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The Gin Fizz ketch is a center cockpit cruiser racer made in France. This vessel has a modern underbody and hull design with a ketch rig. It was built using over-engineered fiberglass, encased structural stringers and tabbed-in bulkheads (as opposed to modern production boats which use a separate fiberglass pan). Fiberglass hull is thick and very strong. This boat is built for serious offshore work, and is a comfortable and fast inshore boat. Vessel has a very seakindly motion and responds well in various weather conditions. Vessel is well balanced when sails are trimmed properly and the boat tracks well. She is also a fast vessel and beats well to windward due to her generous fin keel. Due to its deep, well-founded keel, it is superb on anchor.
Designed by Michel Joubert - Bernard Nivelt, built in . Category 1 - Offshore use.
01 At a glance
- Model
- Gib'sea 37 Ketch (Gin Fizz)
- Manufacturer
- Gilbert Marine
- Built
- 1978
- Rig
- Ketch
- LOA
- 11,40 m
- LWL
- 9,14 m
- Beam
- 3,75 m
- Draft
- 1,90 m
- Displacement
- 6.940 kg stated
- Displacement
- 8.300 kg fully loaded
- Ballast
- 2.700 kg Iron
- Engine
- Solé Mini 44 diesel
- Water
- 350L litres
- Fuel
- 150L litres
- Berths
- 9 sleeps
- Construction
- Fiberglass with balsa cored deck
- S.A./Disp.
- 21,76 sail area / displacement
- Bal./Disp.
- 38,9 ballast ratio
- Disp./Len.
- 252,98 displacement / length
- Comfort ratio
- 25,95 motion comfort
02 Equipment inventory
Engine & fuel system 20
- Engine make: Solé Diesel
- Engine model: Mini 44
- Type: Diesel, In-line 4-cylinder diesel, 4 cycle
- Power: 42hp @ 3000 RPM
- Dry weight without gearbox: 175 Kg
- Engine Hours: ~1050hrs
- Transmission: Hurth HBW125
- Engine room: Electric fuel pump, automatic bleeding
- 32mm diameter axle
- Vetus ASDH anti-syphon with spare valves
- Vetus Waterlock NLP
- Dahl balwin diesel seperator 100 (+ extra intake filter)
- Raw water strainer, heavy duty aluminum Maestrini
- Spare impellers
- Waterlift muffler
- Bilge Pump Attwood Sahara 1100
- Fire extinguisher x 6kg dry powder
- Propeller: MAXprop feathering, Three blades CLASSIC
- Water: 350L Water in two flexible tanks (+ one spare available)
- Fuel: 150L Sturdy, stainless steel tank
Accomodations 5
- Sleeps 9 persons comfortably in three cabins. (2) in aft cabin, (1) in quarterberth, (2) on port collapsible settee, (1) in starboard settee, (1) in starboard pilot berth, and (2) in Vberth. Vessel has an aft cabin accessible from the cockpit (walk-over). Aft cabin has a large queen size bed and storage including a small hanging locker.
- Entering boat from the companionway hatch there is an L-shaped galley to starboard and a quarterberth and generously sized chart table to port. Proceeding forward there is a U-shaped dining area that can be converted to a double berth (port) and a 6ft long settee and pilot berth to starboard. Next comes the head and shower compartment to port and two hanging lockers, bookshelf and built-in wine rack to starboard. The Vberth is in the bow with storage cabinets on either side and generous storage underneath.
