06/18/2012 06:38:41 AM
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42gibson
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well we've had our 42 gibson 3 years now and have everything fixed and just the way we want it. so what do you do now? we went to knoxville over the weekend and looked at a 44 executive. i must be nuts!on the other hand, when you go in an executive its like walking into a auditorium. everything is on 1 floor, it more or less has a basement, everything is very accessible to work on and it has a washer and dryer. 260 hours on 454's a westerbeke gen and a very low price. looks like we may be back to a 2 boat family again.
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1991 gibson 44 executive
454's
norwich,ohio
docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
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06/18/2012 07:33:29 AM
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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Once you have a single level boat you will never go back
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06/18/2012 05:11:30 PM
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42gibson
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your right OHB. all our other boats were 1 floor and we missed it. so here we go again. we put a offer on the exec this afternoon. we'll see what happens next.
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1991 gibson 44 executive
454's
norwich,ohio
docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
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06/18/2012 05:46:02 PM
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stmbtwle
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Originally posted by: OLD HOUSEBOATER
Once you have a single level boat you will never go back
Ditto!
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Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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06/21/2012 05:03:03 PM
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42gibson
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well they pulled the boat today to inspect the bottom before we went down for sea trials. it had some small blisters but the owner dropped the price to take up the cost of redoing the bottom (5000$) to redo the whole bottom.were heading down for sea trials in the morning, if all goes well the survey is next,then the bottom, then onto ohio with it.anyone need a 12x42 gibson? lol
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1991 gibson 44 executive
454's
norwich,ohio
docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
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06/22/2012 05:32:01 AM
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TonyB
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Congrats.
I'm sure the survey will go well.
Tony B
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Never wrecked a boat while awake or sober
Kemah, Tx. - Galveston Bay
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06/22/2012 01:38:04 PM
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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For some reason a lot of exec's had blisters. No big deal. You will love it. You can ski behind it if you don't load it down with a bunch of stuff.
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06/23/2012 04:41:46 AM
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42gibson
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Well the sea trials went excellent.the surveyer is coming at 8am this morning.if all goes as we expect we can write a check ,then the marina can do the bottom and deliver it somietime after the 4th of july.by the way ohb,your right you could ski behind that thing if your pockets were deep enough
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1991 gibson 44 executive
454's
norwich,ohio
docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
Edited: 06/23/2012 at 04:44:21 AM by 42gibson
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06/23/2012 07:20:26 AM
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stmbtwle
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All it takes is horsepower and oh yes money. My boat originally had 450 and was a lot lighter, and I don't doubt could pull skiers (gas was a lot cheaper then). Now we get around quite comfortably with 120 hp and don't use all of that. The money some would spend on fuel goes to creature comforts.
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Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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06/23/2012 08:20:44 AM
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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Ya gotta do it at least once , with pictures!!!!!!!!!!
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06/23/2012 03:06:18 PM
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stmbtwle
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We used to have someone on here who did (with pix)... and with a single engine no less.
Personally I have other priorities for my meager funds (Tequila).
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Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
Edited: 06/23/2012 at 03:07:14 PM by stmbtwle
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06/23/2012 05:04:30 PM
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42gibson
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well the survey went great. their going to redo the hull after the 4th sometime.hope to have it hauled in sometime in july and i have the friend crazy enough to ski behind it( w/pictures of course)as far as the gas goes we go reaaaaaaaaaaaaal slow most of the time. so it should be fine.
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1991 gibson 44 executive
454's
norwich,ohio
docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
Edited: 07/01/2012 at 03:53:35 PM by 42gibson
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07/01/2012 03:57:01 PM
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42gibson
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the marina in tn. is waiting for the moisture level in the hull to drop before they finish it ,so we decided since it was there and they had time were having them sand all the gelcoat off the decks and roof and do it all new. when it does finally get here i just want to use it.oh, and get my buddy to ski behind it(with pictures) and maybe a 
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1991 gibson 44 executive 454's norwich,ohio docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
Edited: 07/01/2012 at 04:02:50 PM by 42gibson
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07/02/2012 07:42:15 AM
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desimulacra
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Yea do not push them on hurrying to finish. Make sure the moisture is out!!!!!
I like to ski 
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1977 58' Aluminum Sumerset Kentucky Lake
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07/03/2012 09:05:02 PM
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jtalberts
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Rick,
Do you have pics or a link to the new one? I hope you're still planning on coming up for the Italian fest. I plan on saving a space for you if you're heading up.
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07/04/2012 04:00:02 AM
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42gibson
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jamie, were still planning on coming up. i hope the new one is here in time. we need a week once it gets here to get everything done we want to do. it is so much faster than the other boat and with the 1 floor plan alot bigger inside.i do have a few pics of it i'll send them to your e-mail.remember though it has sat for 3 years and needs a good cleaning.
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1991 gibson 44 executive
454's
norwich,ohio
docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
Edited: 07/04/2012 at 04:01:17 AM by 42gibson
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