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Gilbert Marine Tequila

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1971–1979

A Philippe H. Harle-designed masthead sloop that claimed the 1971 Quarter Ton Cup with her prototype performance

Designed by Philippe H. Harle.

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

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The Gilbert Marine Tequila, on the water

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Footage from Lady K Sailing

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.45 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,150 kg of hull, so roughly 1,750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 12 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 12
CoastalBluewater

At 2.36 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.36
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 173
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 27.0
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~81% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1233 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Gilbert Marine Tequila, as the fleet has seen it

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The Gilbert Marine Tequila is a 7.2-meter masthead sloop designed by Philippe H. Harle, built from 1971 to 1979 by Gilbert Marine and Barberis (Cantieri). The prototype Tequila won the 1/4 ton cup at Rochelle in 1971. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a 2.5-meter beam, and a 1.5-meter draft, displacing 1149 kg. A variant, the Tequila Sport, offered a flush deck version.

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
27.0
Displacement / length
173.1
Comfort ratio
12.1
Capsize screening
2.36
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
537
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
1971–1979
Units built
248
Designer
Philippe H. Harle
Builder
Gilbert Marine, Barberis (Cantieri)

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