in my quest

[gonfishing]

hi all have come across a couple of boats made by Ocean International,havn't been to see yet but will have alook at weekend, pictures look o.k along the lines of what i have been looking at, is anyone familiar with this type of vessel and know anything about them. i.e sea worthiness for Bristol Channel etc??
julian

<hr width=100% size=1>oooh, i'll be fishing soon.

 

[longjohnsilver]

That's a new make to me, tell us more.

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[gonfishing]

i was rather hoping someone on the forum can throw some light, there is one on boats for sale an ocean international holiday 224, the one i am looking at is a 28ft version but cannot find any info, broker reckons boat is worth about 22k but is willing to negotiate quite substantially need info to find out WHY????

<hr width=100% size=1>oooh, i'll be fishing soon.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Aha that's more like it, a holiday 28', be very careful, if it's what I think it is they had problems with the hull breaking up, suspect that's why they're prepared to be very flexible on price. Think you'll find they were called cruisers international, not ocean int.

There were 2 firms with a similar name, one good one very bad, the bad one was based in the USA. Byron can probably tell you more.

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[Moose]

Did they make the VEE express? or was that a differnt company.

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Moose

 

[byron]

<font color=blue>I am not familiar with these boats.

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[longjohnsilver]

Kim certainly knows which is which, worth asking him now Byron's failed us ;-((

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[DepSol]

What you are referring to is a CRUISERS INTERNATIONAL 224 Holiday. They also made two other models I think the 286 V express which is the one that had de-lamination problems due to the factory moving from one area to another and in the interim not having enough storage space so the 224s went under cover and the other moulds were left outside in winter.

CRUISERS INTERNATIONAL went bust due to these de-lamination problems and the cost to fix them altho it was only models 0-36 or something. CRUISERS INC who made them originally in the States are still up and running.

There is a Cruisers Int 224 holiday for sale in Guernsey prob pick it up for £10k. Its me old boat /forums/images/icons/smile.gif aand the guy who bought it had it refurbished inside and out.


<hr width=100% size=1>Dom

2003 is going to be a good year for me