Hughes 38-1
Came equipped with a tiller, end boom sheeting with traveller in cockpit, Atomic 4, stepped coach roof, some were open under cockpit – no quarter berth, others with starboard quarter berth, all with keel stepped mast outside of head.
Options – Cinkel pedestal steering, trim tab behind keel, roller reefing, single spreader tall-mast, dinette.
Mast Outside of Head
Tiller, Traveler Aft in Cockpit
Roller Reefing
Trim Tab (actually showing the Hinckley 38 version)
Trim Tab on SV Wiskejak – note the differences with the Hinckley 38 version
Early Cinkel pedestal and wheel with separate trim tab wheel – note the difference in the aluminum on the wheel between a saltwater boat (top) and a freshwater boat (bottom)
Early Dinette
Hughes 38-2
Tiller was replaced with a Cinkel wheel, lazorette removed and cockpit moved aft to transom and T-shaped. Head enlarged to enclose keel stepped mast. Options – Tall Mast, Dinette in Salon instead of port settee.
T-shaped Cockpit
Early Wheel with traveler forward of binnacle (note the emergency tiller access aft of binnacle)
Fold-down seat in cockpit.
Keel stepped mast in head.
Galley Amidships Starboard Side
Northstar 38
Name changed in later 1972. Otherwise the same as the Hughes 38-2.
Hughes 38-3 (Sometimes known as the Hughes-Columbia 38)
Rounded coachroof design without a step. Traveller located on coachroof, with mid-boom sheeting. Cockpit shortened forward – coachroof lengthened aft. Shower in head with hot water from engine. Anchor locker.
Rounded Coachroof
Three Large Windows, Traveler on Coachroof w/Midboom Sheeting
Shower in head.
Anchor Locker
Options – 1. Yanmar Diesel 3GM30.
2. Volvo Penta Saildrive, with holding tank relocated to under the V-berth.
3. Tall mast with double spreaders.
4. Dinette instead of port settee.
4ft. Taller Mast and Double Spreaders – SV Clarity
Saildrive
Some boats were sold as kits, we know of at least two – this boat apparently was produced in 1986 but not launched until 2016. Notice the changes to the windows below
The windows are like a Hinckley 38 – which lends credence to the idea that Hughes really produced the decks as well as the hulls for the Hinckley 38.
Owners Modifications
Fold down Swim Platform
Poop Seats and Drink Rack
Cockpit Table – Note helmsman’s seat on transom
Mast Steps – Catina
Davits with Solar Panel
Monitor Wind Vane
Exterior Chain Plates – Anole
Full Enclosure – SV Clarity
Removable Staysail Stay
Carolyn Hanging onto the Staysail Stay
Bowsprit 1
Bowsprit 2
Bowsprit 3 – notice the stay (?) on the bowsprit with a bobstay as well. How well this sailplan will balance is anybodies guess.
Pulpit on Bowsprit
Danforth on Pulpit – SV Wiskejak – thanks for the pic Gary