CYGNUS 20 FK
Fractional Sloop • Fin w/transom hung rudder • Built 1965
Dimensions
- LOA
- 20 ft
- LWL
- 17.5 ft
- Beam
- 7 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.75 ft
- Displacement
- 950 lbs
- Ballast
- 140 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.85 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 29.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 79
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 14.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 178 sq ft
- I
- 18.75 ft
- J
- 6.33 ft
- P
- 23 ft
- E
- 10.33 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/transom hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1965
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
A detachable coach roof/cuddy creates sitting headroom for four for camping.
This from CYGNUS owner 'barklakemike':
"George Hinterhoeller in Niagara actually designed and built the first the HR 20 as he called it, in 1963.... A class association formed in 1965 or 66 and the boat was renamed the Cygnus class. [Another early builder of the CYGNUS was Clarkecraft of St Catharines, Ontario]
The tooling was sold to Skene in Ottawa, (who also made Albacores); when Hinterhoeller became one of three boatbuilders (including Morch in Belleville and Bruckmann in Oakville) who combined forces to make up the manufacturing side of the new C and C yachts. ...the Cygnus was available with either a fixed cast iron keel and 2 ft 9 in draft, or with a fully retracting steel centerboard, when it weighed only 600 lbs."
Photo courtesy Adam Hunt.
Designer
- George Hinterhoeller (1928–1999)
Builders
- Hinterhoeller Yachts Ltd. (1963–1994)
- Skene Boats Ltd. (CAN) (1968–1992)
Related Boats
| Name | LOA (ft) | Year | Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYGNUS 20 | 20 | 1965 | Fractional Sloop |