Montgomery 17

The Montgomery 17 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Lyle Hess as a pocket cruiser and daysailer and first built in 1973.

The boat was built in conventional cruiser and flush deck daysailer models.

The design was built by Montgomery Marine Products, Nor'Sea Yachts and Montgomery Boats in the United States, but it is now out of production.

The Montgomery 17 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a nearly-plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller. A few early boats had a fixed keel or a swing keel, while the standard production boats featured a shoal keel and centerboard combination.

Early cast iron fixed keel boats were ballasted at 400 lb (181 kg). The shoal keel with cast iron centerboard versions have 550 lb (249 kg) of combined ballast. The boats with lead ballast in shoal keel and centerboard have 600 lb (272 kg) of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the keel extended and 1.75 ft (0.53 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.

The boat is normally fitted with a small 2 to 6 hp (1 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The conventional design has sleeping accommodation for three people, with a double "V"-berth in the cabin bow and a straight settee berth on the starboard side of the main cabin stretching below the cockpit. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway. The galley cabinet is equipped with a moulded sink, a shelf for a stove and storage below. The head is located in under aft port side of the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is 54 in (137 cm). In the late 1970s a factory option allowed installation of a fourth cabin berth in place of the galley