Core Sound 17 by B&B Yacht Designs

Cat ketch beach cruiser

Length overall	17'	5.18 m
Beam	5' 10"	1.78 m
Draft	3' 6"	1.07 m
Draft (cb up)	8"	0.19 m
Weight	400 lbs	181 kg
Displacement	1000 lbs	454 kg
Sail area	119 sq. ft.	11.06 m²
Hull construction	Stich-n-glue
Gallery	20 photos and 8 videos
See also	Core Sound 15, Cat Ketch 17
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URL: http://www.bandbyachtdesigns.com/cs17.htm

Description:

Simple, beatiful, functional, versatile. Sails like a dream.
Shallow water friendly with kick-up center board and rudder
Open water capability
Easy to sail, self-tacking
Quick & easy to launch, rig & retrieve
3 piece masts require no rigging and stow in the boat.
No special building skills needed
Pre-developed 3/8" & 1/4" panels for strength and light weight

Roomy daysailer; with it's dodger and tent and the lifting floorboards, it sleeps two adults comfortably (plus two kids if necessary), with room for cooking and a porta- potti.

A high, dry, easy to sail boat.

Her performance has been sparkling, this model won the grueling 4th of July Great Race two years in a row, she has only given up 1st place this past year, to her big sister the Core Sound 20.

Photo gallery

Broad reach

Family sailing

Core Sound 17 sailing reefed

Staysail

Seven people aboard

A Core Sound 17 jumps up on a plane

Rowing out

Rowing with sails up

At the dock

On the trailer

Rigged Core Sound 17 on the trailer

On the trailer

Cabin on the Core Sound 17

Cabin

Tent for camping

Tent for camping, sides up

Cockpit

Family sailing

Core Sound 17 with bowsprit

Motor in a well

Video gallery

Core Sound CS17 on Jordan Lake NC April 2008
Core Sound CS17 built by a guy named Ken zips along on Jordan Lake NC one afternoon in April 2008.

SV Active Imagination Sailing on the Chesapeake

Core Sound 17 at Chesapeake Small Craft Festival

Reefing CS17

Roy's CS17: At first day in the water
Shakedown sail.

Texas 200 2009 Kevin and Matt Nicolin
Kevin and Matt Nicolin in their Core Sound 17 just south of the ferry crossing in the Corpus Christi ship channel.

Texas 200 2009 Marty and Kim Apel in Core Sound 17
Marty Williams and Kim Apel in Marty's Core Sound 17 approaching Paul's Mott, Aransas Bay.

8 knots on a Core Sound 17
PHBYC's Piper and Weremermaid on their first Taal Volcano circumnavigation. 11 November 2012. This clip is taken after they passed the fishpens on the western side of Volcano Island.

Design	Length	Beam	Sail area	Engine power
Core Sound 15 by B&B Yacht Designs Cat ketch beach cruiser	15' 3" 4.64 m	5' 5" 1.65 m	100 sq. ft. 9.29 m²	2 - 10
Cat Ketch 17 by Bateau.com [CK17] A roomy and fast expedition cat ketch	17' 9" 5.4 m	6' 1.83 m	118 sq. ft. 11.00 m²	-