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Gulfstar Yachts 36

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1983–1985

A masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, designed for coastal cruising with a shallow 1.47-metre draft

Designed by Richard Lazzarra, David Jones & Vince, built by Lazarra Marine.

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

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The Gulfstar Yachts 36, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Wicked Salty

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 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.98
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 228
EasygoingPowered-up

16.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.6
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

  • Draws less than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2965 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Gulfstar Yachts 36, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Gulfstar Yachts 36 is a masthead sloop designed by Richard Lazzarra, David Jones, and Vince, built by Gulfstar Inc. from 1983 to 1985. It measures 11.0 meters LOA with a 3.7-meter beam and a 1.5-meter draft, displacing 6463 kg. Its hull features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg. The model was among several considered by Wicked Salty for liveaboard use, with the crew evaluating its interior layout, storage, and engine accessibility.watch

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.6
Displacement / length
228.0
Comfort ratio
25.1
Capsize screening
1.98
Hull speed
7.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1300
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1983–1985
Units built
23
Designer
Richard Lazzarra, David Jones, Vince
Builder
Lazarra Marine, Gulfstar Inc

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The family

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