Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos

Posted by Joe Kriz on 01/26/08 - 5:02 PM

Anyone going to the Miami Boat Show? February 14th thru the 18th.

I will be there on Friday the 15th and would like to meet any of you that are going to be there.
My wife and I will be in the Boston Whaler boat area of course.
Boston Whaler has invited all of the WhalerCentral members to participate in their party from 4PM to 6PM on Friday the 15th. Boston Whaler will be serving their new drink called the "Harpoon" and hors d'oeuvres will also be available. This event is FREE for WhalerCentral members. Tickets for the party will be distributed for the people that sign up. Details and more information on how to sign up will be coming soon. Keep an eye on this thread.

After that my wife and I are heading to Key Largo for a week.
Anyone in the keys that would like to get together for lunch? or?

I'm always interested in meeting members and seeing their Whalers so let me know if you are interested.
Would also pay for gas if anyone wants to show us around the area.

Edited by Joe Kriz on 01/26/08 - 5:53 PM

Posted by duf on 01/27/08 - 5:06 AM

Joe, i will take a hard look at heading that way to hook up with you and any other Whaler Members that make it there. I'm pretty sure its doable, and actually did the Miami boat show with my brothers some years ago. Dang, they had some great deals on Merc's i.e. buy one get one free at the end of the show! Let me look into flights etc and i'llget back to you. :p

Duf

Posted by freddieO on 01/27/08 - 3:11 PM

Joe,
My wife and I will be in Sanford,Fl to see my son play baseball for Seminole College.
We plan on staying the Feb. 18-24 ,wish we could be there.Miami may be on the next trip,the University of Miami is presently recruiting my son.

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/01/08 - 3:39 PM

Hope to see you there Jeff and duf...
freddieO, see you next time..

Update:
See the new banners for more info on the Miami Boat Show and Boston Whalers new Owners Club.

Love your Whaler! (banner)
By signing up on Boston Whaler Club, you will receive discounts on parts from Boston Whaler.
Check it out.

Join the Party! (banner)
Free boat show admission and party.
Sign up by February 7th

Just click on the banners at the top of the pages or go directly to all the banners:
http://www.whalercentral.com/viewpage...age_id=127

Posted by duf on 02/01/08 - 5:06 PM

Joe, got the info via e-mail from the Boston Whaler Owners Club <bostonwhalerownersclub@whaler.com> site. As it stands now, i have a business trip the Savannah GA the same week, and plan on either driving, or grabbing a hop flight down to meet up with you that friday. How many days will you be there? and is the number i have called you at, your cell phone or home phone. Time is short and if my first trip goes through, want to follow up with a trip to meet up with you before i return to TX. :p

Duf B)

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/01/08 - 5:14 PM

duf,
I will be arriving in Miami late Thursday night.
Depending on when I can get myself vertical the next morning, I will be at the Miami Boat Show all day and will be attending the Boston Whaler party from 4-6 PM....

I will be leaving for the Keys saturday at checkout time so the best chance to meet up will of course be on Friday at the boat show.

I believe Boston Whaler will be sending you tickets for the show and party now that you have signed up.

Look forward to seeing you and anyone else that is going to attend.

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/01/08 - 5:47 PM

Friday is the only day I will be at the boat show unfortunately.
We are all invited to the Boston Whaler party from 4-6 PM which is also on Friday.

I hope to see as many of you there that can make it.

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/01/08 - 7:47 PM

#11

rc,

I realize it's a short window but that's just the way this trip is working out for my wife and myself.

I am really looking forward to meeting each and every one of you that are able to make it.
I am also looking forward to having a "Harpoon" drink especially concocted by Boston Whaler.

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/09/08 - 1:00 PM

#12

The Boat show and Boston Whaler party is coming up this Friday....

Anyone else plan on going?

Due to reservations and timing etc., I will only be there on Friday the 15th..
I will be there most of the day including the Boston Whaler party from 4-6 PM......

I hope to see you there.....

Edited by Joe Kriz on 02/09/08 - 1:05 PM

Posted by Jeff on 02/11/08 - 7:54 PM

#14

Joe,

I made my final reservations today. I arrive in Fort Lauderdale at 9:30 am get a rental and head to the show. I plan on being there all day Friday and heading to the Whaler event on Friday night (got my tickets today). Saturday I will be at the show till around 3-4ish when I need to head back to Fort Lauderdale to catch a flight home.

