North Star 500
Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1973
A Sparkman & Stephens quarter-tonner built to the IOR rule, also produced in Finland as the Blue Bird 25
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
2.22 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
232 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
17.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.
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