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Star 45 Class RC Sailboat

This is my second RC sailboat blog. Just starting down the whole RC world here, but so far it's been great. Please see my original blog about the Tippecanoe T37 RC Sailboat.

Star 45 RC Sailboat: I've had so much fun building this T37 that I would like to build something else in the future and have been looking at the Star 45 class RC sailboats. So I finally ordered the plans from the AMYA store. There are some gorgeous boats online and I'd like to try one. It will be a much harder challenge than the T37 but will end up with a 45" boat that is modeled after the Star International boats. It actually looks similar to the T37 but 8" longer and much beamier at 12".

They weigh more too coming in at a minimum of 12 lbs. Anyone have any experience with the Star 45? It seems to be an East Coast thing, although Rod Carr, the guy who built the first one, lives near Seattle now I believe. Otherwise I don't think there are many others around here. I've never seen one in person and would like to before I actually start to build one.Maybe Rod would let me see his boat sometime!

Please see my original blog about the Tippecanoe T37 RC Sailboat. 

I intend this blog to be about "How to build a wooden radio controlled sailboat". Please let me know if it's helpful and what I can add to make it better!


Aloha!

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