| Hughes 24 | |
| Designer: | William Shaw |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1966 |
| Builder: | Hughes Boat Works |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 5.25feet with centreboard down |
| Displacement: | 38000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 24.5feet |
| Lwl: | 18.5feet |
| Beam: | 7.58feet |
| Keel Type: | stub keel and centreboard |
| Ballast: | 14750NaN0 |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 28.5feet |
| J: | 8.83feet |
| P: | 24.75feet |
| E: | 11.5feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 142.31square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 125.83square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 268.14square feet |
| Previous: | Nutmeg 24 |
The Hughes 24 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a cruiser and first built in 1966.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat is a development of Shaw's Nutmeg 24 design, which was built by Tanzer Industries and was likely built from the same moulds.[1] [2]
The design was developed into the much more commercially successful Hughes 25 in 1968, likely by modifying the existing moulds.[1] [2]
The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, starting as a 1966 model year and was in fact their first keelboat design built in the new factory in Scarborough, Ontario. It was only built in small numbers.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The Hughes 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem and a fixed stub keel, with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 38000NaN0 and carries 14750NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 5.25feet with the centreboard extended and 2.75feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 5.76kn.[2]