Ocean Express Pictures
 

Hey Mark, you wanted some Ocean Express pictures.:cool:

33, I think this is for sale.

31 ox

31 ox

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The 33 that I should own.:mad:

39 that was for sale on OSO awhile back.

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This thing is beautiful.

I think this is an old Image?

More Pictures
 

Hey Mika,
You are awesome! Those pictures are great. I know that someone owns those boats and are active OSO members or just chicken shiznit to reply. Where are these boats at?
How come none of those cats do not have Ocean Express name on the boats anywhere? Adam maybe you might have some input on where to go and get these stickers made for their boats. I had stickers made from one of your business cards. My friend has it saved and can printed any size or color to match your boat. They are really inexpensive and look great.

pictures
 

I'm learning this computer thing!?

A buddie of mine owns that image. Its on Long Island, with one blown motor...I think it could be had pretty reasonable.....His name is Steve and his number is 631-767-8270

caferacer,
Thanks for the info, does it have triples?

Hey Mark,
I met you two summers ago at the LOTO shootout. You had your boat at the Ledges if I remember right. I talked to you for a few minutes at the dock. I want a ride on that thing the next time I run into you.:D

Shane Ferguson

Here are some more pictures.

Jolley's 28 OX

Boot's 39 OX

old Image

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Here is a great thread about Ocean Express. Ton's of info here.:cool:
Glassdave's OX thread

LOTO fun
 

Shane,
It was definately me. I go to LOTO as often as possible. Looking to possibly buy a condo some time in the future. You are always welcome on the boat for a ride. I have so much fun down there watching boats lauch in the air while my wife takes a nap in the passenger seat. The boat is totally different than it did back then.

Who's Boat
 

Mika,
Who's boat is in#9? That boat looks totally custom. Who's ever boat that is please post some info and pictures of that bad boy. I would like to find out about the trim and how it works vs. a fixed trim.

What ever happened to "Chasing the Deal"? I heard the boat was sold. I was at Skater and saw it in the parking lot. I know that was a fast boat with crash boxes.

Mark,
I'm going to take you up on that ride.:)
I cannot recall who's boat that is in post's 7,8,9. It was in the classifieds a few years back. Someone on here will probably remember.
I found this picture of your boat on this thread. Does it still look like this? Post some more pictures of it.:cool:
link

Thats the boat
 

You are so very resourceful. Thats the boat in June and after the poker run I donated about $7000.00 to Arneson for a drive that I had to rebuild. I had it orginally rebuilt by a place in LOTO and it came apart when running hard in the poker run. The interior is whited out and now the cockpit is torn out and is mostly going to be whited out. I also has cushion made for between the engines make. I am building or ordering custom made mufflers to avoid any more noise tickets. I am running dry Stelling Big Tubes at 6000rpms. Racecrafters has the best muffler available which can run WOT(click on the website). I am still learning my computer and can not down load pictures for some reason. I could bore you with all of the other things that I am doing this year, so you will have to see it when you are on the boat.

found another picture of trim cylinders on my hardrive for ya Mark. This thing was for sale at national liquidators awhile back. 39 OX that had diesel's in it at one time.

dash

33 dash

Pics are good.
 

I thought that my boat was dull and boring. That gray is dull as could be and I bet its hot in the sun. I am going to have to make my trim cyclinders because no one has them anywhere. Buying the cyclinders from Arneson is over $4000.00 and I know that they could be made for much less. I hope I could find a used pair soon.
Tizbad is one of the 2 boats for sale in Ohio yours?

Mark,

this look familiar

Where's the front half
 

Marc,
You could of sent a picture of the boat and trailer hooked up to "my" custom Mitcher-T painted, billit (this that and the other) parts crew cab dually. I could almost vision the two hooked up and rolling down the highway taking up a lane and half of the shoulder. I think you are ready for a new truck and I will glad help you out by taking the "old" truck off of your hands. The boat looks nice but I don't know about that Manning Trailer. (Just Kidding!) Would look nice with a goose-neck.
Mark Smith

Is this what you wanted ???????

What do you mean "wanted"? I still want it. I think that truck looks better with an OE than a Cig. The Cig would look better with a brand new truck.
Mark

This boat was actually here in Sweden 2000-2002.
The owner was my friend Richard.
It was powered with two 500hp Yanmar diesels,
Paintjob and rigging was done over here in 2001.
Richard purchased a 112mph 32' Skater in jan 2003
and the 39' went back to the US without engines.

The world isn't that big!

Here is a pic from a poker run summer 2002

Another

Last one

Thanks 38kv,

How fast did that thing run with the Yanmar's?

It didn't run much more than 65.
That's one of the reasons he sold it.
We thought it would be faster but it was to heavy,about 12-14000 lbs.

But it looked very cool at full speed with a 200ft rooster tail.

Heavy Boat
 

The boat in the picture looks so heavy that the back end of the boat looks real low in the water. 500HP diesels is huge power for each motor. There are alot of poker run boats now running diesels for dependability and good cruise speeds. If the boat was throwing a 200ft rooster tail, it was overtrimmed for top speed. Fountain has a 48EC that does 68 mph with triples and cruises 60mph. So I guess the speed is in line with other boats.

deck
 

A good shot of the deck

What's Happening?
 

Catbuilder,
Anything new going on a the factory? What's happening with the 49? any pics?


Expresscat39,
How far did you get? If you were a little closer I would help out. Would you be ready for SOTW poker run, would love to see it there.
Mark

working !
 

Mark, I still have a lot of parts all over the place. The exhaust tubes just came back from Stellings today.

The torque tube shims and ratio sleeves hopefully were shipped from arneson last week.

The prop shafts have been shipped to Toledo to be straightened. Both were a little off. They also were scratched slightly when the races were removed. They will be splatter welded, polished and straightened by Friday.

Was going to get all new gauges and looked at a tab of over 2g's. The one's I have were painted green in a previous life. I soaked one last night in paint remover and it took the green and also the white off. I always thought the white was powder coated. So now I am going to have silver gauges? I was thinking about putting a clear coat on them just to be different and protect them as well.

The engines just came back from being dyno'd in Wisconsin so they came pretty close to you.

WIll keep you posted and get some pics as it gets closer.

We are planning to attend the SOTW this year. If the cat can't make it I will bring the Tog Gun. My current truck won't pull the cat. Looking at a F700 Ford with a sleeper and 8.3 liter diesel. The guy wants to trade me for a tractor I have. It already has the 5th wheel set up on it. Actually set up like a sidekick. A little paint and it will look good. Only bad thing with this set up it gets into CDL class.

Do you know your boat weight?

Probably will have a crew of at least 6. Hopefully, Mike Griffiths from Mercury, Twisted Styx racing will come with us if he does not already have a ride. We will bring a couple other wrenches with us as well.

I will probably come upa a day early. I like it up there.