1965 Boston Whaler 13

Dick Fisher created a 13-foot outboard boat unlike anything seen before. The 13-footer was made with a moulded outer piece and an inner cockpit module joined at the gunwales, the space between the two filled with foam. Radical then, it’s a common building method today. The hull, buoyant and stable, was easily propelled by a small outboard and the foam construction made it unsinkable. To prove his point, Fisher was photographed for Life magazine sitting in a Boston Whaler as it was being sawn in half. As the hulls separated, Fisher was shown motoring off in the stern section. He said later he knew the boat would be a success “when a kid in Cohasset stole one.”