The S2 6.9, also marketed as the S2 6.9 Grand Slam, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by

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and Graham & Schlageter as racer-

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and first built in 1983. The designation indicates the approximate

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in meters.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 127 and 128.

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/ McGraw-Hill, 2010. The S2 6.9 is a development of the 1980 S2 6.7. It was later developed into the

wing keel The winged keel is a sailboat keel layout first fitted on the 12-metre class yacht ''Australia II'', 1983 America's Cup winner. Design This layout was adopted by Ben Lexcen, designer of ''Australia II''. Although Ben Lexcen "had tried the winged ...

-equipped

S2 22 The S2 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Don Wennersten and Graham & Schlageter as a cruiser and first built in 1985. The S2 22 is derived from the 1983 Graham & Schlageter-designed S2 6.9, which itself was a devel ...

in 1985.

Production

The design was built by

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in Holland, Michigan, United States from 1983 until 1986, with 174 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

Design

The S2 6.9 was derived from the 6.7 and used the same Wennersten-designed hull. S2 Yachts engaged Graham & Schlageter to make changes to the cockpit, cabin, sailplan and the keel, however the result was a boat that was no faster than the 6.7. The S2 6.9 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional

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rig, a raked stem, a plumb

transom Transom may refer to: * Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window, or the window above such a bar * Transom (nautical), that part of the stern of a vessel where the two sides of its hull meet * Operation Tran ...

, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a

lifting keel A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised t ...

operated via a winch from the cockpit. It displaces and carries of ballast. The ballast is split with in the keel and in the hull. The boat has a draft of with the lifting keel extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double

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in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin. The

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is located on the port side just aft of the bow cabin and is equipped with an ice box. The

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is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side, beside the keel trunk. Cabin headroom is . The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 205 and a hull speed of .

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: The ten-inch draft and smooth bottom with keel up makes her easy to launch and retrieve to a trailer, Worst features: The lifting keel takes a winch to lift its 430 pounds straight up. (The other 340 pounds of ballast is in the hull.)"

References

External links

Video tour of an S2 6.9
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Trailer sailers Sailboat type designs by Don Wennersten Sailboat type designs by Graham & Schlageter Sailboat types built by S2 Yachts

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Design

Operational history

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