Specifications:
L.O.A. 47,00 m 154'0"
L. of hull 39,38 m 129'0"
L.W.L. 29,62 m 97'0"
Beam 8,65 m 28'0"
W.L. beam 7,46 m 24'0"
Draft of hull 2,60 m 8'0"
Maximum draft 5,15 m 17'0"
Displacement 135 Ts 298,000 lbs
Ballast 34 Ts 74,000 lbs
Immersed area 190 Sm 2,045 sft.
Fineness ratio 0,565 0,565
Diesel Tanks 10,000 L 2,642 US Gals
Water Tanks 20,000 L 5,284 US Gals
(fresh and black)

Sail areas:
Main sail 359 sm 3,864 sq.f
Stay sail 198 sm 2,132 sq.f
Fore sail 82 sm 883 sq.f
Yankee 129 sm 1,388 sq.f
Flying-Jib 98 sm 1,055 sq.f
Main top sail 99 sm 1,065 sq.f
Fisherman 185 sm 1,991 sq.f
Genaker 554 sm 5,964 sq.f
Route sail area 866 sm 9,322 sq.f
Ratio Imm. A/SA 4,5
Up Wind sail area 1,210 sm 13,024 sq.f
Ratio Imm. A/SA 6,3
Down wind sail area 1,537 sm 16,545 sq.f
Ratio Imm. A/SA 8

Construction: Heavy aluminium or steel hull, with 2 centerboards, wooden deck, houses and skylights - wooden classic joinery layout furniture - carbon masts and spars with veneered sitka wood - Vectran sails with forced battens and hydraulic winches.
Layout: Owners cockpit for 14 guests, plus crew cockpit: saloon for 10 guests around the diner table; owners apartment with bathroom - 3 guests cabins with private heads - captain cabin with head close to the navigation desk - professional galley, hostesses' cabin, cooks' cabin, crew quarter, crew saloon, 2 crew heads plus laundry.
Classic launch on deck 16' light wooden modern construction.

"Gipsy-Witch" is a spectacular project, showing what is possible to do today as the most soft and comfortable yacht of this size, fast and easy to sail, efficient up wind, with perfect balance in all conditions of sea and wind, faster than any classic yacht existing, faster than the most famous schooners of the past, fast as a modern yacht.

Lines of hull are very classic but calculated to have the less possible immersed area for the best speed possible; beamy and few draft, the two centerboards give perfect balance all down in light wind for up wind road, half down for beam-wind and high speed, only the stern one down to down wind road easy manoeuvre in harbour with the twin engines plus the help of the half down main centerboard. The two centerboards are manoeuvrable by electric winches from the wheel place.

Very classic schooner rig, but totally modernized by proportions of sails for maximum efficiency, by carbon masts and spars veneered of sitka wood, by rails and cars on masts, by hydraulic winches, and by "vectran" sails with forced battens needing a minimum of crew for cruising (a little bit more for classic regattas of course!).

The deck is classic teak planking on ply beautiful varnished wood for skylights, hatches, hand-rails, etc, soft white paint on vertical parts and deck framing, nickel plated fitting and hardware, mixing classic style with practical maintain.

The layout is done in a very classic colonial marine style light modern technologies of classic joinery made with the wonderful "cedrela" wood from South America (orange color), creamy white bulkheads and ceiling painting, classic planking on sole, nice clear canvas and leather, bronze hardware and lamps.

Life organization on board is around the big saloon with diner corner for 10 guests, and a deck guests cockpit for 14 people a big crew cockpit, very comfortable and protected is on the poop-deck at stern.

The main entrance is at stern, giving a huge companionway with a very big navigation desk on port. Just behind is the door of the big owners apartment with sofa, king-size bed, desk, and big bathroom Going in front is a large passage with captain cabin, and 3 guests cabins each one with a private head and shower before to arrive to the big saloon.

In the front part, after the saloon, is another passage with engine-rooms each side, giving a very easy maintain of all mechanics by double doors, and full head-room Just after is the big professional galley on starboard, with a crew saloon on port, and the crew companionway going to the bow are hostesses' cabin, cook cabin, crew quarter, and two crew head and shower, including a laundry.

All sails, fenders, lines, etc. are in the very giant lazarette of the stern.

"Gipsy-Witch" the well named schooner ideal to travel on the seven seas, in full comfort, but a witch because her exceptional speed possible very unusual for a classic yacht! She is the best of the pure classic spirit and culture, with the best of the most modern technologies charm and efficiency She is my favourite, the ideal magic big schooner for "aristocratic schooner lovers", capable of all roads, all cruises, all races Her size and style is inspired by the famous schooners of the Turn of the Century, but her comfort and speed are a lot better and futuristic.

"A project by Daniel Z. Bombigher with the collaboration of Patrick Balta for hull design and computer management of hydrostatic and performance data."