Wayne B. Eisboch and Mr. Gould...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I spied a late sixties '68 GB42 (don't know the exact year) this
morning when I was down south. Chatting with the yard owner, it
apparently has been retrofitted with relatively new Yanmar diesels -
180 hp each. He didn't know the hours, but it's probably somewhere
around 500 hours on both engines. I'm going down tomorrow morning with
the broker to look at it.

I know this sounds like heresy for a small boat, outboard guy, but I
really liked the look of the boat - for some reason, it looks
"different" than the usual GB - the boat just appealed to me.

Anyway...

Is there anything I should look for when prowling the boat tomorrow?
Anything peculiar to GBs? What should I expect for fuel mileage in
terms of gph?

Any advice would be appreciated.


You are in the mid 60's region. A pontoon would probably be better for you.
Old and slow. :)

Wayne B. Eisboch and Mr. Gould...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:37:29 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I spied a late sixties '68 GB42 (don't know the exact year) this
morning when I was down south. Chatting with the yard owner, it
apparently has been retrofitted with relatively new Yanmar diesels -
180 hp each. He didn't know the hours, but it's probably somewhere
around 500 hours on both engines. I'm going down tomorrow morning with
the broker to look at it.

I know this sounds like heresy for a small boat, outboard guy, but I
really liked the look of the boat - for some reason, it looks
"different" than the usual GB - the boat just appealed to me.

Anyway...

Is there anything I should look for when prowling the boat tomorrow?
Anything peculiar to GBs? What should I expect for fuel mileage in
terms of gph?

Any advice would be appreciated.


You are in the mid 60's region. A pontoon would probably be better for
you.
Old and slow. :)

A Late 60's Grand Banks isn't old and slow?

Besides, I'm one of those early 60's types who has a need for speed.

No left turn signal blinking trips in this house. :)


First the GB, then a pontoon. Probably one of those people who never use
the turn signal.