DRIFTER 17
Fractional Sloop • Swing Keel • Built 1980
Dimensions
- LOA
- 18.67 ft
- LWL
- 14.25 ft
- Beam
- 6.58 ft
- Max Draft
- 4 ft
- Min Draft
- 1.83 ft
- Displacement
- 1,100 lbs
- Ballast
- 400 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.55 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 22.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 170
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 36.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 149 sq ft
- I
- 19.5 ft
- J
- 6.5 ft
- P
- 21.8 ft
- E
- 8 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Swing Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1980
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: As with the CORTEZ 16, this boat has it origins with an earlier design called the SUN DOWNER 16, though deck, coachroof, and keel, were significantly changed.\nLOD: 17.12ft\nThanks to Tony Davis for providing updated information.