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02-12-2008, 22:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Boat: Hobie Cat 14
Posts: 4
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Where are Gunboats built?
My buddy and I are having a disagreement. I know there is an address on Gunboats website that says they are in Rhode Island. My buddy SWEARS they are built in South Africa though. I can't find proof one way or another. Where do they physically build them?
He says he saw a picture of one being moved from the factory after completion, right through a little African village. Was this really a Gunboat, or another manufacturer?
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02-12-2008, 22:54
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Boat: Miura 31
Posts: 348
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Chris,
They are built in Cape Town, South Africa. However, I doubt there was a picture of one being moved through "a little African village". Cape Town is a city of over 4 million and a relatively modern city!
John
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03-12-2008, 01:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 69
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Gunboats' factory is at 9 Nourse Avenue, Epping Industria in Cape Town. It's a factory of I'd say 50000-plus sq ft in an light industrial area. To launch their boats they truck them direct to the V&A Waterfront along highways with blacktop.
Do yourselves a favour and Google Earth us in Springbok-land! Our houses have tiled roofs, and we aren't allowed to keep much besides cats and dogs as pets!
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03-12-2008, 08:00
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Antonio, TX/Bocas del Toro, Panama
Boat: 1990 Macintosh 47, "Merlin"
Posts: 2,844
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Splash Gordon
Do yourselves a favour and Google Earth us in Springbok-land! Our houses have tiled roofs, and we aren't allowed to keep much besides cats and dogs as pets!
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Our kids got the same kind of thing here. Their cousins asked if they ride horses to school...
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03-12-2008, 08:49
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Vancouver, BC & Seattle, WA
Posts: 639
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bstreep
Our kids got the same kind of thing here. Their cousins asked if they ride horses to school...
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I thought there were rules against the kiddies riding horses on a public right of way in Texas. I was told that kids under 16 were only allowed to put saddles on Great Danes, and children under the age of 8 could only ride Armadillos?
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03-12-2008, 09:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Newport, RI & South Jersey Shore
Boat: J-23 (yes, world's only) "Sound Runner", Wellcraft "Shakedown 1979"
Posts: 11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robinson217
My buddy and I are having a disagreement. I know there is an address on Gunboats website that says they are in Rhode Island. My buddy SWEARS they are built in South Africa though. I can't find proof one way or another. Where do they physically build them?
He says he saw a picture of one being moved from the factory after completion, right through a little African village. Was this really a Gunboat, or another manufacturer?
I'm new here. A little about me: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...rum-21455.html
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they're right about cape town.... perhaps the address on the website is for the goetz... oh wait. nevermind. just saw it. yes, it's a Newport address which puts you in touch with the Johnstones which obviously is J Boats.... so clearly they have an office here in newport..... but are manufactured in south africa
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03-12-2008, 10:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cruising in the SUN! Now hauled out in Malta for the winter.
Boat: 37' Oldenziel cat
Posts: 461
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Splash Gordon
Gunboats' factory is at 9 Nourse Avenue, Epping Industria in Cape Town. It's a factory of I'd say 50000-plus sq ft in an light industrial area. To launch their boats they truck them direct to the V&A Waterfront along highways with blacktop.
Do yourselves a favour and Google Earth us in Springbok-land! Our houses have tiled roofs, and we aren't allowed to keep much besides cats and dogs as pets!
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Hey Splash Gordon,
haven't you forgotten the solar panels and solar pool heating we have on our roofs, well at least some of us!
Roger
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