North Star 600
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2022}}
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|designer = Sparkman & Stephens
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|location = Canada
|year = 1975
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|builder = Hughes Boat Works
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|draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|4598|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|construction = fibreglass
|loa = {{convert|25.96|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|beam = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Universal Atomic 2 gasoline engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|2000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|31.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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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.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/north-star-600|title= North Star 600 sailboat |access-date= 7 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220707204414/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/north-star-600|archive-date= 7 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hughes/north-star-600|title= North Star 600|access-date= 7 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220707204350/https://sailboat.guide/hughes/north-star-600|archive-date= 7 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-26|title= Hughes 26 sailboat |access-date= 7 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220707205219/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-26|archive-date= 7 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hughes/26|title= Hughes 26|access-date= 7 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220707205503/https://sailboat.guide/hughes/26|archive-date= 7 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens|title= Sparkman & Stephens|access-date = 7 July 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200810200933/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens|archive-date= 10 August 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/sparkman-stephens|title= Sparkman & Stephens|access-date= 7 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220621155228/https://sailboat.guide/sparkman-stephens|archive-date= 21 June 2022|url-status= live}}
The design is a larger, heavier development of the North Star 500, with a coach house roof added.
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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hughes-boat-works|title = Hughes Boat Works|access-date = 7 July 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= 7 July 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
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 {{convert|4598|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and is fitted with a Universal Atomic 2 gasoline engine for docking and manoeuvring.
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.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.03|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
See also
References
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{{Hughes Boat Works}}
{{Sparkman & Stephens}}
Category:1970s sailboat type designs