Researching Ocean King Class motor boats to help trace our old family boat

[Drive]

I'm wondering if anyone can help me with information about the above boats which were produced in the late 60's & early 70's by a small company called Bering Aero Marine (located in the Hampshire/Sussex area i believe). An internet search lead me to find one (and up for sale) on Jersey but alas I've been unable to uncover anything else. The boats were built on a Aqua Bell 27/28 ft hull (as i understand) Its possible that there were only 6 or 7 of them actually built. Also owners were asked/encouraged to name their boats starting with the letters "SZ"

The search is turning into a personal crusade (for very personal reasons) as my father owned one of these from new ( our boat was named "Szorion" ) and i was lucky enough to spend many a fabulous childhood weekend & holiday on our wonderful boat. Some 40 yrs later i'm constantly reminded of how much those experiences have stayed with me. Our boat was berthed from new in Chichester Marina until my father reluctantly sold her some 20 yrs ago. I'm using bits of his now fading memories plus my own (young) memories to piece the story together. I actually visited the marina about 2 yrs ago and inquired but the site has changed owners and i was informed no records are now kept going back to that time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Drive

 

[rafiki_]

Drive, welcome to the forum. I have bumped this up to the top, as others on here will be more helpful than me with this. First posts get delayed during th moderating posting, and therefore sometimes get missed.
Good luck with this.

 

[Drive]

Hi Rafiki

Thanks for the welcome and for doing that. Very much appreciated. I hope that there will be some information that comes back. Fingers crossed.

 

[petem]

Try sending a Private Message to member Byron (click "Notification" top right of this page). He has a wealth of knowledge concerning UK boats of that period.

Pete

 

[Drive]

Thanks Pete also for that suggestion. I will do. Many thanks Drive

 

[byron]

Sorry! Whilst I am au fait with the excellent Aqua Belles (sp?) I have no recollection of any derivations called "Ocean Kings" .

 

[Drive]

Thanks Byron. i will try to upload an image of the Jersey example (the only boat i've found to date) when i've worked out how ! Thanks for your reply