Hughes 25
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2022}}
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|name = Hughes 25
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|designer = Howard Hughes
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|location = Canada
|year = 1968
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|builder = Hughes Boat Works
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|3.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|3500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fibreglass
|loa = {{convert|25.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|19.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|31.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|27.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|10.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|138.35|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|131.20|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|previous = Nutmeg 24
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The Hughes 25 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by Howard Hughes as a cruiser and first built in 1968.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-25|title= Hughes 25 sailboat|access-date= 25 June 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220625205121/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-25|archive-date= 25 June 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hughes/25 |title= Hughes 25|access-date= 25 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220625205119/https://sailboat.guide/hughes/25|archive-date= 25 June 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/hughes-howard|title= Howard Hughes|access-date= 25 June 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210522152659/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/hughes-howard|archive-date= 22 May 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/howard-hughes|title= Howard Hughes|access-date= 25 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220530135259/https://sailboat.guide/howard-hughes|archive-date= 30 May 2022|url-status= live}}
The Hughes 25 is most likely a development of William Shaw's Nutmeg 24 design.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/shaw-william|title= William Shaw 1926 - 2006|access-date= 25 June 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210313154758/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/shaw-william|archive-date= 13 March 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/william-shaw|title= William Shaw|access-date= 25 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220612153650/https://sailboat.guide/william-shaw|archive-date= 12 June 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The Hughes 25 was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, starting in 1968 and proved commercially successful. It is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hughes-boat-works|title = Hughes Boat Works|access-date = 25 June 2022|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210218150407/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hughes-boat-works|archive-date = 18 February 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hughes|title= Hughes Boat Works|access-date= 25 June 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220530135310/https://sailboat.guide/hughes|archive-date= 30 May 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
File:Hughes 25 sailboat 8388.jpg
Hughes Boat Works acquired the tooling and moulds for the Nutmeg 24 from Tanzer Industries and used it to develop the Hughes 24, although it only sold in small numbers. The Hughes 25 is thought to be derived from the same design, with the addition of a fin keel, spade-type rudder and a reverse transom, but retaining Shaw's basic hull shape.
The Hughes 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|3500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel, allowing ground transportation on a trailer.
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, in one of two cabin interior plans. Layout A has a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and an aft quarter berth on the starboard side, under the cockpit. The galley is located on the port side abeam the companionway ladder and is equipped with a sink. The head is a potable type, located under the bow "V"-berth. Layout B locates the galley forward, in place of the port settee and adds an extra quarter berth on the port side. A forward hatch provides cabin ventilation.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnaker.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailrite.com/Hughes-25-Sail-Data|title= Hughes 25 Sail Data|access-date= 25 June 2022|author= Sailrite|work= sailrite.com|date= 25 June 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220625213340/https://www.sailrite.com/Hughes-25-Sail-Data|archive-date= 25 June 2022|url-status= live}}
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.84|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
See also
References
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Category:1960s sailboat type designs