S2 7.9 Meter Class Association

If you want to give me a phone call, I can answer many questions that you might have since I have been active in the class since '84.
Dave Grover 248 553 7238, evenings.

Welcome to the wonderful world of one design. First I let me say that the class rules have been helpful in maintaining a class of boats that have retained their value and are still in demand after 25 years. This due to keeping the boat close to the way it was built while allowing useful changes thro...

Class rule A1.C.10 gives the max length as 31 ft - 8 inches from the centerline of the mast tang pin to the centerline of the stemhead pin. You will want your turnbuckle to have more than half of its adjustment at that length so that you can shorten it if needed. Note that the tensions on the shroud...

One word of caution - the responses here are very good. But: I have repaired mine a few times and one time I used Marine Tex (excellent to work after setting up) for the aft edge damage where the keel comes through the hull. Since that repair was very hard, the next time the board got hit, the repai...

Does everyone know that the ballast under the cabin sole is lighter in the inboard to compensate for the weight of the inboard engine? This makes the IB set on the same lines as the OB (other things being equal). So any speed issue (everything else being equal) is dragging a prop, strut and shaft. I...

I have replaced my companionway board angles with SS angles but aluminum should be adequate. (Racing is really hard on hardware). I cut down the plastic hatch slides so that I could fasten stainless steel strips on the top in place of the plastic flange that was broken. It has been a permanent fix. ...

Keep an eye on the side support lines. If you attach them to the rails, they will tighten or loosen as the mast goes up or down because they don't pivot on the same axis as the mast does. You either have to constantly tighten or loosen them with the method that Bosma uses, or you need a way to have ...

While you are doing this, make sure that the board will be vertical when you are done. There is a chance that this method will allow the board to be tilted port or staboard when done. Measure from the bottom to each rail before the mix sets up.

I do the same thing Jeffrey does. Offshore specifies five degrees. Be sure to sight from a point where the backstay is in line with the mast so that you get both spreaders at the same angle. Since you are lower than the spreaders, this is necessary. 138, Prime Time