For that price you got an extraordinary deal. I bought a 1983 Outrage eighteen about eight years ago and meticulously restored everything. Is brand new custom made fuel tank, Is new Foam as needed, We did all the teak and bought a brand new johnson E-Tech 135 high output. She tops out at 44 and cruises.Beautifully burning very little fuel at like thirty five. We live in casco bay maine. You got a great boat there! My renovation was a lot more than your entire purchase price! Oh well 🇺🇲
I owe one and this is an excellent boat, arguably the best hull before 21 ft. Extremely high seaworthiness for its size. Mine is 150 and it goes 44mph w 2 heavy guys onboard. Congratulations, excellent choice.
This is Duane. I never had a whaler. I'm really happy with it now that we have one. It rides beautifully and is very stable. It is great for us as we only go out to go fishing. Ours runs much slower, maxing out around 25 mph with a 115 on it. We don't leave Narragansett, so it's all we really need. It's more about finding those good fishing spots anyways ;). Thanks for your comment and for watching!
You should see mid to high 30’s with a 115. You likely need a lower pitch prop. Make sure your engine can reach its max operating range (rpm). Most leave the splashwell drains unplugged. Water should flow in and out. Hard to make out but the drains look not original/rough. Make sure they are sealed well to prevent water intrusion into your transom. Is there caulking around the floor covering the fuel tank? Looks like screws missing or they used new screw locations? Old holes rotted out? The deck plate on the port side shouldn’t be cut open either. All these things can lead to water in the fuel tank cavity and wood rot. Hard to tell for sure just looking at the video.
Thanks for your comments and questions. I have done a lot since this video was put together. I will do my best to answer you. I switched to a 13 pitch prop. We now can reach 5800 rpm's with no trouble. I also put an addon called a hydro shield which mounts to the skeg below the prop. It greatly improved performance in all categories and protects the prop as well. I keep the drain plugs in as the stern sits a bit low likely due to already saturated foam. I pull the plugs occasionally when under way to drain, but otherwise we would take in too much water and it is too hard to get up to a plane. Moving the main battery under the console helped a lot to shift weight forward. That was a project. There is silicone on all seams, but there are missing screws as they are stripped. Screw holes have silicone in them as well. There are two open spaces in the deck including the corner you mention. On the port side where the fuel line goes to the rail, he had to cut the deck to get the new fuel tank in. The deck is actually pretty solid aside from the spongy corner. I added a bait table there so I can't step on it. We actually take on almost no water in the bilge when we go out, and we do not go on the ocean, only our bay. I have done other work like clean and teak oil all the silvered teak. It is much better now as you will see in later videos. Thank you very much for your comment and for watching so closely!
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For that price you got an extraordinary deal. I bought a 1983 Outrage eighteen about eight years ago and meticulously restored everything. Is brand new custom made fuel tank, Is new Foam as needed, We did all the teak and bought a brand new johnson E-Tech 135 high output. She tops out at 44 and cruises.Beautifully burning very little fuel at like thirty five. We live in casco bay maine. You got a great boat there! My renovation was a lot more than your entire purchase price! Oh well 🇺🇲
Beautiful new boat new investment and fishing coming congrats, nice sharing
Thanks Nena, can't wait to get her out on the water and go fishing!
Congratulations and wishing you good luck and fun times on the new boat.
Thanks Rich!
I owe one and this is an excellent boat, arguably the best hull before 21 ft. Extremely high seaworthiness for its size. Mine is 150 and it goes 44mph w 2 heavy guys onboard. Congratulations, excellent choice.
This is Duane. I never had a whaler. I'm really happy with it now that we have one. It rides beautifully and is very stable. It is great for us as we only go out to go fishing. Ours runs much slower, maxing out around 25 mph with a 115 on it. We don't leave Narragansett, so it's all we really need. It's more about finding those good fishing spots anyways ;). Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Congrats!
Thank you!
Nice new boat beautiful color good quality also thanks support nenalabs, thank you new friend full support
Thank you!
Curious what a Whaler boat like yours cost? I am looking for similar one. Nice
We got this one for $11K and thought we really got a great deal!
You should see mid to high 30’s with a 115. You likely need a lower pitch prop. Make sure your engine can reach its max operating range (rpm).
Most leave the splashwell drains unplugged. Water should flow in and out. Hard to make out but the drains look not original/rough. Make sure they are sealed well to prevent water intrusion into your transom.
Is there caulking around the floor covering the fuel tank? Looks like screws missing or they used new screw locations? Old holes rotted out? The deck plate on the port side shouldn’t be cut open either. All these things can lead to water in the fuel tank cavity and wood rot.
Hard to tell for sure just looking at the video.
Thanks for your comments and questions. I have done a lot since this video was put together. I will do my best to answer you.
I switched to a 13 pitch prop. We now can reach 5800 rpm's with no trouble. I also put an addon called a hydro shield which mounts to the skeg below the prop. It greatly improved performance in all categories and protects the prop as well.
I keep the drain plugs in as the stern sits a bit low likely due to already saturated foam. I pull the plugs occasionally when under way to drain, but otherwise we would take in too much water and it is too hard to get up to a plane. Moving the main battery under the console helped a lot to shift weight forward. That was a project.
There is silicone on all seams, but there are missing screws as they are stripped. Screw holes have silicone in them as well.
There are two open spaces in the deck including the corner you mention. On the port side where the fuel line goes to the rail, he had to cut the deck to get the new fuel tank in. The deck is actually pretty solid aside from the spongy corner. I added a bait table there so I can't step on it. We actually take on almost no water in the bilge when we go out, and we do not go on the ocean, only our bay.
I have done other work like clean and teak oil all the silvered teak. It is much better now as you will see in later videos.
Thank you very much for your comment and for watching so closely!