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RC Sailboat Stand & Pictures of the Star 475 Cedar Hull

Made an RC sailboat stand for my new Star Salish 475 RC Sailboat. This is the third RC sailboat stand I've made and I'm getting pretty quick at it, if I do say so myself. Went with yellow straps this time. My Star 45 RC sailboat stand had red straps. My first stand, for my Tippecanoe T37 is a similar build but much taller. That rig easily fits under the ceiling even with the taller stand.

Also made it shorter than my other Star 45 stand so that the bulb is just off the ground in order for the rig to fit in my ceiling. It's still going to be close though and I'm not sure what I'll do if it doesn't fit!

Here's my kiln-dried cedar RC sailboat stand...

RC Sailboat Stand

Star 475 RC Sailboat Cedar Hull

Notice that the bulb is just off the floor. Fingers crossed that it fits under my ceiling with the rig up.

RC Sailboat Stand

Here are some pictures of the bottom of the hull. Alternating planks of light cedar and darker cedar. The bottom is kiln-dried cedar while the decking is kiln-dried clear fir with a strip of Peruvian walnut for the king plank. The sides are each single layers of 1/16" hobby plywood while the curved transom is a double layer of 1/16" hobby plywood laminated with epoxy .

Star 475 RC Sailboat Cedar Hull

Star 475 RC Sailboat Cedar Hull

Might start working on the rig, but might also take some time off and enjoy the lovely spring weather.


Peace!   _/)


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