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Boston Whaler was founded in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1958 by Richard Fisher. Whaler’s first model, a foam-cored 13-footer with a unique squared-off bow, was an instant success and thousands were sold over the ensuring years. The company gained national notoriety in 1961 when Fisher appeared in Life magazine where a photo showed the company founder sitting in his revolutionary boat as it was sawed in half. Famed for its unsinkable hulls, Boston Whalers distinctive “Unibond” construction process is comprised of two fiberglass skins between which a liquid foam is poured. As the foam expands and hardens, it forms a single sandwich-like hull which is extremely buoyant with great strength and rigidity. Aside from its unsinkable hulls, Boston Whaler is generally credited with introducing the first center console design in 1961. In recent years the company has fielded a growing series of quality deep-V fishing boats priced at the higher end of the market. Boston Whaler is today owned by industry-giant Brunswick Corp.