oceanic and blade boats WA
Submitted by mark64 on Sun, 2014-06-29 09:19
hi,searching around for info on blade and oceanic boats but cant find any reviews or forums,just wondering if anyone has owned or had any experience with these brandslooking at 6.8 centrecab(dceanic)or 6.5blade(boatsonline Darwin,any help appreciated cheers mark.
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mark64
Robbo88
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6.5 Blade
Hi Mark,
The Blade is a friends boat. We went to Exmouth last year with it and from what I saw it goes really well. Dave has done several trips to the Montes with it but since moving to Darwin he has hardly used it. I just wish I had the spare cash haha
Billcollector
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Date Joined: 16/05/09
If its an Oceanic boat built
If its an Oceanic boat built by Woody it is a good quality boat. He stopped building a few years ago now. I have a 7.0mtr one and a couple of members here have them also, great handling boats that are built to last.
mark64
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hi billc, the hulls are the
hi billc, the hulls are the ones on boatsonline hull only $29000 was woody the owner of oceanic or the welder? thanks for the feedback,cheers mark
mark64
Billcollector
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Hi Mark, not the same
Hi Mark, not the same business. Woody was a small operator in Balcatta that built the boats by himself. very fussy and high quality work. his boats don't seem to change hands very often. He still has Oceanic boats trading name the other is Oceanic fabrication
mark64
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thanks for the info robbo,
thanks for the info robbo, may have to go to Darwin for a look,did you have the boat out in bad weather? how did it handle,was there much tinny slap bang? the boat looks to tick the boxes just need to find a bit more info cheers,mark
mark64
Rob H
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One of the guys on here got
One of the guys on here got an Oceanic last year (jng?) and sounded very pleased with it.
I also had a look thru their factory at what they were doing and all looked pretty good, the workmanship seemed to be quite good.
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jng
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I've got the oceanic 7.5
I've got the oceanic 7.5 hardtop, 6mm bottom. Very happy with my boat. A few other members have the same boat as me and they seem to be happy aswel,
Bruce has been building boats since 1992 I believe, he is still building so he must be doing something right pretty tough game lots of builders go under
Feel free to have a look at mine if you are in the area SOR
Justin
Rob H
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It was pretty funny Justin,
It was pretty funny Justin, when i went in there-"Bruce" isnt a very common Asian name Id think
He seems like a pretty good bloke though and very happy to just show me round and have a chinwag.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
jng
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Rob, not a common Asian name
Rob, not a common Asian name at all hahah Great bloke to deal with and they work hard to get the job done promptly.
Rob H
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haha, na didnt think so
haha, na didnt think so
Couple of years ago camped in Coral Bay, the missus meets us at the filletting table and says a Japanese couple have moved in next to us.
When I get back to the site, I go to say gidday and he introduces himself as "Barry" or something like-just slipped out "that doesnt sound very Japanese"
They were from Melbourne and didnt speak to us again
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
mark64
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hi Justin always good when
hi Justin always good when you don't see the small boatbulders boats second hand to often got to be a good sign.coming down to perth in two weeks so if ok can I give you a call to come and have a look, cheers mark
mark64
jng
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Hey mark, no worries just
Hey mark, no worries just send me a pm when you are ready.