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Jeanneau Sun Fast 17

Fractional Sloop · Centerboard (Trunk) · First built 1994

A Jacek Centkowski-designed fractional sloop with a centerboard, later marketed as the Balt 17

Designed by Jacek Centkowski.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Centerboard (Trunk)

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The Jeanneau Sun Fast 17, on the water

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Footage from SEILmagasinet

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 2.30 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 600 kg of hull, so roughly 1,200 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 600 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 0.25 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 9 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 9
CoastalBluewater

At 2.75 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.75
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 172
EasygoingPowered-up

16.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.0
TenderStiff

21% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 21%

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

  • Draws less than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 251 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Jeanneau Sun Fast 17, as the fleet has seen it

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The Jeanneau Sun Fast 17 is a fractional sloop designed by Jacek Centkowski, built by Jeanneau and Balt Yacht from 1994 to the present. This centerboard hull sailboat measures 5.0 meters LOA with a 2.3-meter beam and a 1.0-meter draft, displacing 600 kg. It was later marketed as the BALT 17.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
20.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.0
Displacement / length
171.9
Comfort ratio
8.9
Capsize screening
2.75
Hull speed
5.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
407
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard (Trunk)
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1994
Designer
Jacek Centkowski
Builder
Jeanneau, Balt Yacht

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