Posted by duf on 02/13/08 - 3:05 PM

#16

Joe, not looking good for making the trip and hooking up with you, Jeff, and possibly Bob. Have company here (business) so had to cancel my trip to Savannah Ga and am not sure what time they will actually depart. I have my Boston Whaler tickets so am prepped and ready to launch if i can depart and get there by noon or so friday to meet with you and Jeff for the Whaler Party that evening. Flights are no problem as i have tons of FF miles from all my business traveling. So, if they get gone, and i can grab a flight i will even if its a red eye late thurs night!

Duf B)

Posted by Bob Kemmler JR on 02/14/08 - 6:54 PM

#18

Jeff wrote:
Duf, Wish you could make it...and maybe you will.

Kemmler, you going to peel yourself away from the 21 revenge conversion long enough to make the show? ;)

Sadly it's not my 21 project keeping me from the show, it's that four letter word w o r k lol I wish I could have been there for Mercs new killer Verado 350 :D

Posted by ioptfm on 02/14/08 - 7:26 PM

#20

Ain't this just typical! I just found out that I have to go to Miami on business! Of all the luck..........I go the end of the week after the show is over! DANG!!!!! :(

Edited by ioptfm on 02/14/08 - 7:40 PM

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/16/08 - 11:50 AM

#23

The Miami Boat Show was fantastic.
The people from the Boston Whaler group were very nice and the kickoff for the Boston Whaler Owners Club went very well.
I met quite a few members from WhalerCentral and many people from Boston Whaler including, John Ward, the president of Boston Whaler.
Among others in the Boston Whaler advertisement group were Kim, Tracy, Farley and many others.
It was sensory overload for me as I can't remember everyone's name at this time due to so many things going on. I hope to get a list together of the kind people I met once I get home.

The boat show was huge. It definitely takes more than a day to see the entire show.

Now, off to the Keys.......
Margaritaville and Cheesburger in Paradise...... B)

Posted by duf on 02/16/08 - 12:50 PM

#24

Joe/Jeff, i'm literally green with envy. I stayed hooked up with my guests the remainder of the week, and actually still have one crew still here, but hopefully they will be departing shortly and i'll have the rest of the weekend to myself. I know you guys had a great time, and i would have loved to join you. Let me know if this is an annual thing, as i have tons of both vacation time and FF miles to hook up as long as i plan ahead. As some of the other members mentioned, hope you took lots of photo's and looking forward to the first time we all have a meet!!

Duf

Posted by Jeff on 02/16/08 - 3:16 PM

#25

WOW!

I am speechless. What an amazing show. I spent today combing over all the boats at the in water show today. I got demo rides in all of the merc powered center console boats today. I have to admit if I was buying a new boat today the verado would be the only motor I would have installed. Here is what I demo'd (I was kind of a boat whore) :

38 cigarette with triple 350 verados - 72mph
35 Everglades with triple 300 verados - 59mph
30 Concept with twin 250 optis - 66mph
42 yellowfin with quad 300 verdos - 62mph

What a crazy awesome boat. It was huge! I am sitting on the plane now getting ready to head back to the tundra and trying to figure how I an going to post my 400+ pictures. :)

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/17/08 - 8:21 AM

#29

Hey, that looks like me in the photo.....

It was a pleasure to finally meet Jeff Rohlfing and Jim Hebert and his wife, 'live' in person.
It would have been nice to talk and visit more with everyone but with everything going on, it was just impossible.

Thanks for the photos Jeff. I haven't had much time to do anything with my photos yet other than download them to the computer. Here is one of myself and John Ward, the president of Boston Whaler.

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/19/08 - 1:46 PM

#30

Hey Jeff,

Just heard there was a post on another site that you and Jim Hebert were the honored guests at Boston Whalers party.
Guess that original poster didn't pay attention to what was going on at the boat show or was smoking some of that hemp anchor line that was on some of those older boats at the show.
Or, maybe the poster had too many Harpoon Cocktails.
Boston Whalers Harpoon Cocktail

Still in the Keys having fun. Not as many Whalers down here as I thought there would be but still plenty to look at.

