Gulf Coast 14
Lateen · Daggerboard · First built 1972
A lightweight lateen-rigged daysailer with a daggerboard, designed in the style of the iconic Sunfish
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Daggerboard
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.22 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 59 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 59 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalCapsize 3.16Bluewater
EasygoingSA/D 46.8Powered-up
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
- Lighter than ~84% of boats her size on file
- Narrower than ~96% of boats her size on file
Compared with 373 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Lateen
Ratios
SA / displacement
46.8
Capsize screening
3.16
Hull
Hull type
Daggerboard
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1972
Builder
Gulf Coast Sailboats
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