I don't know where you would find a history of the companies. To clear up one
thing, though, Pacific Boats (George Olson) went bankrupt in l987 primarily
because he had invested so much in gearing up for the Olson 34. Only one of
those was built by Olson (Ozone) The hull molds were owned by other investors
which were leased to Ericson who set up a plant in Tijuana. When Ericson also
went bankrupt, lots of suppliers tried to get their stuff out of Mexico. I
know of one Ericson Olson 34 that had its engine removed and shipped back to
the States to the supplier! Guess it depended on who you knew. Don't know
what happened to the molds.The Ericson boat was built differently from the
Olson (Pacific Boats) model.. The Olson was fully balsa cored in hull and
deck. The Ericson was not, but had what the they called a "tri-axial floor
grid" for stiffness. The Ericson has a different interior with more teak,
etc. Different mast.
Nick
jkolar wrote:
> I am curious if anyone has links to a detailed history of ericson, pacific
> and their relation to each other , esp as pertains to the olson 911..
>
> I know that Pacific aquired Ericson in 1990-- but it seems strange to
> me then that the "pacific" built models predate 90 while the
> "ericson" built models are the ones in the 90's...
>
> so in any case- would be curious to see that history..
> if anyone has good references.
>
> thanks!
> Jennifer
> jkolar@singingfish.com
Received on Thu Jul 11 11:44:55 2002