Dark Harbor 17 1/2
Gaffhead Sloop · Fin Keel · 1908–1935
A 1908 gaff-rigged fin-keeler originally commissioned as the Manchester 17 for Massachusetts club racing
Designed by B. B. Crowninshield & R. N. Burbank, built by Rice Brothers.
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- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin Keel
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
At 1.66 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
287 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
21.8 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Lighter than ~77% of boats her size on file
- Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1680 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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