North Star 80/20
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. 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. 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. 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 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, three straight settee berths in