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JMBEERS57

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Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 07:27 PM

I am looking for a manual for an early g-cat sailboat and parts list. I have tried Hans Geissler web site but I don't get anywhere with it can anyone help me. Thanks
Deepsees

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Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 04:50 PM

I doubt you will be able to find a manual. I have owned a 5.7 for about seven years now. They are sturdy vessels and from what I have seen, one of the best built. If you need help with anything in particular... let me know. Since I have had mine the only thing I went to Hans for was a spare rudder... my original rudder delaminated.

Hans has announced that he is starting production again. If you got no answer from him... he might be out of the country on one of his fish farming operations.
JMBEERS57

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Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 06:34 PM

I've called and e-mailed Hans several times and all he says is to go to his website but I can never find anything. Thank you for your help. I'll get back with you if I need any advise.
Deepsees

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Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 09:53 AM

Where are you located? I am on the east side of tampa bay and usually use EG Simmons Park as home port.
JMBEERS57

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Posted: Aug 27, 2009 - 03:45 PM

To tell you the truth my husband is the one how sails here in New Mexico. He has some questions he would like to ask you. Would it be possible for you to give us your telephone number and he can call you. I quarantee that this is not a con. His name is John Beers. My name is Jane. Please let me know because I don't know the protocal.
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Posted: Aug 27, 2009 - 04:15 PM

Jane,

Use the private message system if you decide to exchange personal information like phone numbers. Google indexes this site relentlessly so anything posted here becomes public info right away.

Click on the little envelope icon in a members post to send a PM.

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phatmack

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Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 02:37 PM

I have a 5.7M manual but not the 5.0M manual. I'm looking for the latter but would be happy to share the former. Hit me up with a PM if you're still looking.
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Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 03:47 PM

...and I just came across the 5.0M manual as well! Let me know!!
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Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 04:56 PM

Dear phatmack, is this 5.0M manual something you could scan and upload onto this site to share? Thanks a million!

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Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 09:55 PM

phatmack...and I just came across the 5.0M manual as well! Let me know!!

I'd like to make these manuals available here if possible. Are they printed manuals or online? If you have printed manuals would you be willing to mail them to me? I could scan and process, then mail them back.

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phatmack

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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 12:24 PM

Sure!! I'm not sure how well they'll show up here but I'll drop the scanned images into this thread and you guys feel free to do with them what you please!!

Sorry for the low resolution. Hans emailed them to me directly and this is what I got. If they're completely unreadable to some of you (I can mostly make out everything) then I can try to embiggen and enhance them via photoshop but I'm not sure how much I'd get out of them. Thanks!!
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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 01:51 PM

nicely illustrated... i've seen some chineese nacra manuals that were real bad!

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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 02:05 PM

QuoteHans has announced that he is starting production again. If you got no answer from him... he might be out of the country on one of his fish farming operations.

I sailed with Hans on sunday.
I regret to inform you G-cat is not back in production. Hans made an attempt at getting the old 5.0 back into production as an f16 but had poor results at the Global Challenge (very well may not have been the cat's fault, as the skipper had no practice on it, and it was extremely windy for solo racing at the event).

He IS doing a very small production run of the 5.7 hulls with modern materials... let him know if you want to spend for a new set of carbon hulls :)
phatmack

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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 02:25 PM

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He IS doing a very small production run of the 5.7 hulls with modern materials... let him know if you want to spend for a new set of carbon hulls :)

Funny! My father and I spoke with him several months back when we were trying to find a used G-Cat. He said he had one of his personal boats he would sell us and then backed out on it but said he'd build and sell us a new one if we wanted to go that route... I didn't know he was going to go with carbon but that explains the ~$15k price tag he threw out there when we asked about them!

Needless to say we jumped on a 1980 model out in Baltimore thanks to the fine folks at thebeachcats.com!
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Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 02:45 PM

The "PLAN" was to win the global challenge (f16) and then go back into production.

currently he is trying to sell the power g-cat for around 300k :)
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Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 09:18 AM

I am in need of some help. I live on a lake in TX. Thinking the storm we just had was going to go well south of us, I had my 82 G-Cat on the shore and it was flipped in the wind yesterday snapping my mast in two. The rest of the boat is in good shape with minor damage. Do you know where I can find a replacement mast? I bought with boat this summer for minimal dollars and have put a little money into it since then. This is my first boat and have been having the time of my life with my boys on it. I am utterly sick that this has happened as this was an extremely clean boat to this point.

Thank you!
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Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 10:00 AM

sorry to hear about your mast. HOw high was the wind gust that flipped/broke it?

since these are out of production i see a few options:

repair: you may be able to "sleeve" it and save it - http://www.catsailor.com/…Number=218749#Post218749

keep an eye outall the local ads (craigslist, ebay, this site, catsailor.com, etc) for parts boats (and post "looking for mast)

you may have to modify a hobie mast or similar. (the old g-cats that were used as rentals had a slightly smaller mast - 26' i think) Be sure to hold on to your old mast for parts

edited by: andrewscott, Sep 08, 2010 - 10:38 AM
phatmack

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Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 03:27 PM

Masts masts masts... we found a guy willing to part out his GCat for me and ship it to us... including the mast. Which got smashed in transit. So now we have one that was snapped in half and modified (read, another section of mast was bolted on) and one that was crushed and "fixed" though it's still bent a little bit. Any luck getting yours fixed/replaced?
giljaneg

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Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 07:04 AM

Did you find the manual? I'm looking for onme, too. Would appreciate any help.

JMBEERS57I am looking for a manual for an early g-cat sailboat and parts list. I have tried Hans Geissler web site but I don't get anywhere with it can anyone help me. Thanks
scubayachts

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Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 07:19 AM

I have a g-cat manual 5.0. I have the original brochure for it as well. I have all the original paper work that came with my 5.0. Damon admin, I can mail all my stuff to you to publish on here if you like?