Nacra 17 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull type

Catamaran · daggerboard

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

17.22' · 5.25 m

Displ.

304 lbs · 138 kg

First year

2012

The Nacra 17 stands as the definitive mixedgender multihull of the modern Olympic era, representing a radical departure from traditional catamaran design toward the highspeed frontier of hydrofoiling. Designed in 2011 by the renowned Californiabased firm Morrelli & Melvin, the vessel was specifically engineered to meet World Sailing’s criteria for a platform that could accommodate a wide crew weight range while providing a "spectacle" for international audiences. Its 17.2foot carbonfiberreinforced platform features wavepiercing hulls and a powerful highaspectratio rig that transformed the Olympic racing landscape. Originally launched as a semifoiling catamaran with curved Cfoils for the 2016 Rio Games, the boat underwent a significant evolution for the 2020 Tokyo cycle, becoming a fullfoiling machine known as the Mk2. This transition, which occurred between hull numbers 338 and 339, replaced the original appendages with Zfoils and Trudder elevators, allowing the boat to achieve stable flight at speeds exceeding 30 knots.