Hughes 35
Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1977
A Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop derived from design #2166, featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
See her sail
The Hughes 35, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Lady K Sailing
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
LivelyComfort 29Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.81Bluewater
LightD/L 305Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.4Powered-up
TenderBallast 45%Stiff
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.
Seen 25 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Hughes 35 on video
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What they go for
Market signal
Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.
1seen sold
1channel looked into buying
$9,000Median asking
Purchased through a yacht club connection for significantly less than the original asking price of $35,000
from Lady K Sailingseen November 20256:44
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
45.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.4
Displacement / length
304.8
Comfort ratio
28.7
Capsize screening
1.81
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
960
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1977
Designer
Sparkman, Stephens
Builder
Hughes Boat Works Ltd
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More boats like her, on the water
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Westerly Yachts Ltd. Oceanquest 3510.81 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn Ed Dubois-designed cruiser sharing its proven hull with the Seahawk and Falcon, available in center or aft cockpit layouts
Aragosa Yachts 3510.59 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterAn aluminum-hulled masthead sloop from 1989, built to a Ted Brewer design featuring a skeg-mounted rudder
Hallberg-Rassy 35210.59 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA classic center-cockpit cruiser from Enderlein and Rassy, featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a stiff, stable hull
Herreshoff Manufacturing Newport 2910.84 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1914 Nathanael Herreshoff design featuring a fin keel and gaff-rigged sloop sail plan for classic performance
Moody 34610.52 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA 10.5-metre masthead sloop with a 40% ballast ratio, offering a stable and comfortable platform for coastal cruising
Contessa 3510.82 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Doug Peterson-designed IOR One Ton racer that claimed the 1974 International One Ton Cup with her prototype Gumboots
The family
Related models
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
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