The Hughes 22 is a Canadian trailerable

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that was designed by

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, the co-founder of

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, as a

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and first built in 1971.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 175.

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, 2010. The design was also sold as the North Star 22 and the Hullmaster 22.

Production

The design was initially built by Hughes Boat Works in

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. When the company was sold to

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and the name changed to North Star Yachts, the boat was renamed as the North Star 22. It was later built by Hullmaster Boats, also in Canada, as the Hullmaster 22. It may have also been produced under other names, before production ended.

Design

The Hughes 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wooden trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a

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, a plumb

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, a transom-hung

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controlled by a

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and a fixed stub

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with a cast itron centreboard. It displaces and carries of iron ballast. A version of the North Star 22 was also built with a fin keel and a spade-type rudder. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, or ground transportation on a trailer. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double

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in the bow cabin, a straight settee in the main cabin and a drop down dinntte table that coverts to a double berth on the starboard side of the main cabin. The

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is located on the port sideand stows under the cockpit seat. The

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is located in the bow cabin on the starboard side under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is . The design has a

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racing average handicap of 282 and a hull speed of .

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: Built for entry-level sailors at a price low enough to attract them, the Hughes 22 has little else to recommend it. Worst features: Of the three comp

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listed together here he Seaward 22 and Columbia 22">Seaward_22.html" ;"title="he Seaward 22">he Seaward 22 and Columbia 22], the Hughes 22 is to our taste the least salty looking, with her mismatched portlights and featureless, slab-sided hull. She lacks a forward hatch, carries a cast iron keel rather than a molded lead one, and her accommodations plan shows a portside berth only 18 inches wide (versus the accepted industry absolute minimum of 21 inches), In addition, her offset cabin sole is inappropriate for a boat this small."

References

External links

Video tour of a Hughes 22
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Production

Design

Operational history

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