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Hello all!

So happy to be here! I just purchased a new 170 Super Sport, and I am VERY excited to become a member of the Whaler community! I'll likely have many questions for the forum as time goes on.

I considered many criteria before deciding on the 170SS, and I think I made the right choice. It will be used by me and my 6-year-old to zip around the bay and do some fishing and exploring (and bonding). My wife and friends will join us occasionally. Seems like a very safe, fun, fast boat that’s also economical to run and maintain. I optioned for the 90 HP Mercury, and many extras. I’m chomping at the bit to get it in the water!

My previous boat was a 2011 Zodiac MK2C Classic with a 15HP 4-stroke Honda (pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/10722866...directlink). It was great boat, and we had loads of fun with it. The motor (which was brand new) was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy while it was in a marina having the 20-hour service preformed.

I will be boating out of the Raritan Bay and Lower New York Bay. I have an adventurous side to me, so I’ll probably be taking it out for long trips up the Hudson, down the coast of Jersey, or across the Delaware Bay

See you on the water!!!

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Not many of the new Whaler line-up appeals to me. But I saw that 170SS on display at Cosco and it is a COOL looking boat.

Congrats!