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FEATURE
Three Years Post-storm

Ask any Gibson owner who has bought a boat from the Tennessee builder in the last year and they’ll likely agree that there will come a day in the near future when Gibson boats are classified by two different categories: pre- and post-storm. The force of nature that tore through the Goodlettsville, Tenn., plant that day in early April, 2006 may have lasted a couple of hours, but it managed to alter nearly 40 years of Gibson’s history, not to mention its fiberglass molds, documents and the building itself. The shelter of a boat hull—hoisted and in production—saved the lives of several Gibson staff members that day. While little of the business survived the brutality of the tornado, company president Bill Brummett III had no idea that the storm still to come was an even greater one.

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CONTENTS

Houseboat

Volume 19, Number 3

March 2009

 

Features

 

26 PHOTO SUBMISSIONS

Results From Our Annual Contest

 

32 THREE YEARS POST-STORM

How Gibson Has Changed Since The Tornado

 

38 RENTAL FAQs

What You Need To Know Before You Go

 

42 NEW GENERATION OF DIESELS

No Longer Noisy, Stinky, Smoky And Slow

 

48 OPEN DOCKS

Slip-Finder Directory

 

 

Columns & Departments

 

8 AT THE HELM

Lakeview Yachts Did What? 

 

10 BOW TO STERN

Houseboating News, People & Places

 

22 Houseboat Living

All About Etiquette

 

24 HOOKED

Control Yourself

 

62 NOTES FROM THE STERN

The Power Of Complaint

 

On the Cover:

The decision to reconstruct the Gibson facility following the tornado was a heavy one for the company president. Following in his father’s footsteps with a family legacy and the welfare of his 40-plus employees weighing heavily on his shoulders, company president, Bill Brummett III faced some dark hours and excruciating decisions. Page 28. Cover photo by Lindee Anderson. Cover design by Chris Searle.
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