The Gulfstar 43 is an American sailboat that was designed by Vince and Richard Lazarra as a cruiser and first built in 1971.
The design was built by Gulfstar Yachts in the United States, between 1971 and 1978, but it is now out of production.
The Gulfstar 43 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional ketch rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
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