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Macgregor 65

Cutter · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 1984–1987

A high-performance cutter with a slender hull and impressive sail area, designed for rapid passage-making

Designed by Roger Macgregor.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Macgregor 65, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Big Lost

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 20 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 20
CoastalBluewater

At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.67
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 39
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 34.3
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

  • Lighter than ~97% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 453 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Macgregor 65, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Macgregor 65 is a 19.8-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Roger Macgregor and built by Macgregor Yacht Corp. between 1984 and 1987. It features a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, a 3.6-meter beam, a 2.6-meter draft, and displaces 9979 kg.7:37 The initial racing/performance-oriented version sold well, and a later pilot house variant proved even more popular, with over 70 units sold.

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

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale
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
40.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
34.3
Displacement / length
39.3
Comfort ratio
20.3
Capsize screening
1.67
Hull speed
10.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2627
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1984–1987
Units built
24
Designer
Roger Macgregor
Builder
Macgregor Yacht Corp

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The family

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