The Hughes 36 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr. and first built in 1971.
The Hughes 36 is a development of the Columbia 34 Mark II hull design, being built using tooling and moulds acquired from Columbia Yachts. It is related to the Coronado 35 design. The design was developed into the Hughes-Columbia 36 in 1979.
Production The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, but it is now out of production.
Design The Hughes 36 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional ketch rig, a centre-cockpit, a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a skeg-mounted spade-type/transom-hung rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted.
The design has a hull speed of .
See also List of sailing boat types
Related development Columbia 34 Mark II Coronado 35 Hughes-Columbia 36
Similar sailboats C&C 34/36 C&C 35 C&C 36R Cal 35 Cal 35 Cruise Express 35 Freedom 35 Goderich 35 Island Packet 35 Hunter 35 Legend Hunter 35.5 Legend Hunter 356 Landfall 35 Mirage 35 Niagara 35 Pilot 35 Southern Cross 35
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