A nice quality control touch
 

I'm not positive but you might check that also Chuck, I was told
they're currently billed as singapore but made in Malaysia??? I only
pass that on it's not my statement.

I'll run up a flag of truce to respond to just this one item.

I was told that there are plants in both Singapore and Malaysia. I was told the
two plants sit on opposite sides of a common bay. Certain operations are
performed at
both plants. When a hull has to be moved from one plant to the other, it
involves towing the boat out of the bay and reentering through "customs" to the
other side.

A nice quality control touch
 

Gould 0738 wrote:
I'm not positive but you might check that also Chuck, I was told
they're currently billed as singapore but made in Malaysia??? I only
pass that on it's not my statement.


I'll run up a flag of truce to respond to just this one item.

I was told that there are plants in both Singapore and Malaysia. I was told the
two plants sit on opposite sides of a common bay. Certain operations are
performed at
both plants. When a hull has to be moved from one plant to the other, it
involves towing the boat out of the bay and reentering through "customs" to the
other side.


No need for a truce?? We can argue about things, particularly boat
things, that's why we're really he-)

Besides seems this time we're both right!! Excellent, nobody had to die
in a ditch, none of that:-)

The GBs got a bit of a reputation in the 80s but as you know the
"locals" really **** canned the "imports" so they blew every little
thing into a massive drama, of course usually overlooking their own
little faux pas here & the-)

Trouble is now those same "locals" get their boats built in similar
places:-)

Big boats are complex & it's not often a bigger boat doesn't have some
settling in issues, you'll have a few even with just a new engine.

Thanks for the info.

K

A nice quality control touch
 

Sounds like a nice boat Chuck. How were the handling characteristics?
Any single screw wobble or difficulty holding a heading? How about
riding the waves?

Happy New Year,
Capt Frank

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Gould 0738 wrote:

I spent much of yesterday learning about Grand Banks Eastbay express cruisers.

There are several configurations, all with different appendages to the model
name.
The one most likely to sell well in the Pacific Northwest with be the SX (sedan
express) model featuring a bulkhead between the cockpit and the salon.

The boat performed well on a trial run.

Due to a number of people expressing a profound unhappiness with my posting
opinions and observations about various boats in the NG, I'll not stir up the
hornets again with a full description of the boat and its handling
characteristics or amenities. Perhaps I can sneak under the radar with a tiny
observation, however.

There are obviously not a lot of screws exposed on finished surfaces on a boat
of this caliber. In certain locations, such as the teak instrument console
above the
front cabin windows, exposed screws are appropriate because the buyer of the
boat will be removing those panels to install clocks, barometers, electronics,
and other accessories.

Not only are the screws installed in an arrow straight line and absolutley
evenly spaced, when the screws are installed they are turned to a point where
the slots
are identically positioned. Phillips screws, for example, will have one slot
perfectly parallel and the other perpendicular to the edge of the panel.

Lining the screws up uniformly does not, in and of itself, make a boat better
or worse than another, but the fact that the builder has the capacity to even
contemplate that such a detail *could* be noticed is encouraging. :-)

A nice quality control touch
 

Sounds like a nice boat Chuck. How were the handling characteristics?
Any single screw wobble or difficulty holding a heading? How about
riding the waves?

Happy New Year,
Capt Frank

No single screw wobble, the boat is configured with twin 450HP CATs. See a more
complete description in the thread Eastbay 43, and I would be happy to comment
beyond the text.

One day aboard the boat doesn't make me
any sort of expert on the vessel, so what you will read in the thread are
observations and impressions. :-)