A local dealer has a 1986 17' Montauk with a 90 hp motor. They are
asking $5500. If the boat checks out, would this be a faiir price?
Seems a bit high to me for a boat that old. Any suggestoins on a fair
price?

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A local dealer has a 1986 17' Montauk with a 90 hp motor. They are
asking $5500. If the boat checks out, would this be a faiir price?
Seems a bit high to me for a boat that old. Any suggestoins on a fair
price?

Make certain it weighs what you expect. If the foam core is holding
water Whalers can weigh 3 or 4 times their expected dry weight.

Great resource for Whaler info:

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/

Go into the forums section and you'll have access to scads of info.

jps

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Make certain it weighs what you expect. If the foam core is holding
water Whalers can weigh 3 or 4 times their expected dry weight.


Good advice. Some older Whalers are waterlogged and there's no way to tell
unless you drill out a core sample or weigh the boat. A local harbormaster
boat had this problem (boat wasn't that old, either). Every season it got
slower and slower and the engine was incorrectly blamed until they realized
it didn't handle like it used to.

Eisboch