S-CLASS (HERRESHOFF)
Fractional Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1919–1941
Dimensions
- LOA
- 27.5 ft
- LWL
- 20.5 ft
- Beam
- 7.17 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.75 ft
- Displacement
- 6,750 lbs
- Ballast
- 3,350 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.52 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 19.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 350
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 49.6%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 431 sq ft
- I
- 21.8 ft
- J
- 8.5 ft
- P
- 36.4 ft
- E
- 18.6 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood planked
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1919
- Last Built
- 1941
- Number Built
- 95
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.
Designer
- Nathaniel G. Herreshoff (1848–1938)
Builders
- Herreshoff Mfg. Co. (1878–1943)
- Lawley (George Lawley & Son) (1866–1945)