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Volume 1
Number 1
April 30, 2000

S2 8.5 Meter

The 8.5 is good for cruising the coasts in comfort and style--as long as you like the modern look.

In the early '80s, S2 reached more for the performance market with the Grand Slam series of small boats, and the 10.3 "offshore racer-cruiser." These higher performance boats were designed by Scott Graham and Eric Schlageter, well known for their MORC and smaller IOR designs. The S2 8.5 is a 28-footer cast in the company's traditional mold. Her hull dimensions, sail area, displacement, and general design characteristics put her square in the middle of the modern 28-footers such as the Tanzer 8.5, Newport 28, O'Day 28, and the Pearson 28. The boat's styling is conventionally modern. She has a fairly straight sheer, fairly high freeboard, and low, raked cabin trunk with…

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