Cygnus 20 FK | |
Image Boat: | File:Cygnus 20 sailboat 1128.jpg |
Image Caption: | Cygnus 20 FK |
Designer: | George Hinterhoeller |
Location: | Canada |
Year: | 1963 |
Builder: | Hinterhoeller Yachts Skene Boats |
Role: | Day sailer |
Draft: | 2.75feet |
Displacement: | 9500NaN0 |
Hull Type: | Monohull |
Construction: | Fiberglass |
Loa: | 20feet |
Lwl: | 17.5feet |
Beam: | 7feet |
Engine: | Outboard motor |
Keel Type: | centreboard |
Ballast: | 1400NaN0 cast iron |
Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
I: | 18.75feet |
J: | 6.33feet |
P: | 23feet |
E: | 10.33feet |
Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
Sailarea Main: | 118.8square feet |
Sailarea Headsail: | 59.34square feet |
Sailarea Total: | 178.14square feet |
The Cygnus 20 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by George Hinterhoeller and first built in 1963.[1] [2] [3]
The design was initially built in 1963 by Hinterhoeller Yachts in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada and also by Clarkecraft of St Catharines, Ontario. When Hinterhoeller Yachts was absorbed into C&C Yachts in 1969, the Cygnus 20 tooling was sold to Skene Boats of Gloucester, Ontario. Skene Boats went out of business in 1992 and the design went out of production.[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The centreboard boat was originally sold under the name HR 20, but after a class association was formed in 1965-66 the design was renamed the Cygnus 20. It was produced in both centreboard and fixed keel versions from 1965.[1] [3] [8] [9]
The Cygnus 20 is a recreational centreboard boat, or optionally a keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with teak wooden trim above decks and mahogany below decks. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung wooden rudder controlled by a tiller and a centreboard or fixed fin keel. It has a fibreglass buoyancy tank. Normally an open boat, it can be fitted with a detachable cuddy cabin top and was advertised as being able to accommodate four people for overnight sleeping. For stowage it has an aft lazarette.[1] [3] [5] [6]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3.5to outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [3] [5]