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Gib'sea 116

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

A Joubert-Nivelt masthead sloop designed for charter comfort with a skeg-hung rudder and optional shoal keel

Designed by Joubert, Nivelt & Joubert-Nivelt, built by 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 moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26
CoastalBluewater

1.97 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.97
LightHeavy

232 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 232
EasygoingPowered-up

14.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.7
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.7
Displacement / length
231.9
Comfort ratio
25.8
Capsize screening
1.97
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1415
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1984
Designer
Joubert, Nivelt, Joubert-Nivelt
Builder
Gilbert Marine, Gib'sea, Gibert Marine

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