Edited by Joe Kriz on 02/19/08 - 1:46 PM

Posted by Jeff on 02/19/08 - 2:05 PM

#31

HAA! To funny. Glad things are going well in the keys. Surprised you have not seen a whole lot of whalers. There where 3 in the Marina next door, a old beat up 21 revenge at a house next to the ramp, a 13, 17, and 25 in a boat yard up around mile marker 99 on the south bound side of the Overseas Hwy, and many others. Hope you are enjoying yourself. I miss it. I shot this on the last day there on Dec. 06

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/jeff_rohlfing/Misc/DSCN2740.jpg[/img]

Edited by Jeff on 02/19/08 - 2:06 PM

Posted by drandlett on 02/21/08 - 10:27 AM

#33

Although I am die hard whaler fan and this is a whaler site I noticed you (Jeff) took some pictures of the Albury Brother Boats. They are amazingly beautiful, and I would love to own a 23', however dont see that in the budget in the near future.

Years ago my grandparents were friends with Willard Albury, infact we have some half models made by him, and my grandfather had an traditional wooden Albury Runabout. My dream would be owning a second home in the Abacos with a 13' Whaler and a 23' Albury.... we can all dream!

Anyway, sounds like you all enjoyed the show!

Dana

Posted by Jeff on 02/21/08 - 2:40 PM

#34

Dana,

The Albury Brother boats where really nice well built vessels. They caught my eye as soon as I walked in the show. Though, I have to say that if I was going to but a center console boat after being at the show I would buy an Everglades. Hands down.

The boats that most impressed me where the Spencer Yachts Sportfish line of hand made custom boats. Their 62 sportfish with full tower and loaded with fuel cruised in the high 30's (mph) and top out in the upper 40's. :o Also CABO was the one big surprise for me. I have anyways seen there boats but never knew what a quality vessel they made.

Edited by Jeff on 02/21/08 - 2:44 PM

Posted by rcmickey on 02/22/08 - 11:31 AM

#36

Joe, sorry I missed you at the show. My son and I did not make it untill Saturday. I hate it when my day job gets in the way of my boat time. We had not been to the Miami show in years(we go to the Ft. Lauderdale show instead) but his year was excellent. That Harpoon drink is gooood and smooooth! Thanks forthe pics sorry you did not find many Whalers or balers like we called them in down island back in the 80's when we used them to save the bales. I hope you enjoyed your self.

Edited by rcmickey on 02/22/08 - 8:30 PM

Posted by Key-z on 02/22/08 - 6:51 PM

#37

Hi Joe!

I was able to get free tickets from our sales rep and headed down to the Miami convention center. When I arrived. I grabbed a map and head straight back to the whaler area. Unfortunately the folks at whaler said you were there with your wife and had just left. :|

I talked to Shaun for a while near the 13' foot classics. The new 13' whaler with the blue gelcoat looked pretty nice too. As I made my way around the boats. One of the ladies at the show gave me two biege whaler caps, a 50 year pin and a calendar. After that I headed up stars and bought a couple of nice light casting rods for $35.00 dollars. That made my day.

Did you get to go down to the Keys? We'll I hope you did and was able to get in a little fishing while you were here. :)

Best Regards,

Key-z

Posted by Joe Kriz on 02/23/08 - 10:36 AM

#38

rcmickey and Key-z,

Sorry I missed you.
My wife and I were there from about noon till 7 PM... We left the party at 6 PM to get something to eat and then returned for a little while.

We arrived home last night from the Florida Keys about 1 AM. Unfortunately, our bags didn't do the same. They are out there having fun with all the rest of the bags in Airline Disney Go-Round... I hope they have a good time but we are anxiously waiting for them to show up here.

It will take me a couple of days to get back into the swing of things but look forward to posting photos of the Boat Show and the Florida Keys.

Again, sorry I missed you members that showed up as it was quite an event and it would have been great to meet everyone there.

My wife and I stopped by Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" for a Margarita and a Cheeseburger in Paradise.

[img]http://users.sisqtel.net/jkriz/Florida/Margaritaville.jpg[/img]

Edited by Joe Kriz on 02/23/08 - 7:10 PM

Posted by Joe Kriz on 03/01/08 - 5:13 PM

#39

I put together a small movie of the Miami boat show and the keys trip.
It is in the Podcast and Movie section on this site or go here.

http://www.whalercentral.com/viewpage...page_id=96