Sailstar 14 (Tallstar 14, Meteor 14)
Description
The Sailstar 14 refers to a small fiberglass daysailer produced by Sailstar Boat Co. (Warwick, Rhode Island, USA) in the early 1960s. It was available in two main variants: the Tallstar 14 (with a raised deck/cuddy for minimal shelter and storage -- first image on the left) and the Meteor 14 (open cockpit version, no cuddy -- second image). These were lightweight, trailerable centerboard dinghies designed by Robert H. Baker as affordable family daysailers or club racers, sharing lineage with the Flying Junior but with a more forgiving hull shape and simple fractional sloop rig.
Construction Details
| Designer | Robert H. Baker |
|---|---|
| Builder | Sailstar Boat Co. |
| Length | 14.000 ft |
| LOA | 14.000 ft |
| Beam | 5.800 ft |
| Displacement | 450 lb |
| Max Draft | 3.820 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.500 ft |
| Year Built | 1961 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 12.75 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 3.75 ft |
| p | 17.92 ft |
| e | 9.42 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 ft | 3.75 ft | 17.92 ft | 9.42 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
Sailstar 14 (Tallstar 14, Meteor 14) - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 17.92 ft - (5462 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 9.42 ft - (2871 mm) |
| Leech | * 19.73 ft - (6014 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 19.95 ft - (6081 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 4.5 in - (114 mm) |
| Area | * 87.36 ft² |
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Sailstar 14 (Tallstar 14, Meteor 14) - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 11.75 ft - (3581 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 5.5 ft - (1676 mm) |
| Leech | 10.75 ft - (3277 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 133.87 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 5.02 ft - (1530 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 7.7 ° |
| Area | * 29.5 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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