- Bimini, canvass - can be used during sailing
- Dodger, collapsible fabric with stainless structure
- Multiple large-scale sun shade fabrics available
Galley 8
- Jabsco pressure water pump
- New one compartment Stainless steel sink
- 12V Refrigeration and icebox
- Extra icebox
- 12V flush mount LED light over kitchen
- ENO 2 burner Gascogne propane stove with oven
- TMC sea water footpump with galley faucet
- New gas installation (copper and tubing), with safety valve
Head 10
- Electric toilet TMC
- Porcelan bowl toilet
- Vented loops in/out
- Shower Hot/cold, pan
- Shower/grey water pump Whale gulper 220 - also works as 2nd bilge pump
- Boiler (hot water) 220v and engine exhanger ATI BB3008X (Stainless 30lt)
- Lewmar hatch over head
- Teak shower grate
- New corian countertop
- New furniture installed, mahogany with epoxy, new electric and plumbing
Ground Tackle 6
- Lofrans Tigres 1000W anchor windlass in chain locker
- Mantus M2 44lb (20kg)
- Fortress FX-23 Aluminium storm anchor
- Fortress FX-16 Aluminium anchor
- 70m of Lofrans G40 DIN766 hotdip galvanized 8mm chain
- 2 x lengths of 12m chains for spare anchors
Electronics and Instruments 10
- Garmin GPS 556 Plotter
- Garmin GPS 521 Plotter
- Garmin wired Wind/depth/speed networked on NMEA2000
- NMEA2000 network, connecting all sensors+Plotter+AIS receiver
- Garmin GMI20 instrument (NMEA2000)
- Garmin GPS 24xd (NMEA2000)
- Airmar DST800 depth transducer (NMEA2000)
- Garmin Intelliducer Depth transducer (NMEA2000)
- Quark-Elec QK-A032 NMEA2000 to WiFi
- Cockpit compass with backlight
Electrical 18
- Rewired to approx 80%. Only non-critical wires (in good condition) were not replaced (such as saloon ceiling lights)
- All new wiring (interior and exterior, mast and engine room) is marine-grade tinned copper
- Wire gauges were calculated and over-specified
- Rebuilt central electrical panel, fully operational
- Two alternators mounted on engine: 50A Mitsubishi and 90A Bosch (refurbished 2025)
- Victron Blue Smart IP22 30Amp, 3 output 220V battery charger Bluetooth
- Victron energy SmartSolar MPPT 100V 20A Solar charger Bluetooth
- Victron Galvanic Isolator VDI16 220V
- Shore power installation as per ISO/BSI cert (June 2020)
- 20m Marinco 16amp Shore Power cables
- 20m 16amp Shore Power cable extension
- Battery - Start 100Ah
- Battery Bank - Service 3 x 90Ah Bosch L5 Deep Cycle batteries
- 2000W Inverter
- 12v Lights - LED throughout, including navigation lights and cabins
- Navigation lights (stern, bow and steaming)
- Space Nav lights
- All through-hulls earthed to anode
Solar 1
- 3x100W Solar panels on bimini and lifelines
VHF comms 3
- B&G V50 VHF radio with AIS receiver
- HX851 - handheld VHF with charging base
- Two Shakespeare 5215 VHF antennas, one on each mast
Audio 3
- Sony Xplod Bluetooth CD player/radio with Bluetooth/remote
- 4 speakers: 2 in cockpit and 2 in saloon
- Speakers JVC SP-UX7000, exquisite sound in saloon
Deck gear 4
- Plastimo cowl vents over aft cabin
- Jack lines for harness attachment
- (2) Goiot Tradition aluminium, heavy duty hatches
- (1) Lewmar hatch (over the head)
Sail controls 11
- Genoa sheet blocks x 4 on Goiot 32mm track
- Genoa cars - oversized 70mm Lewmar bronze fittings
- Genoa footblocks Lewmar racing 80mm, double with bearings
- Harken Mainsheet Traveller, 3178 32mm Windward Sheeting 4500 (hi-load) Car with ESP high-load control, 6:1 controls
- Harken 76 mm Triple Midrange Hexaratchet Block
- Harken 57mm Carbo Airblock Mizzen sheet controls
- Harken 44ST Winch (port)
- Harken 46ST Winch (starboard)
- 2 x Winches on mast base
- All sail controls reach to cockpit
- Reef controls (reef 1 & 2) reach to cockpit
Sails and Rigging 11
- Collection of 13 sails - see dedicated list
- New rigging 2025
- Masts (Isomat) fully serviced 2025
- New gooseneck
- New Boom vang attachment to mast
- Furler FACNOR SD180
- Staysail attachment, heavy duty wichard quick release
- New running rigging (2024-2025)
- 2 x Spinnaker halyards
- 2 x Genoa halyards
- 2 x Mainsail halyards (one used as topping for main boom)
Safety equipment 8
- 6 Adult Safety harnesses with tethers
- 6 adult PFD's
- 2 x 12v automatic bilge pumps (engine room / head)
- 2 x fire extinguishers 3kg Dry powder (manuf 2023 and 2026)
- Air Horn
- 6 x Distress Flares, 2 x smoke flares
- Life Raft Plastimo Coastal ISO 6 people liferaft
- Henderson Mk V pump
Dinghy 3
- Dinghy, inflatable Selva T270VIB with inflatable flloor and deep-V keel (2,7m)
- Johnson 2stroke 5HP outboard with pulley system to lower to dinghy
- Dinghy stainless davits
Miscellaneous 6
- Complete set of plans, updated to match current condition, including: 12V electrical, Shore power, NMEA network, plumbing
- Complete cataloguing of boat parts, manuals and related information
- full set of duplicate parts, spares, rigging parts, lines, fuses, etc
- Boat hook, multiple buckets
- Foul weather gear jackets & pants, various
- 8 large fenders with covers