Crestrider

[Pine]

A friend of mine got this cool Crestrider boat that he wants to restore. It really has some nice lines, and it also had a wraparound perspex window. It think it dates back to the 70's?

Many years ago I bought a swb Crestrider buggy shell with the same plate - although it was in two pieces (previous owner wanted to convert it to lwb) it was more or less the shape of the Meyers Manx, and it had a bulge on the bonnet. (It could have been two bulges, I am not 100% sure it has been a while). Below many layers of paint I found the remains of an original glitter gold gelcoat. Unfortunately I had to sell it, as I didn't have storage space at the time.

Does anyone perhaps have more info on the Crestrider company? I can just imagine how cool this boat would look behind a buggy, both in the same colour

[Chris]

I know the current owner of Crestrider well.His name is Chris Cox.He took the company over,about a year ago,from the previous owners.They bought the company about 3 years ago and took what was a very good company and bankrupted in 3 years.The original owner's wife,Rina,then got Chris involved and he took over the company.

He is in the process of slowly but surely rebuilding it.They have scaled down a lot.They mainly do canopies at the moment,but the used to do Buggies,boats,liners,canopies and even coffins.A lot of the moulds survived but the Buggy moulds are long gone.

[Pine]

Thanks for the info, Chris! I really would like to visit this factory once I am in PE again

[Tom Bishop]

The buggy moulds where lost in a fire.

My Burnt Out bug was a Beach Bronco by Creast Rider. Still recon its one of the best looking bugs around.

[Pine]

I recall you mentioning before that the toast bug was also a Crestrider, Tom. Do you perhaps have a few pics of it (rare, not well done, please )?

[ian]

Where are the pics? I like these old boats too.

[Pine]

Those pics were uploaded into ACVWSA?

I'll dig in my vault at some time for the originals...