Seller's Description
West Wind is a 1980 Hughes 40, also sold as NorthStar 80/20 center cockpit ketch. A Sparkman and Stevens design (2134) is heavily built for blue water cruising by Hughes Boatworks in Ontario Canada. The vessel features comfortable center cockpit with deep coamings, 2 staterooms and 2 heads, with walk thru companionway to the aft cabin with additional access from the cockpit The galley is located just below the companionway, to starboard with which leads to a comfortable salon with sea berths port and starboard and a folding table with storage. Crisp sails and a 50 HP tubro charged Yanmar diesel provide the power. Hauled in 2022 where a Interlux Micron Extra bottom job was completed. At the time of the haul out two new custom poly fuel tanks built by Triple M plastics Inc of West Kennebunk, Maine was installed, along with new Novabraid running rigging, three new AGM batteries along with Victron Energy 712 Bluetooth battery monitor, new Jabsco freshwater pump along with new filter for the General Ecology Sea Gull filtration system. West Wind has a deep bilge so there are two bilge pumps stacked. new 600 cfm for general use and a new 3500 cfm above for emergencies. There is also a whale manual bilge pump which can be used from the cockpit, also rebuilt in 20222. West Wind is currently located at St. Augustine Municipal Marina on a mooring. I can send more info and pictures on request.
Specs
- Designer
- Sparkman & Stephens
- Builder
- Hughes Boat Works
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Fin
- Rudder
- Skeg
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 39′ 11″ / 12.2 m
- Waterline Length
- 31′ 0″ / 9.5 m
- Beam
- 1,325′ 0″ / 403.9 m
- Draft
- 4′ 11″ / 1.5 m
- Displacement
- 28,000 lb / 12,701 kg
- Ballast
- 9,200 lb / 4,173 kg
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Ketch
- Reported Sail Area
- 786′² / 73 m²
- Total Sail Area
- 647′² / 60.2 m²
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- 303′² / 28.1 m²
- P
- 43′ 2″ / 13.2 m
- E
- 14′ 0″ / 4.3 m
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- 345′² / 32 m²
- I
- 49′ 2″ / 15 m
- J
- 14′ 0″ / 4.3 m
- Forestay Length
- 51′ 2″ / 15.6 m
Mizzen
- PY
- 28′ 2″ / 8.6 m
- EY
- 9′ 8″ / 3 m
Auxilary Power
- Make
- ?
- Model
- ?
- HP
- ?
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Fuel Capacity
- 75 gal / 284 l
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- 180 gal / 681 l
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- 2
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
7.0 kn
Classic: 7.46 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
13.6
<16: under powered
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
32.9
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
419.4
>400: very heavy
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
40.8
40-50: heavy bluewater boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
1.8
<2.0: better suited for ocean passages
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
S&S design #2134.
An earlier version was called the NORTH STAR 80/20. Another built to his design was the SWIFT 40, built in KOREA.
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