| Starwind 19 | |
| Insignia: | File:Starwind 19 sail badge.png |
| Insignia Size: | 96px |
| Designer: | Jim Taylor Yacht Designs |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1982 |
| No Built: | 600 |
| Builder: | Starwind Chrysler Marine Spindrift One Designs |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 4.5feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 13500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 18.58feet |
| Lwl: | 15.58feet |
| Beam: | 7.5feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | stub keel and centerboard |
| Ballast: | 3950NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 20feet |
| J: | 6feet |
| P: | 21feet |
| E: | 8.82feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 92.61square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 60square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 152.61square feet |
| Phrf: | 288 |
The Starwind 19, Starwind 190 and Spindrift 19 are a family of American trailerable sailboats that were designed by Jim Taylor Yacht Designs as cruiser-racers and first built in 1982.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The designer claims that the boat was the inspiration for the C. Raymond Hunt Associates' O'Day 192.[4]
The design was built by Starwind, the sailboat division of Wellcraft in the United States, starting in 1982. Some were built by Chrysler Marine and later by Spindrift One Designs, a division of Rebel Industries. The design is now out of production.[1] [4] [5] [6]
The Starwind 19 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a ballasted shoal draft keel with centerboard.[1] [4]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side of the companionway ladder and is equipped with a sink. The head is located in the bow cabin under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is 380NaN0 and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [4]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 288 and a hull speed of 5.5kn.[4]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Over 600 of these nice-looking boats were built ... Best features: The Starwind is a nicely conceived and well-made boat for her size and era. A good-sized opening hatch forward, rare in a boat this size, is good for ventilation and escape in an emergency An on-deck anchor locker is also a plus. The Starwind, with a PHRF of 288, may have a small advantage on the race course; even the smaller Precision 18, more than a foot shorter on deck, but with a waterline length only four inches less, and with eight square feet less sail area, has a handicap of only 282. Worst features: We could find none significant enough to mention."[4]