name, if known.