S2 27
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|designer = Graham & Schlageter
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|location = United States
|year = 1985
|no built = 85
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|builder = S2 Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|5000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|26.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|23.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|9.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = inboard engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|2100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|34.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|10.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|28.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|172.02|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|170.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The S2 27 is an American sailboat that was designed by Graham & Schlageter as a cruiser and first built in 1985.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/s2-27|title= S2 27 sailboat |access-date= 11 December 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211211222632/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/s2-27|archive-date= 11 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/graham-schlageter|title= Graham & Schlageter 1975 - 1989|access-date= 11 December 2021|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211211222647/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/graham-schlageter|archive-date= 11 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/s2/27|title= S2 27|access-date= 11 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211211035433/https://sailboat.guide/s2/27|archive-date= 11 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/graham-schlageter|title= Graham & Schlageter|access-date= 11 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211202175237/https://sailboat.guide/graham-schlageter|archive-date= 2 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=t5NNCKTvtvQC&dq=S2+27+sailboat&pg=RA1-PA7|title= The S2 Yachts 27'|access-date= 11 December 2021|author= S2 Yachts|author-link= S2 Yachts|work= Cruising World|date= February 1985}}{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BX2IQsGyTGgC&dq=S2+27+sailboat&pg=PA21|title= Cruising Status|access-date= 11 December 2021|author= S2 Yachts|author-link= S2 Yachts|work= Cruising World|date= January 1986}}
Production
The design was built by S2 Yachts in Holland, Michigan, United States from 1985 until 1987 with 85 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/s2-yachts-usa|title= S2 Yachts (USA) 1974 - 1989 |access-date= 11 December 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181017083905/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/s2-yachts-usa|archive-date= 17 October 2018|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/s2|title= S2 Yachts|access-date= 11 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211130214000/https://sailboat.guide/s2|archive-date= 30 November 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The S2 27 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of balsa-cored AME 4000 resin fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|5000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and is fitted with an inboard engine for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. The head is located at the companionway on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is {{convert|72|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.47|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.