GULFSTAR 53 MS
Masthead Ketch • Fin (shoal draft) • Built 1971–1975
Dimensions
- LOA
- 53 ft
- LWL
- 47.25 ft
- Beam
- 15 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.5 ft
- Displacement
- 44,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 5,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.70 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 12.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 186
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 11.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 937 sq ft
- I
- 53.58 ft
- J
- 18.9 ft
- P
- 45.5 ft
- E
- 20 ft
- PY
- 27.75 ft
- EY
- 11 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin (shoal draft)
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1971
- Last Built
- 1975
- Number Built
- 27
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Model
- 6-354
- Power
- 130 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 400 gal
- Fuel
- 400 gal
Designer
Builder
- Gulfstar Yachts (1970–1987)