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While Boston Whalers are a highly respected recreational boat, Brunswick Boats maintains a commercial division that sells Boston Whalers to coast guard and naval units worldwide. Boston Whalers were used in the Vietnam War by both the Navy SEALs and the Coast Guard in rescue and river patrol missions. "The unique Boston Whaler boat has attracted an intensely loyal group of owners and fans." Active discussion forums on the web attest to the broad allegiance to the brand. It is used for sport fishing, water skiing, as a runabout, and as a tender on larger yachts.
Boston Whalers were originally manufactured in Massachusetts, and the current manufacturing facility is in Edgewater, Florida. Boston Whaler is operated as a subsidiary of the Brunswick Boat Group, a Division of the Brunswick Corporation, located in Lake Forest, Illinois. Brunswick also owns Mercury Marine; as a result, new Boston Whalers, like all other Brunswick boats, ship from the factory already equipped with Mercury engines.
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