BoatsBorge Bringsvaerd Bb17

Borge Bringsvaerd Bb17

Fractional Sloop · Full Keel With Attached Rudder · First built 1962

A lightweight fractional sloop with a high ballast ratio, designed by Borge Bringsvaerd for spirited performance

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Full Keel With Attached Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.05 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 950 kg of hull, so roughly 1,550 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.05 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 14 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 14
CoastalBluewater

2.11 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.11
LightHeavy

225 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 225
EasygoingPowered-up

25.0 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 25.0
TenderStiff

58% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 58%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Lighter than ~95% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 212 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
57.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
25.0
Displacement / length
224.9
Comfort ratio
13.8
Capsize screening
2.11
Hull speed
5.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
387
Hull
Hull type
Full keel with attached rudder
Construction
Wood
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1962
Units built
350
Designer
Borge Bringsvaerd
Builder
Borge Bringsvaerd

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Pearson Yachts Ensign6.86 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA Carl Alberg-designed fractional day sailor and one-design racer built on the proven Electra hull for active club fleets
Island Packet 278.08 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA Robert K. Johnson-designed cutter with a long keel, built for stability and comfort in a compact 8-meter package
Contessa 267.77 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA David Sadler-designed long-keel masthead sloop, built in both England and Canada with a 25-year production run
Pearson Yachts-USA Triton8.63 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA Carl Alberg-designed long-keel fractional sloop that pioneered fiberglass cruising and saw international production.
Nor'Sea Marine 278.23 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA masthead sloop with a versatile rig and ballast configuration, designed for trailerable offshore cruising
Flicka 207.32 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Bruce Bingham-designed cutter with a long keel, originally offered as amateur plans before becoming a production classic

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