What is this, a social movement?
I arrived back in Rochester, NY, last night (New Year's Eve) hauling my "new" (1983) S2 7.9. We pulled #195 (currently Quicksilver) all the way from Charlotte, NC, over two days. No problems at all.
I raced in Charlotte for many years on J 29s and Sovral 33s - several friends had S2 7.9s. Since moving to Rochester, I have been racing on an Ericson 33 and am now on a Pearson 30, on Lake Ontario out of the Genesee Yacht Club. We have a place on Canandaigua Lake, however, and that's where I do my cruising.
Come April, a fellow will come and pick up my San Juan 24, on which we have been cruising for the past five years (it's also the kind of boat I learned to sail on). In its place, we picked up an S2 7.9 that I used to race against in Charlotte. It has been sitting in the woods for six years, unused, and is going to require a lot of elbow grease and TLC. There are no significant repairs (read: epoxy or fiberglass), however, and I'm hoping to be in the water by the middle of May. At the moment, we are planning to turn this baby into a cruiser... even if I have a wonderful set of racing sails. Who knows?
Immediate plans: Time to start prepping for spring. Does someone have a list of line lengths? every line on the boat has been removed, and I'll have to rerun everything. I also need to order some parts (tracks for the companionway sliding hatch), and I presume that I will find where to do that as I search through the site. The previous owner told me that there was a particular department at S2 I needed to contact.
I look forward to learning to sail this boat... thanks in advance for your wisdom.
Marc Marschark
One more new member in Rochester
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Marc Marschark
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