Enjoyed your video as it reminded me of many wonderful summer days on my S2 6.9. I have an S2 question for you. I am about to replace the very old and not in good shape Mercury 9.8 2 stroke motor with a 4 stroke variety. The question is regarding shaft length. The Mercury had a 20 inch shaft length, but the prop would come up out of the water in wavy conditions. I am considering replacing the motor with one that has a 25 inch shaft, but want to be confident it will be out of the water when sailing. Any thoughts?
You need the long shaft. If not you will be trying to motor and your engine will be racing as it comes out of the water. Not good for the engine, or moving the boat.
HI Mark, Nice blog. I tried the S2 site and it is just full of ads - any idea what's up with that? A buddy of mine just picked up an S2-22 and we are going to rebuild it. It appears it has a brand new flanker - doesn't look like it was ever used. Any thoughts on that or know where I might find some info on sailing the boat with such a sail? Can't help but think it would be a ton of fun off the wind. Thanks,
The S2 site went down a couple of years ago. I guess the people maintaining it got tired or sold their 6.9. I pulled some information from it and have posted it on my blog under the Rigging, Specifications and Review pages. I was not able to find any other pages to help me out so I created my own.
I am not that familiar with a Flanker but I think it is like a reaching spinnaker or gennaker. Hoist it with the spinnaker halyard and put a block on the toe rail near the aft of the boat. Connect sheet lines to the clew to trim the sail. The 6.9 is easily overpowered by a large headsail in heavy winds so I only suggest using the sail in very light air, less than 5mph. Some 6.9s don't have a spinnaker pole topping lift or a fore guy rigged. You may have to add a block to your deck to rig a fore guy. Add a section of line or cable at the tack of the sail to raise it above the bow pulpit if needed.
Enjoyed your video as it reminded me of many wonderful summer days on my S2 6.9.
ReplyDeleteI have an S2 question for you. I am about to replace the very old and not in good shape Mercury 9.8 2 stroke motor with a 4 stroke variety. The question is regarding shaft length. The Mercury had a 20 inch shaft length, but the prop would come up out of the water in wavy conditions. I am considering replacing the motor with one that has a 25 inch shaft, but want to be confident it will be out of the water when sailing. Any thoughts?
You need the long shaft. If not you will be trying to motor and your engine will be racing as it comes out of the water. Not good for the engine, or moving the boat.
ReplyDeleteHI Mark,
ReplyDeleteNice blog. I tried the S2 site and it is just full of ads - any idea what's up with that? A buddy of mine just picked up an S2-22 and we are going to rebuild it. It appears it has a brand new flanker - doesn't look like it was ever used. Any thoughts on that or know where I might find some info on sailing the boat with such a sail? Can't help but think it would be a ton of fun off the wind.
Thanks,
Bill,
DeleteThe S2 site went down a couple of years ago. I guess the people maintaining it got tired or sold their 6.9. I pulled some information from it and have posted it on my blog under the Rigging, Specifications and Review pages. I was not able to find any other pages to help me out so I created my own.
I am not that familiar with a Flanker but I think it is like a reaching spinnaker or gennaker. Hoist it with the spinnaker halyard and put a block on the toe rail near the aft of the boat. Connect sheet lines to the clew to trim the sail. The 6.9 is easily overpowered by a large headsail in heavy winds so I only suggest using the sail in very light air, less than 5mph. Some 6.9s don't have a spinnaker pole topping lift or a fore guy rigged. You may have to add a block to your deck to rig a fore guy. Add a section of line or cable at the tack of the sail to raise it above the bow pulpit if needed.
Mark