Gibsea
126 Master built 1986 in Marans France By Gibert Marine S.A.Designer Michel Joubert and Bernard Nivelt
With so many enhancements we now refer to her as a "Gibsea / Marshall Design"
General
specifications
Gibsea
126 Master built 1986 in Marans France By Gibert Marine S.A.
Designer Michel Joubert and Bernard Nivelt
With so many enhancements we now refer to her as a
"Gibsea / Marshall Design"
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Hull: Solid glass hull very heavy layup
with glassed in bulkheads and balsa cored deck and cabin top. Hull to
deck joint, bolted and glassed. |
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Full
watertight bulkhead 10 ft back from bow that forms sail /gear stowage
compartment and is accessible by large deck hatch with ladder. |
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Underwater: Fin keel with skeg hung
rudder. (new rudder and stock 2001) |
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Rig:
Originally twin spreader masthead sloop. Now rigged as cutter with
running back stays. |
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Mast: Aluminum
sparcraft deck stepped mast, boom, and pole. |
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Hard
dodger A solid fiberglass dodger with
Plexiglas windows protects the fwd cockpit area and companionway
and also shelters the hatches opening into both aft cabins. It is
equipped with a handrail across entire aft edge with forward
projecting handrails as well. Lights are wired into the dodger. The
companion hatch is Plexiglas to allow protected seating and viewing
of sails in rough conditions |
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Stainless steel Arch with dingy davits, solar panels, radar, wind generator, speaker and antenna mounts. Stainless stern rail integrated into arch and continues forward of hard dodger. Nova lift dinghy engine hoist with stainless and teak engine storage block. |
Steve Marshall has been building and outfitting boats and inventing boat gear since he was 25 (that’s a lot of years). He sailed over 35,000 miles in a boat he designed and built himself, sailing through the South pacific, Hawaii, Alaska, and the Californian coast. Using his sailing experience he started selling products he had designed/used during his cruising career. He is the inventor of the Forespar Nova Lift, Nova Davits and the Davis Engine Hoist strap and holds multiple patents. We became good friends throughout the purchase and refit of Billabong, and even spent a couple of months with him during our visit to Australia. He is currently building a new concept lightweight Trailer Trawler (with vacuum infused panels) and writing a book on designing/building Hard Dodgers. (See www.marshalldesign.blogspot.com). He has been instrumental in upgrading & enhancing Billabong; turning her into the great offshore cruiser that she is today.