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Starling Dinghy (NZ)

Starling Dinghy (NZ) is a 9 ′ 6 ″ / 2.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Des Townson and built by MacKay Boats Ltd. starting in 1969.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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Length:  2.9m

Hull Weight:  41kg

Commissioned by John Peet and designed by Des Townson in 1969. The designer’s brief was for a teenager’s sailing dinghy with easy handling yet good performance, both up and downwind, and could be built by amateurs. At the time there were no designs that sat between the P-Class and the adult dinghies suitable for sailors weighing between 50 and 70kg. Des Townson gifted his design to the Glendowie Boating Club in 1970 and that club has been responsible for the management of the class. The boat proved to be the ideal teenager boat and rapidly spread, becoming a nationally recognised class in 1972.

Unlike his other small boats, Townson designed the Starling with a hard chine (a sharp corner where the sides of the hull meet the bottom) and to be built with a plywood skin over wooden frames. The first prototype was built by John Peet’s teenage son, David. Home builds in plywood are still possible today, or there is the option to purchase a boat professionally built out of fibreglass (Sail One, McKay Boats). The class administration have done an excellent job of specifying the lay-up so that fibreglass and wooden boats basically compete on equal terms. However, there is more variation among the wooden fleet; buyers looking for a really quick wooden boat should do their homework.

The Starling Class has survived the introduction of some competing designs to New Zealand such as the Europe Dinghy, Splash, Open Bic and Byte CII. Partly, this is a numbers game - there are lots of Starling fleets around the country but, mostly, the message is that a Starling is a great all-round boat for those graduating from P-Class or Optimist.

At a local level we have an active fleet. By nature, there is quite a range of sailing skills and ages represented - from sailors pushing the front of the fleet at a national levels to those just finding their racing stripes; from young teenagers to smaller adult sailors. Interestingly, the girls outnumber the boys in the fleet, so it is both battle of the sexes and of the ages out on the HYC sailing courses. The current Club Champion is Annie Oxborrow. I suspect she will be back again this season to defend her crown, especially now that the fleet competes for an impressive new cup, the Nick Oxborrow Cup.

For more information, see the  class website or contact the Hamilton Yacht Club secretary and he will put you in touch with a local sailor.

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