Seller's Description
Fast stable and durable Jim Brown designed trimaran. Former dealer demo boat in excellent condition with all the options. Carbon Fiber bowsprit and turbo reacher/drifter kit, motor mount (2hp is lots), fully battened main and roller furling jib with custom jib sock (jib lives on the boat when mast is up), rotating aluminum wing mast. Custom Shorelander trailer in like new condition. All up weight is 400lb and is easily towed by a regular car and setup by one person. Boat was used at Boat shows and only sailed lightly. Kept this boat when Windrider dropped their dealer channel and moved it to the cottage but it’s only been sailed about a half dozen times in the past 6 years (too many toys) so time to let someone else enjoy it. You won’t find one in better condition and includes all my dealer spare parts. Older colored boats tended to fade, the white you just have to clean periodically. The Windrider 17 is a great learn to sail boat, provides a good turn of speed in this configuration for the experienced sailor and has lots of enthusiasts worldwide. Cockpit room for 2 and trampolines for a couple more. Pedal Steering and all control lines lead to aft cockpit. Lots of Youtube Videos of Windrider adventures. Can deliver and/or facilitate.
Specs
- Designer
- Jim Brown/Windrider
- Builder
- Windrider Sailing Trimarans
- Associations
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- # Built
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- Hull
- Trimaran
- Keel
- ?
- Rudder
- ?
- Construction
- Roto molded Poly.
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 16′ 11″ / 5.2 m
- Waterline Length
- ?
- Beam
- ?
- Draft
- 1′ 6″ / 0.5 m
- Displacement
- 400 lb / 181 kg
- Ballast
- ?
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Cat
- Reported Sail Area
- 96′² / 8.9 m²
- Total Sail Area
- ?
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- ?
- P
- ?
- E
- ?
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- ?
- I
- ?
- J
- ?
- Forestay Length
- ?
Auxilary Power
- Make
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- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- ?
- Fuel Capacity
- ?
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- ?
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- ?
Calculations
- Hull Speed
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Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
28.3
>20: high performance
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
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Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
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Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
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Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
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7.0
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
Beam on trailer: 8.5’
Trimaran w/fixed keel.
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