With its large mainsail and classic displacement hull, the S boat excels in light winds while also confidently taming the famous Buzzards Bay southwest breeze. Small enough to be manageable yet big enough to feel safe, the S boat is easily day-sailed by two people and raced by three or four. This one-hundred year old Herreshoff design continues to garner the affections of a dedicated group of owners and sailors. The S Class, in fact and in lore, has been a part of Quissett since the late 1920s. The primary racing class of the club through the 1930s, S class racing was disbanded during World War Two and withered away in the post war years. In 2003 the Quissett fleet was miraculously revived and has continued to thrill racing sailors and members ever since.
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