BoatsGib'sea 106

Gib'sea 106

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1984

A versatile Joubert-Nivelt design available in multiple configurations, including ketch and keel-centerboard options

Designed by M. Joubert & Joubert-Nivelt, built by Olivier Gilbert Marine.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19
CoastalBluewater

2.16 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.16
LightHeavy

177 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 177
EasygoingPowered-up

18.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.4
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.4
Displacement / length
176.7
Comfort ratio
19.0
Capsize screening
2.16
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1265
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1984
Designer
M. Joubert, Joubert-Nivelt
Builder
Olivier Gilbert Marine, Gib'sea, Gibert Marine

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