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The Star 475 RC Sailboat Maiden Voyage!

Just got back from the maiden sail of the Star Salish 475 and it went very well!

Neither Rod Carr nor I were entirely sure where it would balance out so when I made the hatch/mast step I added many options. Today I kept trying different settings and kept moving the mast back a step at a time, I finally was able to balance the boat pretty well. Wasn't much wind but got enough small gusts that I could get it healed over pretty far and could experiment a little bit.

Here are some pictures of the boat after the maiden (none of the maiden though as I was by myself and couldn't fiddle with both the camera and the Tx):

Salish 475 RC Sailboat deck hatch

Salish 475 RC Sailboat bow

Salish 475 RC Sailboat

With my original settings, as I had feared, there was a great deal of leeward helm. But after messing around with the mast step settings and the rake, it ended up being very balanced. I even thought I might have some weather helm so I'll probably have to back off on some settings. However, I am SO happy that it will balance! Phew!

You can see in the picture above that I've got just a touch of mast rake.

I'm also happy that even when raked back and adjusted to balance the helm, I still don't need a backstay extension arm like on normal Star 45's. I've just got a simple, and straight, backstay.

Bottom line... I love it! Now to go out and test sail it against my Star 45 and compare the two!


Fair seas!  _/) 

Steve





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