2 users online, 168 max. But fair enough - I'd forgotten about IAGBO.
FWIW CBrats has 283562 articles since 2005 (IAGBO was 2006).
2 users online, 168 max. But fair enough - I'd forgotten about IAGBO.
2 users online, 168 max. But fair enough - I'd forgotten about IAGBO.
FWIW CBrats has 283562 articles since 2005 (IAGBO was 2006).
Ah, that's not quite the purpose of my response. Hubby B was talking about the GB online community and I simply wanted to point out the vibrancy of the CBrats. I had a CBrat I'd never met invite me out to go prawning a couple of years back. It's really a great on-ramp for someone new to cruising, particularly when they're not located in prime cruising ground like the PNW. Here's a shot of the annual Lake Mead get together:I have no skin in this game but comparing the number of online members of one brand to another seems like comparing a McDonalds burger to perhaps a burger from the Black Pearl in Newport RI...
If GB needs a shot in the arm, saleswise, maybe they should come out with a trailerable Trawler, like Nordic and American. A newer boat than my Albin-25 is hard to find.
This is a familiar story, and one not likely to end well - it's why he was able to buy it "dirt cheap" and why he will eventually sell it for even less.Our marina neighbor just bought a 1971 GB Alaskan 49' for dirt dirt cheap. He plans to restore it and sell his sailboat and move onto the GB.
what's this, Mark?I'm not a GB owner. They're out of my league.
what's this, Mark?
If this is what you are asking, then no, it isn't.Is that Amadeus?
This one takes up the entire 50' slip and then some.West Coast Listings from Oceanic Yacht Sales
Mark,
Scroll down to the second page of their listing. Their Coot is for sale in Sausalito for $392,000...
Good question that the OP asks, and the GB42 was always my dream boat as a kid growing up and attending boat shows.
A couple of weeks ago I viewed a 30 year old 46' GB in Alabama which could be picked up I'm sure at a good price. My heart felt all sentimental viewing her from the dock. Then I went aboard - viewed the acres of brightwork, teak decks with bulging caulking, twin humongous Cats, 30 year old genset, tight engine space which I could barely reach the filters, and that dark dated interior.
I agree that they are solid and have a wonderful reputation. No offense to all the GB owners out there, but the memories and emotion have completely faded away for me.
Walked away quickly.