NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 14, 2025--
Boston Whaler ®, the iconic American boat manufacturer founded in 1958, and Tombolo ®, the resortwear brand known for its irreverent ‘escapewear,’ today announced Part II of their ongoing collaboration.
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This 18-piece capsule collection offers a refreshing and playful twist on styles familiar to the boating community, including fishing shirts, board shorts, UPF 50+ sun shirts, and foul weather gear. In many cases, the garments embrace nostalgic silhouettes and fabrics from the '50s, '60s and '70s when Boston Whaler was rapidly ascending to its now legendary status among boaters worldwide.
“This partnership is deeply personal for me,” said Chris Galasso, co-founder of Tombolo. “When I was growing up, I learned to love the water from the faded Whaler blue deck of a 1974 Boston Whaler ’13. It’s a full circle moment to now have a hand in creating a collection that celebrates the joys of the water with the boat brand that started it all for me and so many others.”
Part I of the collaboration featured a Boston Whaler 16’ from the 1960s that Tombolo salvaged 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 debut collection’s photoshoot in all her dilapidated glory.
Now, for Part II, Boston Whaler and Tombolo upped the ante. Alongside 18 new items, and the return of fan favorites from Part I, Cea Pea has been fully restored and reimagined. After a meticulous, loving restoration, the classic vessel has been transformed into a showpiece that bridges past and present.
“We’re thrilled to unveil the Part II clothing capsule alongside the restored Cea Pea, looking as buoyant and beautiful as ever at over 50 years old,” said Mike Sard, Co-Founder of Tombolo. “She steals the show as the centerpiece of this ongoing partnership. We hope Cea Pea’s charisma also shows up in the clothes, which aim to bottle her magic.”
The restoration included a much-needed re-powering by Mercury Marine ®, equipping her with a new 75hp Mercury outboard that delivers the boundary-pushing performance for which the 16-foot model remains famous. The restoration process involved an ecosystem of talented New York boatworkers, including Chuck’s Fiberglass, Albertson’s Marine, and Wm. J. Mills & Co. – America’s oldest sailmaker. Wm. J. Mills Co. served as the creative bridge between the apparel collection and the boat itself, crafting Cea Pea’s custom-branded bimini top and terry cloth cushions. Their handiwork extends to the collection’s tote bags, tying the nautical heritage of the boat to the wearable garments.
“Collaborating with Tombolo has given us a fresh and creative way to celebrate Boston Whaler’s storied legacy and boundary-pushing performance,” said Lenn Scholz, Boston Whaler President. “This collection is more than apparel – it’s an invitation to experience the spirit of Whaler in a new medium. We hope it inspires our passionate community of owners and fans, while also welcoming newcomers to the joy, freedom, and rich history that define life on a Whaler.”
The collaboration collection is available on Tombolo’s website at www.tombolocompany.com and in its New York City store (208 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012).
It is also available in Japan exclusively via Journal Standard by Baycrew’s at their stores in Tokyo and Osaka listed below:
JOURNAL STANDARD (Omotesando Store)
Address: 1F and 2F BARCA Building, 5-25-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Phone number: 03-6418-7961
JOURNAL STANDARD (Lucua Store)
Address: 3-1-3 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Lucua 3F
Phone number: 06-6347-0294
For more information about Boston Whaler and to view its complete lineup of boat models, visit BostonWhaler.com.
About Boston Whaler
For more than 60 years, Boston Whaler has been building superior quality unsinkable runabouts, cruisers, and center console boats. Founded in 1958 and currently headquartered in Edgewater, Fla., the company’s unique foam-cored construction process contributes not only unsurpassed flotation, but also superior ride characteristics and durability. The current product line ranges from 13 to 42 feet and is distributed around the world by a network of exceptional dealers. For more information about The Unsinkable Legend™, please visit www.bostonwhaler.com.
About Tombolo, LLC
Tombolo is a New York ‘escapewear’ brand offering spirited and original apparel that transports customers to a different time, place or state of mind. Its carefree design philosophy is grounded in a serious commitment to top-notch quality, incredible materials, and meaningful causes: 1% of Tombolo’s revenue as well as $1 of every Tombolo order supports environmental and humanitarian efforts. Tombolo is best known for its creative reimagining of ‘cabana shirts’ -- the terry cloth, poolside ensembles that were popular in the 1950s and ’60s. Tombolo was founded in 2018 by two best friends since childhood.
