| Cooper 508 | |
| Designer: | Stan Huntingford |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1981 |
| No Built: | 5 |
| Builder: | Cooper Enterprises |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 8feet |
| Displacement: | 383500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 50.67feet |
| Lwl: | 44feet |
| Beam: | 15feet |
| Engine: | Lehman 850NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 165000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 1239square feet |
The Cooper 508 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1981.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was the subject of a legal dispute and, as a result, only five boats were completed.[1] [2]
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.[1] [2] [5] [6]
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 383500NaN0 and carries 165000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 8feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a Lehman diesel engine of 850NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank also has a capacity of .[1] [2]
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. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a double sink. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and one in the aft cabin. The wheelhouse has a navigation station, plus a salon with a dinette table.[1] [2] "[7]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 8.89kn.[2]
A May 1981 review in Cruising World reported, "Cooper Yachts of British Columbia are the builders of several fine medium-size cruising boats, the latest of which is the Cooper 508. Designed by Stan Huntingford, she has a large raised deckhouse, beneath which is the engine, generator and other gear. The flush deck forward adds considerable volume to the interior, which could sleep a tribe of voyagers ... All the Cooper yachts have a bit of a different look to them, tailored as they are to the climatic conditions in which they are built. Each seems to be a pleasant combination of form and function."[7]