Review of GC 32

Basic specs.

The GC 32 is a large catamaran designed by the maritime architect Dr. Martin Fischer in the early 2010. Only a few boats have been built. The GC 32 is built by the Emirian yard Premier Composite Technologies.

2017: The GC32 catamaran is recognized by World Sailing as an international sailboat class.

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Hull

The hull is made of carbon fibre.

Rig

The GC 32 is built with a fractional rig. The sail area for the mailsail + jib is 83.5 m² (898.8 ft²). A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

DaggerBoard aka Sword

The GC 32 is built with a daggerboard keel. A daggerboard is a lifting keel that can be lowered and raised vertically, allowing the boat to enter shallow waters.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.10 - 2.20 meter (6.89 - 7.19 ft) dependent on the load.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for GC 32 is 1.67.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 90% of all other designs.

Maintenance

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.