Today Rod Carr and I met at Juanita Beach, WA to test sail my Star 45 against the new Star Salish 475. Had a great time although the wind was pretty squirrely.
We found out that the newStar Salish 475 sails really well! It held up on all points of sail better than the regular Star 45, especially in that it was more stable longitudinally. The thing was on rail on all points of sail. Rod thought it was more stable upwind, although it was also very stable downwind. Switching back and forth between the Star 45 and Star Salish 475 you could really tell how differently the two boats handled.
As far as speed they were very similar. I would guess that the new Salish 475 was a bit faster. We would need more testing to make sure.
I couldn't be happier with how this boat turned out! It was really fun to finally see it sail, and then to see it sail as well as and better than theStar Salish 45 was really rewarding.
Peace! _/)
We found out that the new
As far as speed they were very similar. I would guess that the new Salish 475 was a bit faster. We would need more testing to make sure.
I couldn't be happier with how this boat turned out! It was really fun to finally see it sail, and then to see it sail as well as and better than the
Peace! _/)
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