Sage 17
{{short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2021}}
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|designer = Jerry Montgomery
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|location = United States
|year = 2011
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|builder = Sage Marine
|role = Day sailer-cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|3.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down
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|displacement = {{convert|1300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass and carbon fiber
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|beam = {{convert|6.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = shoal keel and centerboard
|ballast = {{convert|520|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop{{cite web |title=The Sage 17 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317081352/http://sagemarine.us/sage_17.html |website=Sage Marine |publisher=Sage Marine |access-date=5 May 2024}}
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Sage 17 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jerry Montgomery as a daysailer and a pocket cruiser and first built in 2011.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sage-17|title= Sage 17 sailboat |access-date= 17 August 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210817140035/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sage-17|archive-date= 17 August 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.sagemarine.com/product/sage-17/|title= Sage 17|access-date= 17 August 2021|author= Sage Marine|work= sagemarine.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210817144952/https://www.sagemarine.com/product/sage-17/|archive-date= 17 August 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Sage Marine in Golden, Colorado, United States beginning in 2011, and production ceased after being suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/sage-marine-usa|title= Sage Marine (USA)|access-date = 17 August 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210817140022/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/sage-marine-usa|archive-date= 17 August 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.sagemarine.com/|title= Sage Marine|access-date= 17 August 2021|author= Sage Marine|work= sagemarine.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210817152833/https://www.sagemarine.com/|archive-date= 17 August 2021|url-status= live|quote=At this time Sage Marine is in a state of hibernation. We are not building boats at this time.}}
Design
Sage 17 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of carbon fiber, fiberglass with vinylester resin, with teak wood trim. The deck, coach house and transom have a balsa core.
The sailplan is a 7/8 fractional sloop with a single set of spreaders. The hull has a plumb stem, vertical transom, transom-hung kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and an underbody with a shoal keel containing a centerboard.
Displacement is {{convert|1300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|120|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast in the centerboard, with an additional {{convert|400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast in the keel.
Sage 17 has a draft of {{convert|3.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|1.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} retracted, allowing beaching and simplifying transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a two horsepower outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The cabin has sleeping accommodation for two people with a double "V"-berth in the cabin. Interior seating is port and starboard just aft of the "V"-berth at the companionway. A head is located under the aft end of the "V"-berth.
The {{convert|98|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} main was offered with one or two reef points. Multiple headsails were available:
Operational history
Sail magazine named the design one of its Best Boats of 2013, describing it as, "a pretty, seamanlike little thing that’s sure to draw admiring looks way out of proportion to its size."{{cite web|url= https://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/sail-2013-best-boats-nominees|title= SAIL 2013 Best Boats Nominees|access-date= 15 August 2021|author= Sail Staff|work= sailmagazine.com|date= 2 August 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210817155702/https://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/sail-2013-best-boats-nominees|archive-date= 17 August 2021|url-status= live}}
In Sail magazine's 2013 review Kimball Livingston wrote, "It's easy to like this boat. Anyone looking for a pocket cruiser more or less like this little one should ask for a dance."{{cite web|url= https://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/sage-17-2|title= Sage 17 Pocket Cruiser|access-date= 15 August 2021|last= Livingston|first= Kimball|work= sailmagazine.com|date= 2 August 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210817155703/https://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/sage-17-2|archive-date= 17 August 2021|url-status= live}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20170317081352/http://sagemarine.us/sage_17.html}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:2010s sailboat type designs