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I cast my vote for the Montauk 17. The question is "classic", which gets at ... "quintessential", and I think the Montauk 17 and the Sport 13 are the boats that people identify as "Whalers". They also seem to be the most numerous.

That said, the 18 Outrage is the best boat in the poll. Something about that boat during those years was really special. I had occasion to use both boats, working for a Whaler dealer in the mid 1980s. The Outrage conquered the chop of Lake Erie ... the Montauk was a rougher ride by far.