S-CLASS (HERRESHOFF)

Sailboat Specifications

both US imperial metric

Hull Type:

Fin Keel

Rigging Type:

Fractional Sloop

LOA:

27.50 ft / 8.38 m

LWL:

20.50 ft / 6.25 m

Beam:

7.17 ft / 2.19 m

S.A. (reported):

431.00 ft² / 40.04 m²

Draft (max):

4.75 ft / 1.45 m

Displacement:

6,750 lb / 3,062 kg

Ballast:

3,350 lb / 1,520 kg

S.A./Disp.:

19.37

Bal./Disp.:

49.63

Disp./Len.:

349.78

Construction:

Wood planked

Ballast Type:

Lead

First Built:

1919

Last Built:

1941

# Built:

95

Builder:

Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.(USA)

Designer:

N. Herreshoff

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions

S.A./Disp.:

19.37

Bal./Disp.:

49.63

Disp./Len.:

349.78

Comfort Ratio:

33.45

Capsize Screening Formula:

1.52

S#:

1.54

Rig and Sail Particulars

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I:

21.80 ft / 6.64 m

J:

8.50 ft / 2.59 m

P:

36.40 ft / 11.09 m

E:

18.60 ft / 5.67 m

S.A. Fore:

92.65 ft² / 8.61 m²

S.A. Main:

338.52 ft² / 31.45 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)

431.17 ft² / 40.06 m²

S.A./Disp. (calc.):

19.38

Est. Forestay Len.:

23.40 ft / 7.13 m

Sailboat Links

Designers:

Nathaniel G. Herreshoff

Builders:

Lawley (George Lawley & Son)

Herreshoff Mfg. Co.

Associations:

Herreshoff Marine Museum

Download Boat Record:

PDF

Notes

Commissioned by Seawanhaka Corinthian Y.C., Oyster Bay, NY, and developed as a one-design class, it was also eligible to compete with an 'S Class' handicap as defined by the Universal Rule. At last report (2006) at least 70 were still sailing.

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