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Gunboat 66

Catamaran, twin daggerboards · Fractional Sloop · First built 2007

Designed by Morelli, Melvin & Morrelli.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Dbrd.

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The Gunboat 66, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 0.67 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 64
EasygoingPowered-up

34.2 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 34.2

What the fleet has seen

The Gunboat 66, as the fleet has seen it

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The Gunboat 66 is a 20.1-meter fractional sloop catamaran with twin daggerboards, designed by Morelli, Melvin, and Morrelli and built by Gunboat since 2007. It has a beam of 8.6 meters, a draft of 2.6 meters, and displaces 15,422 kg. The Gunboat brand operates within a competitive performance catamaran market, with its corporate history intertwined with other builders like HH Catamarans, which emerged from legal disputes involving Gunboat founder Peter Johnstone. Grand Large Yachting owns Gunboat, consolidating it with the Outremer brand.1:46

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Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
34.2
Displacement / length
63.7
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Dbrd.
Construction
FG/epoxy/nomex
Production
Years built
First built 2007
Designer
Morelli, Melvin, Morrelli
Builder
Gunboat

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Hh 6620.10 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 20-metre carbon catamaran with an aggressive 34.64 sail area-to-displacement ratio for elite-level speed
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Bali 5.817.65 mSame hull family2.5 m shorterA 2024 Xavier Fay-designed catamaran featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance
Hh 5516.74 mSame hull family3.4 m shorterA 16.74-metre carbon catamaran with a high 33.37 SA/displacement ratio, built for rapid passage making since 2018
Outremer 5516.30 mSame hull family3.8 m shorterA lightweight 16.3-metre performance catamaran with an aggressive 34.55 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

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