Gib'sea 522
Cutter · Fin w/spade rudder · First built 1986
A Joubert-Nivelt cutter designed for the charter trade, featuring a high-volume hull and a deep-draft fin keel
Designed by Joubert, Nivelt & Joubert-Nivelt.
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
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