Cooper 508
The Cooper 508 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1981. The design was the subject of a legal dispute and, as a result, only five boats were completed. Production The design was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, starting in 1981, but only five boats were built before production was ended, due to a legal dispute. Design The Cooper 508 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a masthead sloop rig with double spreaders, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel in a centre-mounted wheelhouse and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Lehman diesel engine of for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank also has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with an off-set double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a drop down dinette table and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side.