S2 7.9 Meter Class Association

Thanks very much for the promotion of our S2 6.9. I owned and sailed a 6.9 for 4 years and then sold it and bought a 6.7, the less well-known slightly older sister of the 6.9. Both have lifting keels. The 6.9's cabin and cockpit were redesigned by Graham & Schlagater to look like a 7/8ths scale ...

Several years ago, I was selling my 1984 S2 6.9 (above the waterline and its entire cabin look like a 7/8ths scale 7.9 and it uses the same carpet hull liner). Its carpet liner was dirty and stained in many places; some were rust stains. The berth cushions were stained also but I had them reupholste...

It's Harvey (not Marvin) Hack, and he's with Northrop-Grumman not Grumman.

Here are two of his relevant articles:

http://members.shaw.ca/diesel-duck/libr ... rosion.htm

http://www.diveweb.com/maritech/features/uw-su99.01.htm

Much of the type of carpeting used overhead and as hull liner on our S2 6.7/6.9/22s was made by Marine Specialties Group (A G&T Industries Company), 3415A Eastern Ave., S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49508; 1-800-967-7753 or (616) 452-3512. Very probably it was also used on your S2 7.9s -- worth a look-s...

Any ideas as to how to eliminate the corrosion at the steel to aluminum interfaces? I'm from the S2 6.7, 6.9 & 22 Class Association < http://www.sail-s2.org >. Your magnificent S2 7.9 and our boats share a number of design and construction features because the manufacturing design (as distinct ...

Q #1 -- I've been told that the toe rails on S2 7.9s and those on the S2 6.7/6.9/22s are identical -- are they? The toe rail on a S2 6.7/6.9/22, in cross section, measures about 3/4" on its lower vertical leg that lies alongside the hull; about 1½" horizontally, edge to edge; and about 1Â...