Boston Whaler 13 ft 1968

Just picked up a classic 68 restored with a 40 Yamaha tiller steering. Boat is in great shape the rub rail they used is not the greatest, does anyone have any suggestions on what to replace it with.

1968-13 ft Boston Whaler 40 Yamaha
210 Triton Sea Hunt 150 Yamaha

http://www.usedfirehoses.com/collections/scrap-fire-hose If you’re looking for pretty, it’s not the best, but it’s cheap and practical. That’s what I’ll be putting on the Creek Rat when I get to that stage.

Thanks

1968-13 ft Boston Whaler 40 Yamaha
210 Triton Sea Hunt 150 Yamaha

Oh yea! Welcome to the CLUB! Me and GregRo are club members :slight_smile:

I recently replaced my rub rail with a factory replacement. It looks professional. In fact, I did a thread on it and will point you to it. You should call TwinCities Marine and talk to Sue. They are the factory outlet for Whaler. She is super nice and has all kinds of tips, like for example, if you are looking for replacement whaler logo’s, you can get the factory replacements for cheaper than the aftermarket, something like $8 per logo.

BTW mine has a 25 and goes 32 mph. That 40 will be scary fast, emphasis on scary. The hull only weighs about 300lb.


2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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Here is my thread from the SSWA forum. Let me know if you have any questions.

Recently I had my bow nav light go out on my classic Whaler. In those days they ran a 3 wire cable through the foam with the 3rd wire “just in case” you had a problem with one. Well 45 years later they finally corroded through!

The solution is to buy a 3 pc rubrail from Boston Whaler and run a new cable through the rub rail. In order to prevent water intrusion where the wires pass through the hull, I made some fiberglass tubes by wrapping some glass sheets around a 3/8 PVC pipe and letting it set.

These were inserted through holes drilled through the rail and to the bottom of the nav light in front, and through the side rail at a down-sloping angle (for drainage) in the rear. Then they were set in place using resin mixed with fairing material and sanded.

Next, the rub rail was installed using stainless screws that came with the kit. I purchased the kit through TwinCities Marine for about $180 - the rubrail is OEM. These screws have a coating that helps seal them against water intrusion and they are self tapping.

I am really happy with how it turned out and it gives the boat a newer look. I am still holding off on the major redo of the glass (as you can see it has plenty of crazing as is typical for this vintage Whaler). I’m having too much fun with it to take it out of commission for 6 months :slight_smile:

Here are some pics. I am sorry I didn’t take any in-progress pics…

A view down the length, its pretty straight

This shows the rubrail at the corners. A heat gun is a must for this portion of the project. Thanks BOSN for lending it to me

This shows the access hole in the rear where the cable passes through the side and into the rubrail - completely wa

Thanks, loving mine. I did find out my rub rail is oem and secured areas with 5200 and took comet to it and it came out like new. Looks great i will add pics when i figure out how

1968-13 ft Boston Whaler 40 Yamaha
210 Triton Sea Hunt 150 Yamaha