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K2 Wins 2025 St. Pete Sailing World Regatta

Jeff Padnos’ team on K2 returned to Michigan after winning the S2 7.9 Midwinter Championship. As the class winner, Padnos’ victory also secured his team the overall regatta title and a spot in the Helly Hansen Caribbean Championship in October.

The 12-boat S2 7.9 fleet had close racing throughout Friday and Saturday, with K2 ultimately securing the Midwinter title. The competition was tight, with boats clustered at marks and overlapping at finishes.

Padnos, who has been racing S2 7.9s for four decades, will now prepare to compete in the championship on a Sunsail-provided bareboat against other Regatta Series winners.

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Updated Class Rules

Rules have been updated and are now in effect. The new rules were voted at the 2024 Annual Meeting. They include a larger #3 Jib that is allowed and an update to the measuring of the spinnaker. There are also numerous rules interpretations that were voted on by the BOD. These interpretations are in effect immediately and will be voted on by the full membership at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Some of the interpretations were under advisement of a US Sailing judge.

2025 Rules

SPECIFICATIONS

LOA .................................... 25' 11"

DWL.................................... 21' 8"

Beam .................................... 9' 0"

Max. Draft ............................ 5' 0"

Min. Draft ............................. 1' 1.5"

Displacement ........................ 4250 lbs.

Ballast .................................. 1750 lbs.

Ballast.Board ........................ 600 lbs.

Sail Area .............................. 329 sq. ft.

Headroom ............................ 5' 5"

Cockpit Length ....................... 8' 0"

"I" Dimension ........................ 30.5'

"J" Dimension ........................ 9.5'

"P" Dimension ....................... 29.42'

"E" Dimension ....................... 12.25'

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Make sure to have your sail maker fill out
sail certificates for your sails. New certificates have been created
for rules changes for the spinnaker and jib

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