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Leisure 17 is a 16 ′ 11 ″ / 5.2 m monohull sailboat designed by Arthur C. Howard and built by Leisure Yachts starting in 1966.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

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.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

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.

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 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.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

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.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

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.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

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.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

The 17 was the the first and the most popular model from this builder. A fin keel version was also available with a draft of 3.17’/.97m. Thanks L-17 owner John Mac-, for providing corrections and a copy of the original manufacturers brochure.

Thanks to LEISURE 17 owner ‘Bergamot’ for providing the following commentary concerning the number built: “I have read differing references to how many L17s were produced in total. It was certainly in the thousands. Some say approximately 3,000 and others say it may be as many as 4,500. Unfortunately the builders suffered a catastrophic fire and a lot of records were lost. Latterly they were also built elsewhere in Europe so nobody really knows. There are many in the Scandinavian area with a strong following.”

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Lesuire 17 seaworthy? Honest owner reviews?

• Thread starter Yachtingsouthwest
• Start date 8 Mar 2023

Yachtingsouthwest

Hi all Looking for some information on the lesuire 17s both the 17 and 17SL. How seaworthy are they and what common problems do they have? Thanks in advance  

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Never owned but one crossed the Atlantic  

Praxinoscope

Superb little boats, we used to regularly sail Christchurch - Cherbourg in ours back in the 70’s. Not the fastest but no slouch either. Spent an interesting half hour at the Earls Court boat show talking to Arthur C Howard the designer, between 30000 and 4000 were built which suggests that they got something right.  

Seashoreman

I owned a Leisure 17 for 3 years and found it very seaworthy. I regularly sailed over the Ore and Deben bars on weekends without concern singlehanded. Easy to sail with a good sized cockpit. I moved up in size for accommodation, inboard deisel engine , proper heads and galley. They are very popular in Holland and Germany were they fetch good prices. Just out of interest I was told by Paul Heiney that he also owned one and has fond memories. Excellent owners website Supporting owners of Leisure yachts around the world - Home page (leisureowners.org.uk) There are no serious intrinsic or common faults that spring to mind apart from any obvious wear and tear. They do suffer from leaking window rubbers and lazerette locker seals. Website has an owners guide which may be helpful.  

chriscallender

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Yachtingsouthwest said: Hi all Looking for some information on the lesuire 17s both the 17 and 17SL. How seaworthy are they and what common problems do they have? Thanks in advance Click to expand...

AntarcticPilot

To at least a certain extent, it's not the boat that is seaworthy but the sailor. Slocum's Spray has been shown to have poor stability characteristics - very stable until she wasn't, and she'd go with little warning! Some people reckon that's how Slocum was lost. But Slocum was a consummate professional sailor, and he was seaworthy despite Spray's deficiencies. Spray had many good points, but she was potentially a killer; only Slocum's skill made her the legend she has become. The number of people who have made amazing voyages in craft I'd hesitate to take out of sheltered water is quite staggering. So, the question isn't really "Is the Leisure 27 seaworthy?", but rather, "Is the combination of my skill and the Leisure 17 seaworthy?" Note that skill in this context isn't just knowing how to do things, but when to do them - and when NOT to do them. It's about knowing when to run away and fight another day!  

AntarcticPilot said: To at least a certain extent, it's not the boat that is seaworthy but the sailor. Slocum's Spray has been shown to have poor stability characteristics - very stable until she wasn't, and she'd go with little warning! Some people reckon that's how Slocum was lost. But Slocum was a consummate professional sailor, and he was seaworthy despite Spray's deficiencies. Spray had many good points, but she was potentially a killer; only Slocum's skill made her the legend she has become. The number of people who have made amazing voyages in craft I'd hesitate to take out of sheltered water is quite staggering. So, the question isn't really "Is the Leisure 27 seaworthy?", but rather, "Is the combination of my skill and the Leisure 17 seaworthy?" Note that skill in this context isn't just knowing how to do things, but when to do them - and when NOT to do them. It's about knowing when to run away and fight another day! Click to expand...

I sail one. See Avatar. An original L17 not the SL. Of all the small boats I have sailed, the L17 has been the most seaworthy, and the most rewarding boat to sail. It can handle more weather than I can. If looking to buy one, like any old boat, it is condition that matters. The windows seals previously mentioned have been replaced, a couple of years ago we replaced the top bearing on the rudder shaft which greatly improved helming. We have roller reefing headsail and slab reefing main sail both in good condition.  

