Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Found my stencil # now what year ?
Posted by davbro on 01/12/10 - 3:42 PM
#1
Found it in the bow locker # 1357 . Now how do I tell the year from it ?
Posted by Joe Kriz on 01/12/10 - 3:47 PM
#2
That fits into 1958 to 1960
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=61
I would like to eventually narrow down those 3 years a little further.
Maybe asking Chuck Bennett at Whaler would give us a little more info.
1958 - ????
1959 - ????
1960 - ????
Edited by Joe Kriz on 01/12/10 - 3:48 PM
Posted by Tom W Clark on 01/12/10 - 5:42 PM
#3
It's a 1958-1960 model, beyond that we cannot know. Boston Whaler's records are very thin from the early years. They do not have boat-by-boat records from back then.
Given that your Stenciled Number is 1357 out of 4400 boats made during that period, I would estimate yours was made in 1959.
Posted by davbro on 01/13/10 - 7:07 PM
#4
So, from what I have researched and read here, the boat could be a 1958 - 1960. Most likely it is not a 1960 because the number is low. It is possibly a 1958 but most likely a 1959. It seems there is no way to tell for sure.
Edited by Tom W Clark on 01/14/10 - 8:48 AM