| North Star 600 | |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Builder: | Hughes Boat Works |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 4feet |
| Displacement: | 45980NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 25.96feet |
| Lwl: | 20.25feet |
| Beam: | 9feet |
| Engine: | Universal Atomic 2 gasoline engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 20000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 31feet |
| J: | 11feet |
| P: | 26.5feet |
| E: | 9.5feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 125.88square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 170.5square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 296.38square feet |
| Previous: | North Star 500 |
The North Star 600 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by the American design firm Sparkman & Stephens as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1975. The boat is Sparkman & Stephens' design number 2135.2. It was also sold under the name North Star 26 and Hughes 26 after Hughes bought the company back in 1977.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The design is a larger, heavier development of the North Star 500, with a coach house roof added.[1] [2]
The design was built by North Star Yachts and Hughes Boat Works in Canada, from 1975 to 1977, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [7] [8]
The North Star 600 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a nearly plumb transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 45980NaN0 and carries 20000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 4feet with the standard keel and is fitted with a Universal Atomic 2 gasoline engine for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a drop down dinette table that forms a double berth in the main cabin and an aft quarter berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the starboard side, amidships. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, ice box and a sink. The head is located in the bow cabin on the port side under the "V"-berth.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 6.03kn.[2]