Any of your modern GRP ballasted sail boats with self draining cockpit will be sea worthy. Assuming it is self righting and you have proper arrangements to seal the main hatch then no problems in worst conditions. Of course the rig must be robust. The real problem of seaworthiness as Antarctic pilot has said is the crew. Skill and endurance. Unfortunately the smaller the boat the more lively the motion to the point in a storm where crew may not be physically or mentally able to cope.  

Thank you for the replys currently have a Drascombe Coaster but interested in something shorter for driveway storage and with a better layed out accommodation.  

Just looked at some s/h Leisure 17’s, and was surprised to see how they are holding their value, we bought ours back in 1971 straight from Cobramold and it cost us about £640 including main and genoa, they still seem to be popular which goes to suggest their integrity.  

Yachtingsouthwest said: Thank you for the replys currently have a Drascombe Coaster but interested in something shorter for driveway storage and with a better layed out accommodation. Click to expand...

How easy are they to launch and recover as a trailer sailer?  

Yachtingsouthwest said: How easy are they to launch and recover as a trailer sailer? Click to expand...

LittleSister

I took the OPs question to mean how seaworthy are they as pocket cruisers go, not is this the best choice for being out in the ultimate storm. In which case I'd say they were among the most seaworthy of 17 foot yachts.  

You might also look at the Sunstar 18 - designed by Arthur Howard who had considerable skill with bilge keels.  

Looking at lifting keels in the 17ft range there doesn't seem to be many that fit this?  

ProDave, your Leisure 17 looks great, it brings back happy memories from the early 70’s when we had a 17.  

Yachtingsouthwest said: Looking at lifting keels in the 17ft range there doesn't seem to be many that fit this? Click to expand...

dolabriform

My first boat was a L17, still the boat in my avatar despite now having a 36 footer. Tough, reliable little boats, and great fun to sail. Moved up to a 23SL after the 17, again great boats. ( Although for some reason whenever PBO do a 'feature' on british boats they always seem to forget about the leisures ). If it wasn't for the growing family I would have probably stuck with the 23SL, maybe even the L17. Not fast, but no slouch either.  

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Leisure 17: Rescued from the nettles

• Ben Meakins
• August 26, 2015

John MacKenzie renovates a Leisure 17 that had lain unused in a field for nearly two decades

My father served aboard HMS Bergamot in the Second World War. Bergamot was a Flower Class corvette, a similar class of vessel to that on which the classic book and film The Cruel Sea was set. My father took part in escorting convoys to the Arctic to support the Russian forces.

After he passed away, I was doing some research to find out more about my father’s experiences during the war, and in due course, I stumbled upon an obscure internet forum which included some discussion about corvettes.

John MacKenzie’s father served during the Second World War on HMS Bergamot , a flower class corvette

Soon I was sharing remembered stories with the son of another Bergamot crew member, when up popped a man called Alan with first-hand memories of Bergamot , asking to be put in touch with other crew members.

Alan is in his 90s and has the memory of an elephant, recounting stories and anecdotes of life on board HMS Bergamot and much more. He has become a very good friend: I treasure his enthusiastic and positive attitude to life, and despite his clear recollections of HMS Bergamot all those years ago he certainly does not live in the past, and has a very modern outlook.

Bergamot crew member Alan, left, with John MacKenzie

Alan mentioned that he had sailed a small Leisure 17 cruiser for many years in the Solent. As a lifelong dinghy sailor this rekindled my hankering for a small boat with a lid on it, so I was interested in his opinions on his elderly, diminutive craft. He enthused that she had no foibles, and that he and his family had thoroughly enjoyed sailing her.

He then mentioned that he still had her under a cover on his rural smallholding in Hampshire, where she had been languishing for the past 17 years: if I was interested, he would be happy for me to ‘take her away’.

I conducted some research on the Leisure 17 and found much praise for this attractive little vessel, and even an account of an eventful transatlantic crossing by John Adam in 1968: this ended in his imprisonment in Cuba as a spy, as the Cubans did not believe such a small boat could successfully cross the Atlantic.

