| It started
small. Just thirteen feet long. A boat that didn't look like
any others at the 1958 Boston Boat Show. But that small boat
had a very big impact. It was the beginning of a legend.
Soon that first
Boston Whaler - and more than seventy thousand just like it
that followed - were everywhere. And tackling some big water
no thirteen-footer could handle before.
The legend
grew. With stories about the boat that would support ten
people even if it was filled with water. That would still
float after taking 1000 rounds of automatic weapons fire.
That could run when it was cut in half - as long as you've
got the half with the engine.
The stories
were true. Unibond™ foam-filled construction makes the
Whaler unsinkable. An amazing innovation then. One that's
still exceptional today. A totally unsinkable boat.
The
innovation continued. Whaler pioneered the center console.
An inverted chine system for a drier ride. Advanced hull
shapes. The design evolved into everything from dinghies to
big-muscled offshore fishing machines. And the legend kept
growing.
Kids
everywhere spent their summers in a swimsuit and a Whaler.
Fishermen relied on Whalers to take them out where the big
ones hide. Parents counted on them to bring children back
safe and sound. Families piled everyone, and everything you
could imagine, into Whalers for fun on the water.
You can still
get a boat just like the one that started it all back in
1958. But today you can choose from many more, each one
creating a new legend all its own.
Boston Whaler
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