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Starwind 223

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1984

A Cortland Steck-designed fractional sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration, built for versatile shoal-water sailing

Designed by Cortland Steck, built by Wellcraft Marine.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Ramp-launchableAbout 1,105 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.56 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.53 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.53
LightHeavy

151 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 151
EasygoingPowered-up

19.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.6
TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Beamier than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 614 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
28.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.6
Displacement / length
150.5
Comfort ratio
10.8
Capsize screening
2.53
Hull speed
5.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
587
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1984
Designer
Cortland Steck
Builder
Wellcraft Marine, Rebel Industries, Starwind

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Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling5.54 mSame hull family1.2 m shorterA gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing
Cal Boats 247.43 mSame hull family0.6 m longerThe inaugural Jensen Marine Cal model, this fractional keel-centerboard sloop was built for shoal-water versatility
Dufour Yachts T66.15 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA lightweight 800kg fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance in light air
O'day 23-1 (Lift Top)7.01 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA popular C. Raymond Hunt-designed masthead sloop featuring a unique lift-top coach roof for added cabin headroom

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