Sailstar Boats Orion 19

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The Sailstar Boats Orion 19, on the water

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.06 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 340 kg of hull, so roughly 950 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 340 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.30 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 5 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 5

CoastalBluewater

At 2.97 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.97

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 57

EasygoingPowered-up

33.3 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 33.3

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

Lighter than ~88% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~88% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 458 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Sailstar Boats Orion 19, as the fleet has seen it

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The Sailstar Boats Orion 19 is a fractional sloop designed by Robert H. Baker, produced by Sailstar Boats from 1962 to the present. It measures 5.8 meters LOA, with a 2.1-meter beam and a 1.6-meter draft, displacing 340 kg. The model was offered in two versions: a cruiser with a keel-centerboard and a day sailor with a trunk centerboard.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

33.3

Displacement / length

57.4

Comfort ratio

5.0

Capsize screening

2.97

Hull speed

5.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

434

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1962

Designer

Robert H. Baker

Builder

Sailstar Boats

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The family

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