"Cea Pea", the 1960s Boston Whaler 16' that Tombolo restored in partnership with Boston Whaler® and Mercury Marine®, along with their parent company, Brunswick Corporation®.
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.
The legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand — was not immediately clear. The stunning, lightning-fast American military action, which plucked a nation’s sitting leader from office, echoed the U.S. invasion of Panama that led to the surrender and seizure of its leader, Manuel Antonio Noriega, in 1990 — exactly 36 years ago Saturday.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, would face charges after an indictment in New York.
Trump announced the developments on Truth Social shortly after 4:30 a.m. ET (0930 GMT) and said he would host a news conference at 11 a.m. ET (1600 GMT).
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s spokespeople declined to comment on the U.S. operation.
Machado was last seen in public last month, when she emerged from 11 months in hiding and traveled to Norway, where she was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says Maduro and his wife will face criminal charges after an indictment in New York.
Bondi vowed in a social media post that the couple will “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
Maduro was indicted in 2020 in New York, but it was not previously known that his wife had been.
The Justice Department during Trump’s first term in office charged in the several indictments that Maduro had effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country.
The coordinated unsealing of indictments against 14 officials and government-connected individuals, and rewards of $55 million for Maduro and four others, attacked all the key planks of what then-Attorney General William Barr called the “corrupt Venezuelan regime,” including the Maduro-dominated judiciary and the powerful armed forces.
One indictment by prosecutors in New York accused Maduro and socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello, head of the rubber-stamping constitutional assembly, of conspiring with Colombian rebels and members of the military “to flood the United States with cocaine” and use the drug trade as a “weapon against America.”
Read our news report from 2020 on the charges
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau says the military action and seizure of Maduro marks “a new dawn for Venezuela,” saying that “the tyrant is gone.”
He posted on X hours after the strike. His boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, reposted a post from July that said Maduro “is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government.”
Utah Sen. Mike Lee said Rubio informed him that “he anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in U.S. custody,” the lawmaker posted on social media.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X that he had spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who briefed him on the strike. Rubio told Lee that Maduro “has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.”
The White House did not immediately respond to queries on where Maduro and his wife were being flown to. Maduro was indicted in March 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York.
President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, one of Trump’s fiercest critics, said the Colombian government convened a national security meeting before dawn Saturday and sent security forces to the border in preparation for a potential “massive influx of refugees” from neighboring Venezuela.
He said he’d also call on the U.N. Security Council to consider “the aggression against the sovereignty of Venezuela and of Latin America.”
“Without sovereignty, there is no nation,” Petro wrote on social media.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned what it called a U.S. “act of armed aggression” against Venezuela in a statement posted on its Telegram channel Saturday.
“Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own destiny without any destructive, let alone military, outside intervention,” the statement said.
The ministry called for dialogue to prevent further escalation and said it reaffirmed its “solidarity” with the Venezuelan people and government, adding that Russia supports calls for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting.
The State Department issued a new travel alert early Saturday warning Americans in Venezuela urging them to “shelter in place” due to the situation.
“U.S. Embassy Bogota is aware of reports of explosions in and around Caracas, Venezuela,” it said without elaboration.
“The U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, warns U.S. citizens not to travel to Venezuela. U.S. citizens in Venezuela should shelter in place.” The embassy in Bogota has been shuttered since March, 2019 but operates remotely.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio retweeted Trump’s announcement without comment, but his deputy, Christopher Landau, posted Trump’s statement, adding that it marked “a new dawn for Venezuela!” “The tyrant is gone. He will now—finally—face justice for his crimes,” Landau said.
Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez says, “We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.” He added: “We demand proof of life.”
Trump said Maduro “has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow.” He set a news conference for later Saturday morning.
The explosions in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, early on the third day of 2026 — at least seven blasts — sent people rushing into the streets, while others took to social media to report hearing and seeing the explosions. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties. The apparent attack itself lasted less than 30 minutes, but it was unclear if more actions lay ahead, though Trump said in his post that the strikes were carried out “successfully.”
Government supporters display posters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, right, and former President Hugo Chávez in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Supporters display a poster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
National Guard armored vehicles block an avenue leading to Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
Smoke rises from Fort Tiuna, the main military garrison in Caracas, Venezuela, after multiple explosions were heard and aircraft swept through the area, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Pedestrians walk past the Miraflores presidential palace after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
A vehicle drives along a darkened highway next to Fort Tiuna, the main military garrison in Caracas, Venezuela, after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Smoke raises at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
