Gunboat 72

Design

Naval architect

VPLP

Summary

Best Suited For

• Performance Cruising

  From the published figures: performance cruiser · 4 cabins

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 21.95 m · 4 cabins

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Dimensions

LOA

72 ft (21.95 m)

Hull length

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LWL

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Beam

30.8 ft (9.4 m)

Draft (min)

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Draft (max)

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Air draft

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Displacement

51,809 lb (23,500 kg)

Ballast

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Cabins

4

Heads

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Berths

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Sail Plan

Main sail

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Jib

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Genoa

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Sail area

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Downwind sail area

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Rig type

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Engine and Tanks

Engine

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Engine count

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Engine manufacturer

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Propulsion type

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Fuel capacity

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Fresh water capacity

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Black water capacity

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Construction

Mast material

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Hull material

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Deck material

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Keel type

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Rudder type

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Steering wheels

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Builder's Own Figures

Displacement Max Load

31 T

Mast Length

25 m

Sail Area Upwind (SA) as printed

24.6 M

About Gunboat

Semi-custom

American-born builder of high-performance cruising catamarans, founded in 2002 and now built in La Grande-Motte, France, under Grand Large Yachting ownership since 2016.

Gunboat has applied Grand Prix race boat technology to the world cruising catamaran since 2002, an American brand that set out to give a cruising multihull the speed, comfort and style of a racing one. Since 2016 it has been owned by Grand Large Yachting, and its factory headquarters is at La Grande-Motte in France, where the boats are built with the discipline of a race programme -- on weight, to the build time, to CE ISO Category A Ocean standards. Naval architecture comes from VPLP, and the yard's own design and engineering office runs the whole design loop; what it builds are light, high-tech, semi-custom performance cruising multihulls.

The Gunboat Range

Every model Gunboat publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Gunboat 8078.6 ft
2. Gunboat 72· this model72 ft
3. Gunboat 6868.1 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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