What Some of Our Customers are Saying
After months of searching for the right boat that suited our family (2 adults, kids and 3 dogs) we came across the Integrity for the second time. We had looked at it in the beginning of our search but thought it was too small for us but on looking at many other boats we came back to the Integrity. It offered more space outside of the cabin with its large flybridge and walk around decks. We didn’t want to be trapped inside the cabin all the time and also it gave the dogs a outside exercise area. The teak inside was impressive and easy to keep clean. There was excellent cupboard space everywhere you looked and if it didn’t suit, the salesman was happy to adjust the design for you. The refrigeration works very well and storage in the lazarett is enormous. They have really thought of everything in this boat and kept the price affordable to other boats but then again you really can’t compare the Integrity stand out of the crowd. We did have our doubts with it being made in China, but the quality control from Australia was exceptional. While it was being built we had regular emails with photos at every stage of completion to make sure we were happy. We have had our Integrity for 4mths and all the family and extended family love it too. The salesmen at Integrity were very helpful and the service we received by other staff was friendly too. They always remembered our names and treated us honestly. This boat is achievable and well worth the money. Happy Integrity Cruisers Paul & Sandy
13/01/10 Integrity 350: John & Rosemary We recently took delivery of our new Integrity 350 Cruiser and arranged for it to be road transported to Melbourne before delivering her by sea across Bass Strait to Launceston. We were a little apprehensive about the sea voyage as the boat was new and although had done some shake down cruising had not been seriously to sea. There was no information on the ability of this model at sea as the 350 is basically a new model. Brett Flanagan, the importer, had assured us that the boat was capable of the Bass Strait crossing and we organised for our friend and very experienced offshore sailor Ken Gourley to come with us. We prepared the boat properly at the Sandringham Marina and set sail across Port Phillip Bay on a Thursday morning at 9.00 am. The trip across the bay was uneventful although the visibility was extremely poor. Port Phillip heads however lived up to their reputation by hitting us with some particular nasty sea conditions which nearly caused us to change our minds about the crossing. The Integrity however handled the conditions with ease and steamed out the heads at 8 knots without putting a foot wrong. In fact all three of us where extremely impressed with how sure footed and comfortable the boat was in such a rough and confused sea. The crossing of the strait was done at about 8 Knots and with a 17 to 20 Knot SSW wind and a sea of up to 2 Metres, a little forward of the beam. The Integrity handled these most difficult conditions easily and again we were delighted with the ride and comfort. The boat was very stable and the roll was almost very acceptable compared with many other boats of this type. Fuel consumption for the whole trip worked out to be around 18 to 19 Ltr per Hr at around an 8 to 8.5 knot cruise. Considering the sea conditions this is very good consumption and works out to a little under 2 Ltr per nautical mile I would like to thank Brett and his team for their excellent service and hassle free dealings. Brett delivered on everything he promised and we now have an excellent new Integrity 350 down here in Tasmania. Hopefully there will be many more to come down this way in the future. Proud Integrity Owners John and Rosemary Heys Integrity 350: John Sullivan
Extract from the Cruising log of John Sullivan's " Black Label " Integrity 350 Motor Cruiser, currently on his way up the east coast all the way to the top of Australia and then across to New Guinea. The weather was predicted to be 15 knots and 2.5 meters of swell. It turned out about right except that some of the swells were well over 3 meters once we passed Noosa. This was the first time we were able to gauge the Integrity’s sea keeping ability. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that she handled the mostly beam on sea with great comfort. I was told to expect a lot of roll from these “trawler” style boats in a beam sea but “Black Label” showed very little tendency to pitch from side to side, instead she tended to rise and fall fairly flat. I suspect the oversize beam width on these 35 Integrity's changes the rules somewhat.The ride was so good that Annie went to sleep for 4 hours on the saloon lounge. We crossed the Wide Bay bar at 3.00pm on the dot in sloppy conditions but it presented no problems. March 26th 2010 Trade-a-Boat Front Cover May-June 2008