'Boston Whaler' Board Shorts (Navy)

The smoothest ride for your center console. 
  
Shop the rest of the Tombolo x Boston Whaler capsule here.

These board shorts also come in white, available here.  
 
 95% Recycled Nylon / 5% Spandex
 
DETAILS
 
 Front and back patch pockets secured by embossed 'Boston Whaler' nickel snaps. 
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Robust and quick-drying recycled nylon. 
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Chainstitched Boston Whaler logo on wearer's left leg. 
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Double-needle contrast stitching, plus zig-zag stitch at hem.
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Custom woven Tombolo x Boston Whaler interior label.
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Silicone-dipped tips on white drawstrings.
 
SIZING 
 
Collin is 5' 11" with a 32" waist. He is wearing size 32 board shorts. He is also pictured wearing the 'Boston Whaler' TomPolo in size M and the 'Boston Whaler' Sun Shirt (UPF 50+) in size M.
 
ABOUT THE COLLABORATION
 
Boston Whaler® is our most buoyant partnership yet: unsinkable, in fact, and famously so. Since the 1950s, The Unsinkable Legend™ has been integral to countless memories on the water. Among them are some of our own: Tombolo grew up with Boston Whalers and learned to love the water from the faded Whaler Blue deck of a 1974 '13 Sport.
 
Part I of our ongoing partnership with Boston Whaler featured a 16 foot Whaler from the 1960s that Tombolo rescued from a yard on Shelter Island, New York. The boat, named “Cea Pea,” had seen better days after many years of neglect. Unassuming Cea Pea became the backdrop of the Part I photoshoot in all of her dilapidated glory. For Part II, Boston Whaler and Tombolo upped the ante: along with 18 new items (and the return of select best sellers from Part I), Cea Pea has been reborn and reimagined after a painstaking restoration. She looks as buoyant and beautiful as ever at over 50 years old, stealing the show as the centerpiece of this ongoing partnership.
 
Read more about the partnership between Boston Whaler and Tombolo here. 
  
©2025 Boston Whaler. Licensed by Tombolo, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 
Boston Whaler is a registered trademark of Brunswick Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Wondering why the waist measurement is ~2" more than the garment's listed waist size? 

 

This is standard in the industry. Historically, trousers were cut to sit higher on the natural waist (around the navel), which is smaller than where most modern pants sit — on the hips or just below. To compensate for this change in how people actually wear their pants, brands adjusted sizing to reflect where pants sit on the body — often at a wider part of the torso.

 

Additionally, pants and shorts are designed with a certain amount of "ease" — the difference between body measurements and garment measurements — so they aren’t skin-tight at the waist.
 
Long story short - do not fret - these fit true to size.
 
All measurements listed in inches. For centimeters, multiply by 2.54.