Joemarin 17

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.01 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 470 kg of hull, so roughly 1,050 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 470 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.48 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 8 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 8

CoastalBluewater

At 2.60 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.60

LightHeavy

118 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 118

EasygoingPowered-up

20.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.4

TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Draws less than ~100% of boats her size on file

Compared with 307 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

25.6%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.4

Displacement / length

118.4

Comfort ratio

8.1

Capsize screening

2.60

Hull speed

5.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

370

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Iron

Production

Years built

1978–1982

Units built

470

Designer

Hans Groop

Builder

Joemarin OY

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