North STAR 500

Masthead Sloop · Fin with rudder on skeg · 1973–present

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

39.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.6

Displacement / length

231.8

Comfort ratio

16.4

Capsize screening

2.22

Hull speed

6.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

651

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1973–present

Designer

Sparkman, Stephens

Builder

North Star Yachts Ltd., Hughes Boat Works

Design & history

The North Star 500 is an S&S design (#2135) built to the IOR 1/4 ton rule, also produced in Finland as the Blue Bird 25.

Class · IOR 1/4 ton.

Variants

Design

S&S design #2135.

Production

Also built in Finland as BLUE BIRD 25.

Curated reference notes

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