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Gulfstar Yachts 47 Sailmaster

Masthead Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1978–1981

A heavy-displacement masthead ketch designed for comfortable cruising with a skeg-mounted rudder and shoal draft

Designed by Gulfstar, V. Lazzara, Vince & Richard C. Lazarra.

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

See her sail

The Gulfstar Yachts 47 Sailmaster, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sail Life

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 narrow beam gives 42 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 42
CoastalBluewater

At 1.65 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.65
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 255
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 11.4
TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~92% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2054 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Gulfstar Yachts 47 Sailmaster, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Gulfstar Yachts 47 SAILMASTER is a 14.4-meter masthead ketch sailboat, designed by V. Lazzara, Vince, and Richard C. Lazarra, and built by Gulfstar Yachts between 1978 and 1981. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a 4.2-meter beam, and a 1.7-meter draft, displacing 17,236 kg. The model was available in both sloop and ketch variants. A Gulfstar 47 SAILMASTER was seen for sale in a boatyard in Florida.7:04

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

  • A Gulfstar 47 Sailmaster at the yard that is for sale, with the owner offering to inspect it for interested parties

    from Sail Lifeseen August 2024watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
27.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
11.4
Displacement / length
255.4
Comfort ratio
41.7
Capsize screening
1.65
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2001
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1978–1981
Units built
79
Designer
Gulfstar, V. Lazzara, Vince, Richard C. Lazarra
Builder
Gulfstar Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Gulfstar Yachts 50 SailmasterA heavy-displacement cutter designed by the Lazzaras for comfortable, stable long-distance cruisingGulfstar Yachts 41A fin-keel masthead sloop built from 1973 to 1975, offering a balanced displacement for coastal cruisingGulfstar Yachts 53 MSA shoal-draft masthead ketch designed for comfortable long-range cruising with a generous 4.57-meter beamGulfstar Yachts 54 SailcruiserA heavy-displacement masthead ketch designed by R.C. Lazzarra for comfortable, long-range cruising in shoal watersGulfstar Yachts 40 SailmasterA center-cockpit cruiser featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, designed for the charter market

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