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.