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Well I finally bought the Whaler that I have been wanting for years. We ended up buying a 1977 15 foot Sport, though it has been redone to create what is effectively a Striper with two bucket seats. The cosmetics of the hull are not great as there are several obvious repairs to the hull, but the boat seems to be dry as it was floating well even with a 70 HP Johnson. This is actually what I wanted to buy several years ago but my wife wanted to go with a RIB instead. The RIB has never really suited our needs and I have been looking ever since. Here in BC the 15 foot is incredibly popular and when they come up they generally don't last long.

I assume I will have questions going forward as I work on sprucing it up and getting the navigation lights working, as well as setting it up so my wife can go prawning and crabbing safely.