- Length
- 16.15 m
- Beam
- 4.57 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Sail area
- 87.05 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 16.15 m
- Waterline length
- 14.4 m
- Beam
- 4.57 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Displacement
- 19,958 kg
- Ballast
- 2,268 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Ketch, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 87.05 m²
- Mainsail area
- 42.27 m²
- Foresail area
- 47.04 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 16.33 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 5.76 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 13.87 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 6.1 m
- Forestay length
- 17.32 m
Engine & propulsion4
- Engine power
- 130 hp
- Engine type
- Diesel
- Engine make
- Perkins
- Engine model
- 6-354
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, shoal draft
Tanks2
- Fuel tank
- 1,514 L
- Fresh water tank
- 1,514 L
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1971
- Production ended
- 1975
- Hulls built
- 27
- Designer
- V. S. Lazzara
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 12.08
- Displacement / length
- 186.21
- Ballast / displacement
- 11.4 %
- Comfort ratio
- 37.7
- Capsize screening
- 1.7
- Hull speed
- 9.21 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Gulfstar 53 MS1 generation
01
1971–1975