{"id":279,"count":0,"description":"Gunboat began in 2002 with the vision to build comfortable, family-friendly cruising catamarans that utilized the latest in race boat technology. At that time, the cruising catamaran market was composed of comfortable cruisers that typically weren\u2019t great performers. On the other end of the spectrum, the performance world had embraced multihulls, with one world record after another falling to maxi racing catamarans. The synthesis of cruising and high-performance multihulls was a revolution, and a new market segment was born.\r\n\r\nThrough 20 years of head-turning designs, enviable cruising speeds, and regatta performance, Gunboat established the gold standard for cruising catamarans \u2013 Grand Prix monohull performance, with the space, comfort, and volume of a cat, and the seaworthiness to handle the toughest blue water passages.\r\n\r\nUnder the ownership of Grand Large Yachting since 2016, Gunboat continues to innovate and lead the market. The latest series\u2019 (Gunboat 68, Gunboat 80) incorporate generations of owner experience and exciting partnerships to deliver more luxury, more performance, and more refinement, built by an expert team and with the sound financial backing of the GLY parent company. Production takes place at our purpose-built, 3600 sq meter factory in La Grande Motte, France, with linked sales, marketing, and support services from our U.S. office in Newport RI.\r\n\r\nThe fleet of >34 Gunboats (spanning 48ft \u2013 90ft) cruise and race in many parts of the world, a private but close-knit family of globe-trotting owners and crew who altogether have sailed over two million sea miles. The collective experience, knowledge gained from working with premier designers, and years of refinement and innovation push us to ever improve and evolve the market segment we created \u2013 which translates into great sailing and next-level fun and adventure.","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/brand\/gunboat\/","name":"Gunboat","slug":"gunboat","taxonomy":"brand","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/brand"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference?brand=279"},{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yachts-for-sale?brand=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}