North Star 600

Short description: Sailboat class

North Star 600Development

Designer| Sparkman & Stephens
Location| Canada
Year| 1975
Builder(s)| Hughes Boat Works
Role| Racer-Cruiser
Boat
Boat weight| 4,598 lb (2,086 kg)
Draft| 4.00 ft (1.22 m)
Hull
Type| monohull
Construction| fibreglass
LOA| 25.96 ft (7.91 m)
LWL| 20.25 ft (6.17 m)
Beam| 9.00 ft (2.74 m)
Engine type| Universal Atomic 2 gasoline engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type| fin keel
Ballast| 2,000 lb (907 kg)
Rudder(s)| skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type| Bermuda rig
I (foretriangle height)| 31.00 ft (9.45 m)
J (foretriangle base)| 11.00 ft (3.35 m)
P (mainsail luff)| 26.50 ft (8.08 m)
E (mainsail foot)| 9.50 ft (2.90 m)
Sails
Sailplan| masthead sloop
Mainsail area| 125.88 sq ft (11.695 m2)
Jib/genoa area| 170.50 sq ft (15.840 m2)
Total sail area| 296.38 sq ft (27.535 m2)

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The North Star 600 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by the American design firm Sparkman & Stephens as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1975. The boat is Sparkman & Stephens' design number 2135.2. It was also sold under the name North Star 26 and Hughes 26 after Hughes bought the company back in 1977.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The design is a larger, heavier development of the North Star 500, with a coach house roof added.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Production

The design was built by North Star Yachts and Hughes Boat Works in Canada, from 1975 to 1977, but it is now out of production.[1][2][7][8]

## Design

The North Star 600 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a nearly plumb transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 4,598 lb (2,086 kg) and carries 2,000 lb (907 kg) of ballast.[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with a Universal Atomic 2 gasoline engine for docking and manoeuvring.[1][2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a drop down dinette table that forms a double berth in the main cabin and an aft quarter berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the starboard side, amidships. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, ice box and a sink. The head is located in the bow cabin on the port side under the "V"-berth.[1][2]

The design has a hull speed of 6.03 kn (11.17 km/h).[2]

## See also

* List of sailing boat types

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 McArthur, Bruce (2022). "North Star 600 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/north-star-600.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "North Star 600". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/hughes/north-star-600.
3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hughes 26 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-26.
4. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hughes 26". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/hughes/26.
5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens.
6. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/sparkman-stephens.
7. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hughes Boat Works". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hughes-boat-works.
8. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Hughes Boat Works". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/hughes.

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