In a message dated 5/26/05 12:01:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com writes: > I am seriously considering a circa 1985 Grand Banks 32 as my retirement > cruiser to do the Great Loop and other coastal cruising. > > The GB32 has screwed teak decks. Is the underlying fiberglass deck structure > cored with balsa or is it solid glass? Solid. If cored what kind of experiences have> > owners had of the decks leaking and rotting the coring? > You almost never see a GB with leaky decks. > I assume that the tanks are black iron. What kind of experiences have > owners > had with these? Properly maintained, they last for decades. Look them over real well and be sure to look at the tops where the fill pipe is and use a mirror to check out the back sides. How easily are they replaced on the GB32? Not easy. But it can be done. > > > Most GB32s came fitted with the Ford Lehman 135 HP engine. Some came with > the > turbocharged Lehman. Some came with the Cummins 220 hp engine. Any pros/cons > to any of these engines? > Most have 120 Lehmans I believe. And while they're all good engines, I'd lean toward the 120 or 135 Lehmans. Capt. Bill