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Sharry and Don
Stabbert have spent their lives on, and around the waters of the Northwest.
Together with their family, they have done extensive cruising from
Puget Sound to Alaska. Their new vessel the Starr, is a true
long range cruiser, and offers them the ability to travel beyond the
Northwest, along the Pacific coast to Mexico and further south. A
trip across the Pacific to the Marquesas Islands is planned for the
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The Starr
has a full time crew, Rob and Donna, who have been with the boat
for about 3 years now. They oversee all parts of the operation of
the boat, and share in the skippering, maintaining, navigating,
provisioning, cooking, and communications, along with the Stabberts.
When Sharry
and Don are back in Kirkland, Rob and Donna will often cruise the
Starr to a new location, where the Stabberts will meet the
boat as they return.
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The Starr
is 75′ long, 21′ wide, has a 6’9" draft and weighs about 100
tons, or 200,000 pounds. It holds 4000 gallons of fuel, 1000 gallons
of fresh water (it can also make its own fresh water), and uses
about 1 gallon of fuel per mile. Starr has a single Cummins
480 hp diesel engine, two diesel generators, and a walk-in engine
room with a work bench.
The lower level
includes the engine room, two guest rooms, the master stateroom
and the crew’s stateroom, moving from aft to front. Each room has
its own head. The main level has a salon, galley and raised pilothouse.
The top level has an area for a skiff and kayaks, two hydraulic
davits and a flybridge control area.
Click
here to see a larger view of boat drawings.
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The Starr
is equipped with a variety of communications and navigation equipment,
with multiple antennas arrayed on the central mast of its upper
deck. A new satellite dome was recently added that improves long
range telecommunications and allows e-mail messaging to and from
the boat.
From its upper
deck, Starr can launch its rowing skiff, shoreboat or kayaks,
for exploring shallow areas, fishing, diving, or visiting remote
beaches. The aft swim step provides an easy entry into the small
craft, or a place to dive in and take a swim.
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Guests
visiting the Starr sometimes arrive by seaplane, or shore
boat, or can meet the Starr at a dock, where fuel and provisions
can also be taken on board.
Accommodations
on the boat are spacious and comfortable, with a completely furnished
galley, dining area and adjoining salon. Up a few steps in the pilothouse,
there’s a u-shaped booth and table behind the helm, where guests
can join the skipper, and a day bed above the booth for relaxing
and reading.
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