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HI MY NAME IS JIM AND I AM A WHALER ADDICT.

My Son and I started boating about 5 years ago with a Bayliner, then after testing a few uncomfortable inflatables for harbor cruising we found a 13 BW. We had more fun in the 13 and ended up using it more than the Bayliner so we started searching for a larger whaler. We found an 18 outrage and while we didnt know it at the time we became whaler addicts. One day we came up with the dumb idea to sell the Outrage and buy a Skipjack. We sold the Outrage to the first guy that came to look at it and before it was gone I knew we had made a big mistake! Over the next few weeks we decided to sell the Skipjack and started searching for another whaler.

This was the point my wife started to become concerned. Is there a Whaler anonymous?

We are in Southern Ca and knew we wanted a larger whaler and we wanted an outrage. Our search started with a Justice, then a few 25s, a 20 and then we found this strange 1989 22 outrage with a cuddy, WD and lots of wood. The hull looked good and the overall condition was above average. Since we are addicts and we had never seen anything like it this odd whaler is ours.

Our new 22 is being repowered and refurbished. We hope to have it in the water very soon. Will post a few pictures soon. We enjoy this site and appreciate all the information and advice available to us.