The Leisure Owners Association was very friendly and helpful and supplied a wealth of useful information which confirmed that Leisure 17s, despite their age, are solid, well-built basic boats with a very active and enthusiastic following. I was hooked. But what condition was she in?

A very sad old lady

Preparing to trail the boat home. She had languished among chest-high nettles for 17 years

After a 140-mile round trip with perfect directions from Alan (apart from a long-gone Little Chef), and with his permission to come aboard, I found myself in a field full of chest-high nettles in an idyllic spot in rural Hampshire.

When I hacked my way to the boat with a machete I found a very sad old lady full of water and covered in moss, tilting off her trailer as the rabbits had undermined the trailer supports – and there was more rust than trailer.

As for the cover, that had been half off for some time, the wind having whipped it up and scraped several arcs in the moss, lichen and the gelcoat of the hull.

I like a challenge, but I have to admit to having serious doubts at that point. However, it was a lovely sunny day, and things always look better in the sun. After a thorough inspection, I managed to convince myself – with a little imagination – that she was basically sound and could be nurtured back to life.

I accepted Alan’s kind offer – or should that be his challenge?

Moss and lichen had taken hold to an extensive degree

Shortly after seeing the boat I visited Alan at his home near Lymington, armed with a bottle of his favourite single malt whisky and some chocolates for his lovely wife Jean.

Alan helped me load the car with sails, cushions, an aged Evinrude 6hp two-stroke outboard and various other boat bits and pieces. Alan is as fit as a fiddle!

Jean confided to me that Alan was delighted that his beloved little boat was to be renovated and put back on the water again, where she belongs.

I now needed to get the boat back home, some 70 miles away, but first I needed somewhere to put her. This entailed replacing part of a fence with hinged panels, moving a shed on rollers (like the Egyptians building the pyramids) on to its new base, felling a tree and removing its root stump, and levelling the ground to a gentle incline – phew!

Now I had a boatyard with access ready for my little cruiser.

After a thorough renovation including new wheels, tyres and brakes, the trailer was modified with a bow support, docking arms and a winch

My next job was to get the boat off her trailer. With dozens of concrete blocks and substantial timbers on Alan’s  smallholding, plus my three-ton trolley jack, I eventually managed to extricate the trailer from under the boat single-handed.

After fitting new wheels and tyres, and re-greasing the bearings and hitch, I cautiously towed the remains of the trailer home for a strip-down and rebuild with new brake parts, lots of DIY MIG welding, a couple of new additional spars and a new paint job.

The trailer has been modified with a bow support, docking arms and a winch so that I now tow her bow-first: the original set-up was stern-first, which other owners have advised me makes for tricky launches and recoveries.

A blank canvas

Having carefully eased her back on to her now shiny and renovated trailer (again single-handed), I gingerly towed the sad old girl back to my new boatyard and set about her restoration.

She was a very basic boat with no electrics, instruments etc, but having had only two owners she was pretty much a blank canvas for me to work on, albeit a tired one.

A quick pressure-wash removed a lot of the moss and lichen, and she started to look a bit more shipshape. With a big pot of elbow grease and abrasive pads the teak woodwork came up surprisingly well, and with new washboards she started to look quite smart.

The milky windows would eventually be removed and treated with a mild rubbing compound

The milky windows were removed and treated with mild rubbing compound: they polished up to a surprisingly high standard, which avoided my having to replace them.

The window seals had become very brittle and cracked so I replaced them all with new seals and a chrome-effect infill to brighten her up a bit – very ‘blingy’.

The interior had become home to several small animals and needed a complete clean-out and repaint: it is now fresh and bright.

Much of the internal woodwork had suffered badly from the ingress of water over many years, but when it dried out most of it was salvageable. After stripping off all of what remained of the old varnish, and with the application of a few new coats, it came up looking good. All the deck fittings were removed and re-seated to make her dry inside.

Dismayingly full of water, but at least this indicated that the boat was basically sound

The mast had been resting low down on the trailer and had become home to many generations of mice: the whole length was packed with chewed-up halyard to make cosy nesting material. Strangely, the mice had only chewed one halyard so I was left with an aptly named ‘mouse-line’ for re-threading the new halyards. The pressure-washer soon removed the remaining detritus.

The boat had many layers of now crazed antifouling paint which had set rock-hard. I am sure that the laborious job of removing it will resonate with many readers as one of the worst jobs of a renovation.

