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{{Infobox sailboat specifications 
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|designer          = David Pedrick
|location          = {{wipe|United States}}
|year              = 1981
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|builder           = Clark Boat Company
|role              = Racer

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|draft             = {{convert|5.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement      = {{convert|5700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type         = [[Engineering:Monohull|Monohull]]
|construction      = [[Chemistry:Fiberglass|Fiberglass]]
|loa               = {{convert|33.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type         = fin keel
|ballast           = {{convert|3500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type       = internally-mounted spade-type [[Engineering:Rudder|rudder]]

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|sailplan          = [[Engineering:Fractional rig|Fractional rig]]ged [[Engineering:Sloop|sloop]]
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|d-pn              = 76.2
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The '''San Juan 33S''' (sometimes just called the '''San Juan 33''') is an American [[Engineering:Sailboat|sailboat]] that was designed by David Pedrick as racer and first built in 1981.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/san-juan-33s|title = San Juan 33S sailboat |access-date = 8 December 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220412173609/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/san-juan-33s|archive-date= 12 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/pedrick-david|title = David Pedrick |access-date = 8 December 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220412173854/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/pedrick-david|archive-date= 12 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Sherwood">Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 258-259. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}</ref>

==Production==
The design was built by the Clark Boat Company in Kent, Washington, {{wipe|United States}} from 1981 to 1982, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Sherwood"/><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/clark-boat-company|title = Clark Boat Company 1960-1984 |accessdate = 8 December 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230410033042/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/clark-boat-company/|archive-date= 10 April 2023|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Design==
The San Juan 33S is a recreational [[Engineering:Keelboat|keelboat]], built predominantly of [[Chemistry:Fiberglass|fiberglass]]. It has a [[Engineering:Fractional rig|fractional]] [[Engineering:Sloop|sloop]] rig with [[Chemistry:Aluminum|aluminum]] spars, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type [[Engineering:Rudder|rudder]] controlled by a [[Engineering:Tiller|tiller]] and a fixed fin [[Engineering:Keel|keel]]. It displaces {{convert|5700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Sherwood"/>

The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.<ref name="Data"/>

The boat may be optionally fitted with an inboard engine for docking and maneuvering. The fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|9|u.s.gal}}.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Sherwood"/>

A [[Engineering:Galley (kitchen)|galley]] is optional and can include a two-burner stove. A [[Engineering:Head (watercraft)|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.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

For sailing all [[Engineering:Halyard|halyard]]s are led to the cockpit. The cockpit also has six winches, two primary, two secondary and two for the [[Engineering:Spinnaker|spinnaker]]. The [[Engineering:Mainsail|mainsail]] features a mainsheet traveler, jiffy reefing and a reefing flattening system. The boat is also equipped with a [[Engineering:Boom vang|boom vang]], an internal mainsail [[Engineering:Outhaul|outhaul]] and an optional [[Engineering:Jib|jib]] headfoil (a [[Engineering:Headsail|headsail]] [[Physics:Airfoil|airfoil]]-shaped reinforcement). The [[Engineering:Standing rigging|standing rigging]] is of steel rod and there is an adjustable split [[Engineering:Backstay|backstay]] to shape the highly flexible mast.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 76.2.<ref name="Sherwood"/>

==Operational history==
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."<ref name="Sherwood" />

==See also==
*[[Engineering:List of sailing boat types|List of sailing boat types]]

=== Similar sailboats ===
*C&C 3/4 Ton
*C&C SR 33
*[[Engineering:DB-1|DB-1]]
*[[Engineering:DB-2|DB-2]]
*[[Engineering:Hobie 33|Hobie 33]]
*[[Engineering:Tartan Ten|Tartan Ten]]

==References==
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[[Category:Keelboats]]
[[Category:Sailing yachts]]

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