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Gin Fizz 37

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1974–1980

A versatile Michel Joubert design offered in ketch or sloop rigs and multiple cockpit configurations.

Designed by Michel Joubert & Joubert-Nivelt, built by Jeanneau.

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

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The Gin Fizz 37, 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.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.99
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 253
EasygoingPowered-up

21.8 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.8
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 39%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

What the fleet has seen

The Gin Fizz 37, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Gin FIZZ 37 is a 11.4-meter Masthead Sloop designed by Michel Joubert and Joubert-Nivelt, built by Jeanneau, Gib'sea, and Gibert Marine between 1974 and 1980. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a beam of 3.8 meters, a draft of 1.9 meters, and displaces 6940 kg.4:23 The model was available in multiple configurations, including ketch, center cockpit, and aft cockpit versions.4:23

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.8
Displacement / length
253.0
Comfort ratio
25.9
Capsize screening
1.99
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1318
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
1974–1980
Units built
350
Designer
Michel Joubert, Joubert-Nivelt
Builder
Jeanneau, Gib'sea, Gibert Marine

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The family

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