However, a cheap electric scraper greatly speeded up the process, and as the boat was only 4.3m (14ft) at the waterline I could at least see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Her keels were in a sorry state, with much rust and several deep pits that needed to be primed and filled after being ground back to solid iron.

Her topsides are in her original gelcoat, which is not perfect: but with some cutting back and polishing she now looks presentable.

The rubbing strake was repaired with copious applications of epoxy and strategically-placed clamps

In my enthusiasm I added navigation lights, a depth sounder, a fixed radio and mast top antenna and a small GPS to link to the DSC radio to get her seaworthy. In fact she is probably far more seaworthy than I was as my previous sailing experience was dinghy sailing on inland waters, but I wanted her to be right.

I mounted the instruments on a hinged panel to the side of the companionway rather than mounting them in the cockpit to avoid making holes.

An unexpected bonus from the lack of fixed instruments is that this preserves that area as backrests for comfortable stretching out on lazy summer days.

The original method of attaching the mainsail was by a boltrope up the mast slot: this was very stiff, even after cleaning and treating with PTFE, so to make raising and lowering the main a much easier and safer task I have fitted nylon sliders, which work well.

My wife Sara has flashbacks about standing in windswept dinghies clutching wobbly masts while I attached the shrouds and stays, so I fabricated a method for single-handed raising and lowering of the mast.

I needed to replace the standing rigging as it appeared to be original, so I added moveable stainless steel straps to enable the lower shroud pivot points to line up with the mast base, providing lateral support when raising and lowering the mast without exerting strain.

It works very efficiently, and was relatively easy once I had worked out the required lengths with a bit of schoolboy trigonometry and line-of-sight checks. Fellow boaters are of course always prepared to lend a hand, so I could probably have done without this enhancement – but at least I know I can raise and lower the mast on my own without scaring Sara.

After a few modifications, John’s garden became a serviceable boatyard and work on the Leisure 17 proceeded in earnest

The boat was launched from her trailer at Newhaven Marina without any problems on a sunny summer day in mid-July last year, having taken a year to renovate. (I just have to keep an eye open for the 143m ferry that creeps up behind the breakwater and past the marina to her berth.)

Two months of enjoyable sea trials followed, undertaking some great cruises along the South Coast with the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs as our backdrop and a trolling line picking up mackerel for supper as we went.

Alan’s statement that she had no foibles was spot-on, as she is very stable and sails well for such a small cruiser: I am looking forward to using her as much as possible and enhancing my seamanship.

The 1974 two-stroke Evinrude was soon replaced with a shiny new 5hp Mercury four-stroke long-shaft saildrive, which is excellent as it has extra thrust and the gear change on the front of the engine.

I could probably have managed quite well with a 4hp, but I tend to over-engineer most things!

Dual backstays were fitted for better access to the outboard

My upgrades after initial sea trials include leading all the control lines (there aren’t many!) back to the cockpit and adding a triple rope clutch for the furler line, main halyard and topping lift.

The old hanked-on jib worked well, but I am all in favour of an easy life so I have renovated and installed an old furler that I found through the owners association and adapted the jib to fit it, which is as yet untried.

I found the original jib sheet clam-cleats awkward, so I have replaced them with new ones.

The original genoa cars were simple resinite O-rings with a thumbscrew mounted on now brittle plastic rails. The cars were fiddly to adjust and had quite a lot of friction, so I replaced these with alloy rails and adjustable genoa cars.

The original backstay split into two at about 1m up: being so low, it got in the way when controlling and lifting the outboard, so I fitted dual backstays for better access to the outboard at the risk of having more weight up top and increasing the windage.

Sara was very patient during the year-long renovation, for which I am very grateful, but at least she has known where I was – in the boatyard or the garage! She is also smitten with our new-to-us little cruiser: well, on very calm days!

Meanwhile, Alan was a guest at the Russian Embassy recently when he received the Ushakov Medal for his Arctic convoy duty on board HMS Bergamot . Alan said it was ‘a bit chilly’ on the Arctic convoys, but it was a dry cold so it wasn’t so bad: typical of him to find something positive!

And what did I name our boat? Why, Bergamot , of course, in tribute to Alan, my father Angus, Colin’s father, and all the brave crew of what Alan describes as ‘a happy and clean ship’.

