Starwind 223

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|name = Starwind 223

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|designer = Cortland Steck

|location = United States

|year = 1982

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|builder = Starwind
Rebel Industries

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|draft = {{convert|5.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down, {{convert|1.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard up

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|displacement = {{convert|2435|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|22.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|19.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|8.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Outboard motor

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|keel type = Centerboard

|ballast = {{convert|700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|22.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|7.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|25.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|10.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|134.38|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|86.29|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|220.66|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|phrf = 264 (average)

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The Starwind 223 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Cortland Steck and first built in 1984.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/starwind-223|title = Starwind 223 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 25 July 2018|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220228183617/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/starwind-223|archive-date= 28 February 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/steck-cortland|title = Cortland Steck|access-date = 25 July 2018|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210523200743/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/steck-cortland|archive-date= 23 May 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 208. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/starwind/223|title= Starwind 223|access-date= 28 February 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220228190119/https://sailboat.guide/starwind/223|archive-date= 28 February 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by the Starwind division of Wellcraft Marine Corp in the United States from 1982 to 1984 and then by Rebel Industries near Sarasota, Florida from 1985 to 1987.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/starwind-usa|title = Starwind|access-date = 28 February 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220227014759/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/starwind-usa|archive-date= 27 February 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

File:Starwind 223 sailboat Tymoff 2771.jpg

The Starwind 223 is a small 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 retractable centerboard keel. It displaces {{convert|2435|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|1.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer.

The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

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 just aft of the bow cabin and is equipped with a sink. The head is located in the bow cabin under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is {{convert|56|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 264 with a high of 261 and low of 270. It has a hull speed of {{convert|5.89|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/86/starwind-223|title = Sailboat Specifications for Starwind 223 |access-date = 2 July 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180725184029/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/86/starwind-223|archive-date= 25 July 2018|url-status= dead}}

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "This attractive design ... has plenty of nice features ... and not a lot of faults. Best features: She has the biggest beam and hence the highest Space Index of her competitors. Marks of quality include a well-molded hull of mat, roving, and Coremat, with no chopped strand, a teak-and-holly cabin sole, cedar-lined hanging locker, anchor locker on deck, with a separate rope locker to help avoid tangle, a big Lexan translucent forward hatch for ventilation over the head, a sea hood over the main hatch to help provide watertight integrity, and a dinette table that attaches to either galley below or cockpit on deck. Settee and quarter berths are a generous 7' 9" long, and the wood-bottomed after cushions can be placed between the settees to make a cozy 6' 6" by 4' 4" double 'honeymoon' berth. Worst features: The inboard chainplates make it less easy to go forward on deck, but provide a tighter sheeting angle for the jib, so to most sailors the extra performance upwind is worth the slight inconvenience."