They Just don't make them like they used to. The Boston whaler, the unsinkable boat. boats had egos, the Boston Whaler from the 1980s would have needed its own zip code. Back in the ’80s, while big hair and bigger outboards ruled the marinas, Boston Whaler was out here casually redefining what “unsinkable” meant. Not marketing fluff. Not a cute sticker on the side. We’re talking about boats built with a Unibond construction process where foam was injected between the inner liner and outer hull,