Sun Fast 17
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Sun Fast 17
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|designer = Jacek Centkowski
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|location = France
|year = 1994
|no built = ~300
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|builder = Jeanneau
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|3.28|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|1323|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|16.57|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|15.09|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.55|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = centerboard
|ballast = {{convert|276|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|16.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|5.41|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|19.19|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|7.87|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|97|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|48|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea gen = {{convert|161|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea upwind = {{convert|145|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea downwind = {{convert|258|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|successor = Balt 17
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The Sun Fast 17 is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jacek Centkowski as a cruiser and first built in 1994.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-17-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast 17 sailboat |access-date= 29 November 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129005836/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-17-jeanneau|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-17|title= Jeanneau Sun Fast 17 |access-date= 29 November 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129005847/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-17|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-17#nopics|title = Sun Fast 17 Sailboat Specifications|access-date = 29 November 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129005859/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-17|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/centkowski-jacek|title= Jacek Centkowski|access-date = 29 November 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221127212317/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/centkowski-jacek|archive-date= 27 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jacek-centkowski|title= Jacek Centkowski|access-date= 29 November 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221127212350/https://sailboat.guide/jacek-centkowski|archive-date= 27 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/centkowski-jacek|title = Jacek Centkowski Sailboat designer|access-date = 29 November 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221127212536/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/centkowski-jacek|archive-date= 27 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneau.com/en-gb/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/450-sun-fast-17/|title= Sun Fast 17|access-date= 29 November 2022|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneauamerica.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129010119/https://www.jeanneau.com/en-gb/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/450-sun-fast-17/|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}
The boat is part of the Sun Fast sailboat range{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/ranges/sun-fast|title = Sun Fast Sailboat range|access-date = 29 November 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918143917/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/ranges/sun-fast|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}} and was developed into the Balt 17.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/balt-17|title= Balt 17 sailboat |access-date= 29 November 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129005852/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/balt-17|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1994 to 1999, with about 300 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 29 November 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210605143626/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 5 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|title= Jeanneau|access-date= 29 November 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418125800/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|title = Jeanneau Sailboat builder|access-date = 29 November 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607203532/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Sun Fast 17 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a 3/4 fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, a single set of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with continuous stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces {{convert|1323|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|276|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.28|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|0.82|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|4|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. Cabin headroom is {{convert|52|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|161|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} flown from a retractable bowsprit.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.21|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Sun Fast Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/sun-fast-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast (Jeanneau)|access-date = 18 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134110/https://sailboatdata.com/association/sun-fast-jeanneau|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|title= Sun Fast (Jeanneau)|access-date= 29 November 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134424/https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneau.com/en-gb/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/450-sun-fast-17/}}
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