Hughes 31

The Hughes 31 is a recreational keelboat first built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.

Design

It was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and is a version of Sparkman & Stephens's design number 2098.
The Hughes 31 was derived from the Sparkman & Stephens' North Star 1000 by extending the transom and increasing the beam, plus redesigning a larger coach house roof to give increased cabin interior volume for cruising.
The fibreglass hull has a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The design has a hull speed of.
It has a masthead sloop rig.
The boat is fitted with an OMC Saildrive gasoline engine or a Yanmar 2GM diesel engine.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a fold-out double settee and a single straight settee in the main cabin and an aft quarter berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, icebox and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.