Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Ribbed side - dump truck Outrage
Posted by Brian Parker on 02/02/09 - 4:33 AM
#1
I'm looking for info on what years the Outrage was made with ribbed sides. I have a 1975 21 Outrage which does not have ribbed sides. I recently saw a Whaler which was said to be a 1974 Outrage 19 which did have ribbed sides, but my original Boston Whaler materials for 1974 do not show ribbed sides. I have also looked at a ribbed Outrage on this site described as a 1978?
Thanks if you can help
Posted by Jeff on 02/02/09 - 6:10 AM
#2
No 19 outrage ever had a ribbed side.
Posted by Tom W Clark on 02/02/09 - 7:31 AM
#3
The ribbed Outrage 21s were made from 1970 to 1972. Beginning with the 1973 model year the Outrage 21 had smooth sides.
The Outrage 19 was introduced in 1973 a as Jeff point out, always had smooth sides.
The last 21 foot banana hulled Whaler was made in 1982.
Edited by Tom W Clark on 02/02/09 - 7:32 AM
Posted by Brian Parker on 02/02/09 - 1:28 PM
#4
Thanks Jeff and Tom
You're right.
I took another look and the boat in question is a 21'. I look at so many boats I get confused at what I looked at. It looks like it has a lower bow rail than my 1975 21' which I associate with the 19'
But...if I understand what you telling me the boat I am looking at can not be a 1974 if it has ribbed sides?
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, it really is a big help.
Posted by scrimshaw on 02/02/09 - 2:14 PM
#5
Here's a picture of that guy with the hat again, it's the earliest photo I know of of the Ribside taken in the spring of 1970.
Factory options included a tall or low bow rail.
Edited by scrimshaw on 02/02/09 - 2:28 PM
Posted by Finnegan on 02/02/09 - 6:58 PM
#6
That's a great photo Jim. My hull #132 looked exactly like that photo when new, a 1971 Outrage I with an 85 HP 4-stroke Fisher-Pierce Bearcat.
When mine was out at Mills Canvas being used for the prototype for the Mooring Cover and full Flying Top Set, Bob Mills told me that the "fellow in the plaid shirt" is his Dad, William Mills, Jr, who gets credit for the Outrage name when he first saw that boat. I had a chance to talk to Bill Mills at length, a super classy guy, Yale graduate of 1948 with George Bush Sr., and he told me all about his dealings with Dick Fisher in designing and manufacturing the early tan duck canvas systems for Whalers.
37 years later these hulls are still among the best looking Boston Whalers you can find on the water when underway:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v42...008007.jpg
Edited by Finnegan on 02/02/09 - 7:06 PM
Posted by Finnegan on 02/03/09 - 2:06 PM
#7
Some additional historical data on the ribsides:
According to information I got from Mills, the ribside boats were hulls #001 - #722, which means they made 722 of them.
They were manufactured over a period of 104 weeks (2 years), beginning about Aug 1, 1970, and ending around July 30, 1972, which means on average, the factory turned out about 7 boats per week. Chuck Bennett told me my hull #132 left the factory Dec 20, 1970, which now makes it a little over 38 years old.
I have been trying to figure out how many of these are still around. From these two Whaler sites, I have only been able to count about 15 really top quality ones owned by people contributing, but I'm sure there are more. A lot of them are really beat up, and I believe there are quite a few nice ones in Europe remaining. I have no idea how many of the 722 total are in existance at all, or how many OEM restorable ones exist. Many have bad floor surfaces, and have been stripped of their original equipment like console, seating, ceiling boards, teak decking, etc., and most have been bottom painted a hundred times and hacked up with homemade .
For anybody looking for one of these, if you find one with original gelcoat in good condition, and no bottom paint, with original console, BUY IT first, and ask questions later. You can't loose on a boat like that.
Posted by ritzyrags on 02/03/09 - 6:13 PM
#8
It is my pleasure to again volunteering to adopt and arbor a unit of this type.
Since I do live in a remote but heavenly part of the world"Desolation Sound"
Distance would be a factor in acquiring one of those Outrage.
Power on the other hand would not be so important here.
I will entertain the prospect of getting some come back on these Old but Grand Ladies.
And this from some of you; not so inclined to work at the costly refit that one of those Whaler would demand.
Serge.
Posted by Finnegan on 02/03/09 - 7:40 PM
#9
I have noticed that JayR's 21 ribside, one of the few nice ones that I am aware of, has shown up on the moving slide clip below, evidently posted by it's new owner in Holland.
He did a really nice job on that boat, and I can't believe he sold it. Someone over here missed a real opportunity to get a nice one, but I'm happy to see it's being well cared for and enjoyed over there..