| San Juan 33S | |
| Designer: | David Pedrick |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Builder: | Clark Boat Company |
| Role: | Racer |
| Draft: | 5.5feet |
| Displacement: | 57000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 33.1feet |
| Lwl: | 27.8feet |
| Beam: | 7.95feet |
| Engine: | optional |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 35000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 35.1feet |
| J: | 11.48feet |
| P: | 40.03feet |
| E: | 13.12feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 262.6square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 201.47square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 464.07square feet |
| D-Pn: | 76.2 |
The San Juan 33S (sometimes just called the San Juan 33) is an American sailboat that was designed by David Pedrick as racer and first built in 1981.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by the Clark Boat Company in Kent, Washington, United States from 1981 to 1982, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4]
The San Juan 33S is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 57000NaN0 and carries 35000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 5.5feet with the standard keel fitted.[1]
The boat may be optionally fitted with an inboard engine for docking and maneuvering. The fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [3]
A galley is optional and can include a two-burner stove. A head is also optional and can be a marine type or portable. If fitted, it is located in the bow. Sleeping accommodation consists of four single settee berths, along with sail storage space.[3]
For sailing all halyards are led to the cockpit. The cockpit also has six winches, two primary, two secondary and two for the spinnaker. The mainsail features a mainsheet traveler, jiffy reefing and a reefing flattening system. The boat is also equipped with a boom vang, an internal mainsail outhaul and an optional jib headfoil (a headsail airfoil-shaped reinforcement). The standing rigging is of steel rod and there is an adjustable split backstay to shape the highly flexible mast.[3]
The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 76.2.[3]
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "this San Juan is designed for racing, and accommodations are somewhat austere. She is ultra light. The fractional rig allows for a larger-than-normal mainsail; the smaller foresails are easier to handle. The unusually narrow beam means that initial stability is limited, but the ballast/displacement ratio of 60 percent is very high. The designer claims that the only need for a genoa to replace the self-tending jib is in very light airs."