| Holder 17 | |
| Designer: | Ron Holder |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Builder: | Holder Marine Hobie Cat |
| Role: | Day sailer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 4.17feet with keel down |
| Displacement: | 9500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 17feet |
| Lwl: | 15feet |
| Beam: | 7feet |
| Keel Type: | swing keel |
| Ballast: | 3250NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 18.8feet |
| J: | 6.66feet |
| P: | 20feet |
| E: | 7.75feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 77.5square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 62.6square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 140.1square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 140.04square feet |
The Holder 17 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Ron Holder as a pocket cruiser and day sailer and first built in 1982.[1] [2] [3]
The boat was developed from the 1976 Vagabond 17 design.[1] [4]
The design was built by Holder Marine and Hobie Cat in the United States, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [5]
The Holder 17 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull has a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a locking swing keel. The boat has foam flotation, making it unsinkable. Cabin headroom is 480NaN0.[1] [3] [6]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 2to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[3]
The design has a hull speed of 5.2kn.[3]
In a 2010 review, Steve Henkel wrote, "unlike most of Hobie Cat's boats, the Holder 17 is neither a catamaran nor a product of the fertile mind of Hobie Alter, the multibull firm's namesake. It is instead a 'monomaran' from the drawing board of businessman and designer Ron Holder. First came the cabin sloop, in 1981; the next year, a daysailer version was introduced. Best features: The Holder has good sitting headroom compared to her comps. Foam flotation is intended to make her more or less sink-proof. Her relatively heavy swing keel keeps her minimum draft low for easy launching and retrieval at a ramp, while offering good stability with the keel in the 'down' position. With relatively high D/L and low SA/D compared with her comps, she should be stable in heavy air. Worst features: The steel swing keel can be a pain in the neck to keep from rusting."[3]
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