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Fractional Sloop · Wing Keel · 1985–1987

A solid-glass fractional sloop with a wing keel, designed as a refined, shoal-draft successor to the S2 6.9

Designed by Don Wennersten, Graham & Schlageter.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Wing Keel

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,043 kg of hull, so roughly 1,650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.43 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.43
LightHeavy

156 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 156
EasygoingPowered-up

21.0 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.0
TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 946 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.0
Displacement / length
155.8
Comfort ratio
11.3
Capsize screening
2.43
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
536
Hull
Hull type
Wing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1985–1987
Units built
21
Designer
Don Wennersten, Graham, Schlageter
Builder
S2 Yachts

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J Boats Tillotson Pearson J/247.32 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA legendary Rodney Johnstone design that defined the modern one-design racer with its high sail-area-to-displacement ratio
Dehler Yachts 25CR7.50 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA Van de Stadt-designed fractional sloop with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio built for spirited performance
Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling6.35 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA 6.35-metre fractional sloop that served as the Olympic class for women sailors from 2004 through 2008

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