Montgomery 17 FD
Masthead Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1975
A flush-deck keel/centerboard sloop by Lyle Hess, designed for high-performance sailing in a compact, trailerable package
Designed by Lyle C. Hess & Gerry Montgomery.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Keel/Cbrd.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 9 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
At 2.66 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
152 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
22.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Draws less than ~78% of boats her size on file
Compared with 307 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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