HR 20 (CYGNUS)
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 20 ft |
| LWL | 17.5 ft |
| Beam | 7 ft |
| Draft | 2.67 ft/ 0.67 ft min |
| Displacement | 600 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 5.6 kn |
Rig & Sails
| Iforetriangle height | 18.75 ft |
| Jforetriangle base | 6.33 ft |
| Pmainsail luff | 23 ft |
| Emainsail foot | 10.33 ft |
| FLforestay | 6.3 ft |
| Mainsail | 187.6 sq ft |
| Jib (100%) | 59.3 sq ft |
| Spinnaker | 100.9 sq ft |
About the HR 20 (CYGNUS)
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." Displacement for keel version: 950 lbs.
Direct variant of the HR 20 (CYGNUS)
Near-identical models — same hull, builder and designer, re-badged or lightly changed. Specs and owner-reported issues are typically shared across the group, so a sister model's page may carry detail this one doesn't.
Performance
Pricing
We don't have market pricing data for the HR 20 (CYGNUS) yet. If you own one, help other buyers — what did you pay for it? Reports build a community price estimate over time.
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 20ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the HR 20 (CYGNUS)yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a HR 20 (CYGNUS)? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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