Say hello if you are near Seaford Bay and spot sail number 1630. Fair winds!

John named his boat Bergamot in tribute to his father Angus, Alan and the other brave crew of his boat’s illustrious namesake

First published in PBO Aug 2015 issue

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Review of Leisure 17

Basic specs., sailing characteristics.

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Leisure 17 is 2.42, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 5.0 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Leisure 17 is about 60 kg/cm, alternatively 341 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 60 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 341 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio) Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind: - Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15 - Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20 - Racers have ratios above 20 - High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24 Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 17.75

Maintenance

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Restoring a leisure 17.

I don't know a lot about sailing, I'm far more comfortable on motor boats, however when the scout group that I help with took delivery of an old leisure 17 last year I took a liking to it. She was in reasonably good condition to begin with. The previous owner had not sailed the boat in a long time and the boat was sitting in the sailing club yard for a few years. Having developed some leaks over the years the cabin was full of rainwater and the boat just seemed pretty run down. Seeing the potential a few of us asked the group for some money to restore the boat. With a budget of just €600 and a limited knowledge of sailing boats we got started. The following content on this page documents our progress and I will update it as we go.

Before we started any work we went out sailing a few times and one problem was becoming serious. Water kept finding its way inside the cabin and from there seeping through cracks into the hull. To fully drain the hull we had to drill a hole at the lowest point and give it plenty of time to dry out. Water flowed steadily out for 15 minutes once we made the hole! Inside just behind the cabin door we cut a hole in the floor and installed an inspection hatch so that we could see if any water was getting in and be able to pump it out. We also sealed any cracks we could find in the cabin using either fibre glass repair or silicone. 

The top and bottom mounts for the mast foot had become rotten and we made new ones from teak wood. The mast foot itself was in good condition so it was removed and refitted with the new mounts. Below the mast foot base we found plenty of places where water could get into the hull and these were sealed. Outside the boat there was damage to the fibre glass and this was repaired and painted. 

Originally the Leisure 17 would have had a 40ah battery which could power the navigation and cabin lights. This battery could be charged by being connected to the outboard motor. We fitted a 30W solar panel kit, with charge controller, to a 75ah deep cycle leisure battery. We we're hoping to get a smaller battery but this one came available at the right price and the panel seems to manage it nicely so far. We used a dual battery marine switch to isolate the charging circuit from everything else. This means that we can leave the battery charging while everything else is isolated or have both going together. Having the larger battery will allow us to fit a VHF base station (hopefully next season) to the boat. At the moment it's all LED lighting. 

Most of the other work carried out was general maintenance including:

• Fresh gel coat & antifoul.
• Painting & Varnishing of teak.
• Painted inside of cabin.
• Replaced gas line & installed new stove. 
• LOTS of cleaning (Coke worked really well on brass components!)

Restoration Gallery

Some time later...

Eventually we got enough done to launch our boat :)

Original Leisure 17 Documentation

The previous owner of our Leisure 17 held on to some of the original instructional and marketing material. 

Leisure 17 Trailer

Loading and securing for transport:  Never as easy as the picture makes it look!

Technical Information

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Pricelist for sails for Leisure 17

The Leisure 18 is a 17.98ft masthead sloop designed by Simon Cory and built in fiberglass by Leisure Yachts since 1970.

The Leisure 18 is a moderate weight sailboat which is a high performer. It is very stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat.

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“ We received our spinnaker and launched it yesterday and I just wanted to let you know how pleased we are with it. The service we received from your company was exceptional and the quality of your product is second to none. We will certainly be return customers in the next few months to replace our main and jib sails and will recommend your company to all our sailing buddies. Once again-thank you.” -Daniel Jackson (Google)

“ we had good communication during the planning stages and the knowledgeable people at precision sails really got me fixed up good! The sails look and work fabulous! my boat sails better than it ever had! couldn’t be more pleased with the product AND the service!” -Fred Jelich (Facebook)

“ Our new furling jib for a Corsair 27 Had to be specially designed due to the height of the furler, but this was accomplished quickly and in short order we had our sail which fits beautifully and has a great shape. It’s everything we could have wanted, high tech design, thoughtfully executed and affordable.” -Nancy Y. (Yelp)

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Leisure 17 - Leisure / STW001696

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