madyottie 82 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Now on trademe. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/multihull/auction-948119226.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freedom GBE 27 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Why is Dr Dave selling his beloved boat? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I believe he is looking at buying his old 1/2 tonner back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paxfish 5 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Very cool that the original is still out there.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Update, he has actually bought his old Farr boat back and is now the proud owner of two boats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dambo 44 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I went and had a look at GBE, not sure she's worth even the low price he's asking. There's quite a bit of work to go on there just to keep her as a cruiser :-/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paxfish 5 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Dambo - It looks like there are hard decks on part of it. How did they appear to be constructed? Did you get a sense of how that worked out (versus full tramp?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dambo 44 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Yeah, some big bits of 4x2 slung underneath/along the hulls and the ply screwed to these. Nice idea but could be done better. I'd probably remove the hard decks and either replace with a decent new tramp or redo them with different materials... the ply deck is looking pretty green/stuffed. There was also a wee (3-4cm) ding/scrape/crack in the glass on the port nose/bow and the wood behind is spongy - possibly only one season but looking a bit green. I have a reasonable amount of glass over ply boat fixing up knowledge and to me this didn't look too bad if it's fixed immediately. But the main issue is that water travels so you'll be stripping the glass off the bow section (hoping like hell it hasn't traveled to the bottom and further back) drying out the wood then cutting and keying in sections as needed. Soggy bow sections scare me because there's a certain amount of stress on the plys so they will spring if too soggy or they rot. Not a pretty picture when you're crashing through waves in the middle of FKW. Best case scenario is that it's recent, the water hasn't traveled, it dries out, you can shore it up with some thinned epoxy and re-glass it. Many of the lines need replacing, tramps look average, foils look like they could do with replacement/rebuilds, the transom mountings for the pintels are un-glassed ply sections with flaking paint, so really should be ripped off and replaced, ummm, dare I go on? As I said, she needs quite a bit of work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBE88 3 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Just brought GBE. We will get her back into great nick. Bit of work is all it takes. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 tell me about it! Might have to talk to John about the odd river raft race! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Agreed! And sometimes I wish I'd gone for the "Haul her out and do the work first" approach, rather than the "Leave her on ScottiE's mooring and hope for calm days to do the work approach. Luckily the solid parts were already pretty good, so its just lots and lots and even more lots of strings and randomly developed bits and pieces. It seems the Auckland multi fleet is expanding at quite a fast pace, there appear to be boats changing hands every few days at present. Quite a few not-very-modded GBE's, maybe we could get a "Classics" division going! Anything with the original hull shape, even the mk3's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paxfish 5 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Very cool. Lotsa pics of the rehabilitation are requested! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBE88 3 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Putting back in the water 29th about 7.00 am then off to Panmure. Bit of stuff to do this weekend. Family very happy to have a boat again 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBE88 3 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Someone decided they needed the Rudder Foil off GBE on Friday more than I do. Does anyone know where there might be a Rudder I can get hold of. We are going back in the water on Sunday at 6.30am. The cord length is 250mm. My number is 0211906348 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 310 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I have 2 old rudder blades at home off my old GBE (Rental). They are not overly flash but will get you out on the water. We made new ones off the mould that I borrowed from Bill Barry. Come around and have a look to see if one of them will work. My wife will be glad to see the back yard cleared! I live in Birkenhead phone 0212222143 Cheers Josh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Booboo you don't have two standard gbe centreboards too do you? Euphoria has awesome new foils all round, but fitting them properly won't happen until the winter. And I'm not getting a lot of sailing done this summer yet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 310 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I don't think I do. I had one which I gave to Curly who did up the plan B before Ed brought it. I will have a look out the back when I grab the rudder blades this afternoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Saint 0 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Someone decided they needed the Rudder Foil off GBE on Friday more than I do. Does anyone know where there might be a Rudder I can get hold of. We are going back in the water on Sunday at 6.30am. The cord length is 250mm. My number is 0211906348 Hi BBE88, I have a good condition rudder in Wellington if you need one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBE88 3 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hi BBE88, I have a good condition rudder in Wellington if you need one. What size is the rudder. Cord length front to back is 250mm. We can always do a bit of reshaping. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GBE88 3 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 What size is the rudder. Cord length front to back is 250mm. We can always do a bit of reshaping. Cheers So 250 mm long x 30 mm at widest point. Casing is 800 mm deep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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