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OK...I have an idea here. I own a 1986 Outrage 18, ( from what I understand, this is the same hull as the later Outrage 19's), and I have pictures of it on it's trailer before it was redone recently. The black Ford F-150 towing this boat can be used in direct size comparison between my 2 boats, as I also have a photo of the same truck parked beside the Whaler 27 FC WD before I repowered it.

Keep in mind that the F-150 pictured is TOO SMALL a truck to actually tow that Whaler 27, and that the hull on an Offshore 27 is the same size as my hull, minus the cabin and bow cap that is on my boat. The gunnels on the Offshore 27 sit at the same height from the ground as my boat. The engines are the same size.

1986 Outrage 18
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9978785...428438304/

1986 Whaler 27 FC WD parked next to the same truck that was shown TOWING the 1986 Outrage 18 above:

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If you look through all the pictures of these boats, you will also find a photo of my wife standing beside the new engines being installed at the time of the photo with the Whaler 27 boat on the trailer. There are a couple of photos of people standing around the Whaler 27 when I picked up that boat in Wisconsin for it's trip back to Texas, but the truck that you see it hooked up to is a Ford F-350, (14000 lb towing capacity), truck. That F-350 is physically larger than the F-150 in the comparison photo links above. Look at the size of the Whaler 27 hull in comparison to a full size forklift in pictures as well.

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and,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9978785...505480963/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9978785...505480963/

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These are MUCH larger hulls than even the Outrage 25's.

I hope this helps you to grasp what going from an Outrage 19 to a Whaler 27 hull actually entails... you will not be in the same class of boat at all, even though the way that the hull is designed looks the same in photos. :) Make certain you are prepared such a drastic change in your boating habits and costs before making that leap :)

We call the Outrage 18 our little boat. We call the Whaler 27 our Big boat, and it used exclusively as our offshore Gulf Of Mexico fishing boat. I spend $1000 US every time I go on an offshore fishing trip in this boat, and many times I spend twice that amount. The fuel tank is larger on the Offshore model than mine, and I still use over $500 US for a day out on the water offshore minimum. It costs over $800 US just to get the routine required service on those engines done every 100-300 hrs of use. You can expect to spend a LOT of money on top of this to repair and replace parts as they deteriorate on the boat, if you can even get them at all. The costs you will incur in Sweden will be about 3-10 times what they are here in the US, at least that is what my relatives over there,(Lindstrom's), tell me.

I do not wish to discourage you from this boat, but I see most of these boats that have survived neglected due to the high cost of ownership in comparison to just buying a new boat of similar proportions, and it disturbs me to see them rotting away on trailers or at boat docks here in the US :( All I am saying is BE PREPARED TO SPEND A LOT OF $$$$ :) I have well over $115000 US, (not including the costs I have mentioned above), in my Whaler 27 AFTER it's original purchase , and I bought one that didn't have a single problem with ANY original system on the boat. Just sayin' :)