Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:37:58 GMT, Rich Hampel
wrote:

Diesel fuel tanks in boats should
be cleaned every few years anyway to prevent the release of the biofilm
and particle agglomeration from the tank walls. If you do have such
contamination and dont physically remove (scrub) the particle
deposition from the walls .... a heavy sea state WILL do it for you.
;-)

Good advice for sure Rich, and I know you have professional experience
in this area. You fail to mention however what us poor guys with no
physical access to the tanks are supposed to do.

(still relying on Biobor, heavy sea states, a full case of *large*,
fresh Racors, vacuum guages, parallel filter valves, due diligence,
etc)

I'm looking at another GB down on LI next week.

This one is supposed to be a sportfisher. Did GB
make a sportfisher?

On Feb 12, 8:47?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


This one is supposed to be a sportfisher. Did GB
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Not that would ever meet the standard definition.

Between 1989-1991 GB built a 42 "Sports Cruiser".

It was essentially the 42 Classic and 42 Motoryacht hull, with an
abbreviated flybridge sedan super structure and a large(r) cockpit.
Factory photos from the era show a couple of outriggers mounted just
aft of the windows of the superstructrue. Cruising speeds were 8 to 16
knots depending on the power selected. (It took a pair of 375-HP Cats
to see 16 knots).

There's an obvious reason that after all of the effort and expense to
develop and market a new model it is available for no more than two
years..............
something to consider when making an offer (the seller is probably not
being overwhelmed by market response) and a factor to include when
looking far enough ahead to consider your own eventual resale of the
boat.

Definitely not GB's brightest idea. You not only have to build a good
boat, you have to build the *right* boat.

A few years later, the same basic superstructure seemed to reappear as
the 42 Europa- which of course would be out of the question for
serious anglers after anything larger than a random bottom fish or
two. The 42 Europa is a very popular boat, and rightly so.

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 12, 8:47?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

This one is supposed to be a sportfisher. Did GB
make a sportfisher?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Not that would ever meet the standard definition.

Between 1989-1991 GB built a 42 "Sports Cruiser".

It was essentially the 42 Classic and 42 Motoryacht hull, with an
abbreviated flybridge sedan super structure and a large(r) cockpit.
Factory photos from the era show a couple of outriggers mounted just
aft of the windows of the superstructrue. Cruising speeds were 8 to 16
knots depending on the power selected. (It took a pair of 375-HP Cats
to see 16 knots).

There's an obvious reason that after all of the effort and expense to
develop and market a new model it is available for no more than two
years..............
something to consider when making an offer (the seller is probably not
being overwhelmed by market response) and a factor to include when
looking far enough ahead to consider your own eventual resale of the
boat.

Definitely not GB's brightest idea. You not only have to build a good
boat, you have to build the *right* boat.

A few years later, the same basic superstructure seemed to reappear as
the 42 Europa- which of course would be out of the question for
serious anglers after anything larger than a random bottom fish or
two. The 42 Europa is a very popular boat, and rightly so.

Thanks - much appreciated.

I couldn't find anything specific about it.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:47:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm looking at another GB down on LI next week.

This one is supposed to be a sportfisher. Did GB
make a sportfisher?

I've never seen one but Chuck's response sounds like it is on the
money. You could fish from ours but the back deck is further off the
water than you'd like. The smaller ones are better in that respect.

All of them will roll at anchor in open water more than I like, but
you may be used to that if you do a lot of fishing.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:47:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm looking at another GB down on LI next week.

This one is supposed to be a sportfisher. Did GB
make a sportfisher?

I've never seen one but Chuck's response sounds like it is on the
money. You could fish from ours but the back deck is further off the
water than you'd like. The smaller ones are better in that respect.

All of them will roll at anchor in open water more than I like, but
you may be used to that if you do a lot of fishing.

Probably. Hey, it's something to do. :)