Design
17 ft Catboat Puffin & Cruising Cat Liberty
Designed by Jay R. Benford
A 17 ft design from Jay Benford's catalog, drawn for Airex cored fibreglass, cold moulded or strip planked construction, so the same hull can be built in whichever suits the shop. One of the cruising sail designs, the part of the catalog that dominated the office for years and fills Cruising Designs.
Benford publishes a displacement of 2,950/3,600 lb in coastal cruising trim, which is tanks full with the crew and their stores aboard rather than a shipping weight. Plans are sold to owner-builders, and full-sized patterns come with them and study plans are sold separately for anyone wanting to look before committing.
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| 17 ft Cruising Sloop or Yawl or Gaff Sloop | Benford Design Group | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 | B&B Yacht Designs | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | 0 |
| Core Sound 17 Mark 3 | B&B Yacht Designs | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | 0 |
| Penobscot 17 | Arch Davis Design | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | 0 |
| Super Skipjack | Stevenson Projects | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | 0 |
| Waterlust Sailing Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | 0 |