Hobie Cat 17 SE
Sailboat
17′
Catamaran
Since 1985
Overview
- Builder
- Hobie Cat
- Model
- 17 SE
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Catamaran
- Built
- 1985 on
- Designer
- Hobie Cat Design Office & John Wake
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass p
- Rig
- Cat boat Marconi
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 17′ (5.18 m)
- Waterline length
- 16′ 8″ (5.08 m)
- Beam
- 8′ (2.44 m)
- Displacement
- 340 lb (154 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- No engine
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 168 sq ft (15.6 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 55.2
- Displacement / length
- 33
- Capsize screening
- 4.58
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Centerboard : twin pivoting centerboards
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 200 ft²
- Cockpit
- No cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass polyester
- Country
- United States
- Crew
- 1
- EC design category
- C
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Mast configuration
- Fore beam stepped mast
- PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) rating
- 783
- Rigging type
- Cat boat Marconi
- Rotating spars
- Yes
- Rudder
- Twin transom hung rudders
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- No spreader
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Trapezes
- 1 set(s)
- Unsinkable
- No
- Version
- SE
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.