Gib Sea 33
Gibert Marine · Philippe Harle · 1974
Updated
The Gib Sea 33 is a 9.86 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Harle and built by Gibert Marine, first launched in 1974. It races in Class C.
Length
9.86 m
32′ 4″
Beam
3.45 m
Draft
1.76 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
51 m²
On the podium
Where a Gib Sea 33 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 39 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 39 starts by 3 boats between 2018 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Gib Sea 33 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
36th Marmaris International Race Week2025
North Aegean Cup2025- Memorial Koumiotis2024
- Κύπελο Βορείου Αιγαίου & Πανελλήνιο Κύπελο Sportboat 2022024
- ORC Greek Championship2023
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a Gib Sea 33 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
X-332 (7 meetings), Salona 37 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (7 meetings), Solaris 50 (7 meetings), Bavaria 37 (7 meetings), Fiumanka 33 (7 meetings), Gib Sea 302 (7 meetings), First 36.7 (6 meetings), Dufour 40 (6 meetings), X-302 (6 meetings), Azuree 33 (6 meetings), Mat 101 (6 meetings), Bavaria Vision 42 (6 meetings), Dufour 36 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 3200 (6 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 32 (5 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (5 meetings), X-99 (4 meetings), Olympic Sea 42 (4 meetings), Dufour 44 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 39 (3 meetings), Discovery 300 (3 meetings), Dromor 26 (2 meetings), Gin Fizz (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Gib Sea 33 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.49
41°
Beam reach
7.22
90°
Broad reach
7.57
135°
Downwind VMG
6.52
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in light air, giving away time it never gets back.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Gib Sea 33
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.52 | 3.57 | 4.19 | 4.49 |
| 52° | 3.93 | 5.38 | 6.16 | 6.51 |
| 60° | 4.18 | 5.63 | 6.36 | 6.73 |
| 75° | 4.33 | 5.85 | 6.55 | 7.00 |
| 90° | 4.57 | 6.27 | 6.90 | 7.22 |
| 110° | 4.66 | 6.36 | 7.03 | 7.68 |
| 120° | 4.48 | 6.23 | 6.98 | 7.74 |
| 135° | 4.00 | 5.84 | 6.77 | 7.57 |
| 150° | 3.41 | 5.16 | 6.31 | 7.13 |
| Run VMG | 2.95 | 4.47 | 5.50 | 6.52 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 430 kg.
Rigging
Gib Sea 33 rig and sail dimensions
A Gib Sea 33 carries 10.35 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.42 m boom, a forestay 12.01 m above the deck and a 3.81 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 58 to 65 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.