Gunfleet Marine 43

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The Gunfleet Marine 43, on the water

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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 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.76

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 227

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.4

TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

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

Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2432 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Gunfleet Marine 43, as the fleet has seen it

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The Gunfleet Marine 43 is a Tony Castro-designed fractional sloop built by Gunfleet Marine since 2011, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It measures 13.43 meters LOA, with a 4.07-meter beam, 2.10-meter draft, and 12750 kg displacement. The model offers multiple keel and rudder configurations, including a saildrive and a centerboard option that adjusts draft from 1.38 meters to 2.70 meters. Dual rudders are also available. A Gunfleet 43 named *Skyfall* was seen anchored at Direction Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.9:37

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

26.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.4

Displacement / length

226.5

Comfort ratio

34.5

Capsize screening

1.76

Hull speed

8.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1818

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

FRP with Vinylester resin

Ballast type

Cast Iron

Production

Years built

First built 2011

Designer

Tony Castro

Builder

Gunfleet Marine

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The family

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