Welcome to DRIVE Marine Services

DRIVE Marine Services is the BoatCraft Pacific Distributor in the greater Sydney area and Country NSW.  We place our emphasis on customer service and being a “One Stop Shop for the Amateur & Professional Boatbuilder”.  Our aim is to provide you with good quality products at a reasonable price.  Add to this, advise on how to use the products including tips & techniques for your project.  We also have accounts with the major Importers / wholesalers and are happy to source all of your requirements.  If items are available elsewhere, we will tell you and suggest you go to them.

Dave Giddings is the principle behind DRIVE Marine Services and has a wealth of knowledge in the field of Marine Engineering and mucking around with boats.  He has a great love of sailing and enjoys being on the water, whether it be racing, cruising, maintaining or adding to his pride and joy, "SYLVARA" (A CLANSMAN).  Dave was in the Royal Australian Navy for 22 years starting out as an apprentice Fitter & Machinist which progressed through to Marine Engineer.  This led to gaining a passion for the sea and during shore service learned to sail.

His other past time is Scouting and is a Venturer scout Leader.  When some canoes had to be repaired, he looked around for a safe and user friendly product to repair and paint them.  He was so impressed with the result and the ease of application of BOTE-COTE Marine Epoxy System and AQUACOTE that he continued to use the BoatCraft Product range and when the opportunity arose to Distribute the Bote-Cote Marine Epoxy System and associated Boatbuilding  products in the Sydney area he jumped at it.

Now it is a matter of passing the word and showing new comers and Old Salts alike the merits of using the Bote-Cote Marine Epoxy System to carry out their boat building and maintenance tasks.  For example

•  AQUACOTE – I brilliant for painting out boat interiors as it does not contain the toxic solvents inherent in solvent based Polyurethanes.

•  TREDGRIP – Brilliant as a Non-Skid surface as it is easy to apply, sticks like the proverbial and will not take skin off knees and hands.

• PURBOND – You will not use PVA type glues again and is 100% waterproof.

• BOTE-COTE Epoxy Resin – A lot safer and easier to use than the 4 or 5 to 1 mixes.