North Star 80/20
{{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 = 1973
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|builder = North Star Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|construction = fibreglass
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|engine = Westerbeke 4-154 {{convert|52|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|9000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
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The North Star 80/20 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and first built in 1973. The boat is a version of Sparkman & Stephens' design 2134.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/north-star-8020|title= North Star 80/20 sailboat |access-date= 3 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220703130852/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/north-star-8020|archive-date= 3 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hughes/north-star-8020|title= North Star 80/20|access-date= 3 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220703130908/https://sailboat.guide/hughes/north-star-8020#selection-425.0-425.16|archive-date= 3 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-40|title= Hughes 40 sailboat |access-date= 3 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220703131029/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hughes-40|archive-date= 3 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hughes/40|title= Hughes 40|access-date= 3 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220703131134/https://sailboat.guide/hughes/40|archive-date= 3 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens|title= Sparkman & Stephens|access-date = 3 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= 3 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}}
A heavier version of the design was sold as the Hughes 40. Sparkman & Stephens design 2134 was also the basis for the Swift 40 built by Kang Nam Shipbuilders in South Korea.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/swift-40|title= Swift 40 sailboat |access-date= 3 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220703131100/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/swift-40|archive-date= 3 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/kang-nam/swift-40|title= Swift 40|access-date= 3 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220703131157/https://sailboat.guide/kang-nam/swift-40|archive-date= 3 July 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by North Star Yachts in Canada, starting in 1973 and later by Hughes Boat Works, also in Canada, after Howard Hughes bought the company back and renamed both the company and the sailboat models sold.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hughes-boat-works|title = Hughes Boat Works|access-date = 3 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= 3 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 80/20 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead ketch rig, a centre cockpit, a raked stem, an angled transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.
The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 4-154 diesel engine of {{convert|52|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds {{convert|75|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|180|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, three straight settee berths in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double "V"-berth. The galley is located on the starbord side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a sink. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin.
For sailing the design may be equipped with one of a number of jibs or genoas.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.46|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Variants
;North Star 80/20
:This model built by North Star Yachts displaces {{convert|24600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|9000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
;Hughes 40
:This model built by Hughes Boat Works displaces {{convert|28000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|9200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.67|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
Operational history
When new, some North Star 80/20s were employed in the Caribbean yacht charter market.{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KH0Ux01-VYgC&pg=PA71|title= North Star to Bimini|access-date= 3 July 2022|last= Duffett|first= John|work= Motorboating & Sailing|date= May 1974}}
See also
References
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{{Hughes Boat Works}}
{{Sparkman & Stephens}}
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Category:1970s sailboat type designs