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QUICKSPIN: Southern Star UB 580

16 Mar 2012 | Longboats are back! Rick Huckstepp revisits a classic 5.8m workboat that's an improvement on the original...
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TEST: SOUTHERN STAR SF580 PLATINUM

07 Jul 2009 | Classic boats never die; they just smell that way, like any self-respecting fishing boat. While not exactly old, the revamped SF580 has carried its reputation for seaworthiness over to its new name, as Rick Huckstepp discovers...
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TEST: SOUTHERN STAR OFFSHORE 770

07 Jul 2009 | The series consisted of twenty-eight hulls from the Japanese manufacturer and ostensibly, they have remained unchanged during that ‘changing of the guard’ with the exception of some cosmetics. I have no doubt that one of the clichés running through the minds of the management of Southern Star, especially when reviewing the Offshore 770, was, “if it aint broke, why fix it?”...
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