BarryL
New member
Hi all,
I'm eager to become a member of the yachtie community and am looking at some affordable mid 80's early 90's cruiser/racer models. Currently I'm looking at a GS 42 and I've been trying to find information and reviews online on this model but with little success. Very many of this model were made but so far I've not come across a lot of useful information. Looks like many are still in the Italian market and my understanding of that ancient language isn't all that great.
There's a blog wegotwind.com but there's little technical information on the boat, does anyone know the skipper Dick? There's even grandsoleil42.com, but the gentleman prob hasn't paid his hosting service as the blog has been shutdown (and it was all in Italian anyway)
If anyone has experience with this ship, or just general thoughts, that would be much appreciated. Particularly regarding some of the following
Speed - hobby racing
Offshore - ocean going capabilities
Live-aboard functionality
The boat has a Volvo 2003T engine, on which I've already read a lot of very mixed reviews. This specific one seems to be very well maintained but I'll also have it properly checked out. There's no teakdeck (no risk of replacing that). It seems that pretty much everything is still en fabrique
Thanks in advance
Barry
I'm eager to become a member of the yachtie community and am looking at some affordable mid 80's early 90's cruiser/racer models. Currently I'm looking at a GS 42 and I've been trying to find information and reviews online on this model but with little success. Very many of this model were made but so far I've not come across a lot of useful information. Looks like many are still in the Italian market and my understanding of that ancient language isn't all that great.
There's a blog wegotwind.com but there's little technical information on the boat, does anyone know the skipper Dick? There's even grandsoleil42.com, but the gentleman prob hasn't paid his hosting service as the blog has been shutdown (and it was all in Italian anyway)
If anyone has experience with this ship, or just general thoughts, that would be much appreciated. Particularly regarding some of the following
Speed - hobby racing
Offshore - ocean going capabilities
Live-aboard functionality
The boat has a Volvo 2003T engine, on which I've already read a lot of very mixed reviews. This specific one seems to be very well maintained but I'll also have it properly checked out. There's no teakdeck (no risk of replacing that). It seems that pretty much everything is still en fabrique
Thanks in advance
Barry