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Conference vicki::boats

Title:Powerboats
Notice:Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267
Moderator:KWLITY::SUTER
Created:Thu May 12 1988
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1275
Total number of notes:18109

200.0. "Whaler in the news" by SMAUG::LINDQUIST () Tue Nov 01 1988 13:55

    I heard on the news this morning that Boston Whaler has
    received an order for twenty-six boats from the Saudi
    Arabian government.  They will be 'militarized' with machine
    gun mounts.  According to the report, it was the first time
    Whaler had provided 'military' equipment to a foreign
    government.

    I wonder it they will be featured in future sales literature?
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200.1600??ARCHER::SUTERWater is meant to ski on!Tue Nov 01 1988 19:0412
    
    
    	Yeah, I just read the article myself. Sounds like Whaler
    is really getting into the military market. They build the
    same boats for the Navy? (was it the Navy?) anyway...
    
    	The standard patrol boat for S.A. is powered by a 225 hp
    outboard, but the two "Special" ones for the king will be
    powered by a 600 hp mill! Is this monster an outboard? Or
    maybe a misprint?
    
    Rick
200.2Two Three hundredsFELIX::DAVIDGeorge P David, DTN 296-5403Wed Nov 02 1988 10:167
    I saw the boats on channel 5 news last night - one of them had
    
    2 Johnson 300 HP outboards on it for a total of 600HP.  They
    
    said it'll do a little better than 50 MPH.  I think the boat
    
    was a 24 or 27 footer.
200.3C.G. uses 22'sUSRCV1::FRASCHWed Nov 02 1988 13:427
    I think Whaler has been providing "Military" products for some time.
    The Coast Guard uses a bunch of 22' rigs with twin 90 Johnsons.
    (no machine guns) As far as I know, each active station on the Great
    Lakes has at least two 22's.  They have a bunch of extra hardware
    for rescue operations installed, but I'm not sure who does the
    installation.
    Whats it like on the East Coast?
200.4PSYCHE::DECAROLISGoodbye MA - Hello NHWed Nov 02 1988 14:167
       So thats' what that hardware is for on the bow of my Whaler....
    a mount for a 50 caliber Browning!
    
    


200.5Optional equipment?ROGER::GAUDETSki NautiqueWed Nov 02 1988 15:009
    RE: .4
    
    Jeanne, I wonder if they list the machine gun in the Whaler options
    catalog?  I know what boat we're NOT using to ski next season...
    :-)
    
    Hey, you missed bouy 5! ... Rat-ta-tat-tat ... NEXT!  :-)  :-)
    
    					...Roger...
200.6Silly stuffAD::GIBSONLobst'a AyahWed Nov 02 1988 17:2310
    I don't think whaler will use photo's in there brochures, Not there
    style. I do know that Monark has a 19 ft ctr console with a fifty
    cal that they used as a river boat in Asia. And that Merrimack 27
    has a version with a fifty and powered by twin 225 Yams that fly's.
    
    I think stingers on a jet ski with a puff would be just the ticket.
    
    How about ASROCK or a HARPOON on a ranger?
    
    
200.7an inboard?REMEDY::KOPECJust another tricky dayTue Nov 08 1988 16:283
    see cartoon page 46 of the Boston Globe, 11/8/88.
    
    ...tom
200.8East Coast CG uses 'em too!SCOMAN::BOURGAULTI have a story to tell.....Thu Dec 08 1988 05:318
    Re: .3 on CG using Whalers.  East Coast does (did in 70s when I
    was active duty, seen some since....) use various sizes.  We had
    a 19' in Newport, RI to check out oil pollution cases with.  The
    local 82' and 95' patrol-type boats frequently had a small
    Whaler on a crane.... useful for checking out "tight" spots
    where the big fella wouldn't fit....  And so on.....
    
                                    - Ed -
200.9Anyone getting a *really good* TFSO package?GOLF::WILSONThink Spring!Mon Mar 22 1993 15:414
    Reebok International is offering their Boston Whaler division
    for sale.  Asking price is around $50M.
    
    Rick
200.1050/50SALEM::GILMANThu Mar 25 1993 15:054
    Rick, if you have 25 Million lying around we could go 50 50 and start
    a new (to us) boating venture!
    
    Jeff
200.11No wonder DEC's broke!GOLF::WILSONThink Spring!Thu Mar 25 1993 15:107
    re: .10
    does that mean that if I've got $25 million, you've also got
    $25 million ready and waiting?     8^)