Boat models · S2
S2 9.2A Aft cockpit
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1977-1987 · designed by Arthur Edmunds
Key figures
Comfort25.6moderate
Capsize screen1.92passes for offshore
SA/D16.4cruiser
D/L280moderate
Ballast ratio0.41stiff
Hull speed6.7kt
- Built
- 1977-1987
- Designer
- Arthur Edmunds
- Builder
- S2 Yachts
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Length
- 29.9 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.3 ft · 4.9 ft
- Displacement
- 9,800 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Solidly built Great Lakes cruiser, heavier and slower than the 9.1; a quiet, underrated buy
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · stiff, comfortable, solid glasswork for bays and lakes
- Singlehanding
- ordinary · T-cockpit keeps winches within reach
- Offshore passages
- disliked · seen as a production coastal boat, not for offshore
- Loved
- above-average glasswork and gelcoat · encapsulated lead ballast · stiff once heeled, balanced sailplan · easy to singlehand from T-shaped cockpit
- Gripes
- cabin smaller than a Catalina 30 · slower than the 9.1 racing sibling · small engines vibrate
- Survey for
- weak engine bed tabbing to hull · crazed acrylic fixed ports and hatches · shoal-draft keel version hurts pointing
- Cross-shopped
- Catalina 30 · S2 9.1 · Sabre 28 · Dufour 29
Owner opinion from forums.sailboatowners.com, sailnet.com, sailnet.com, forums.sailboatowners.com, forums.sailboatowners.com
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