The Hughes 36 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr. and first built in 1971.
[1][3][4] The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, but it is now out of production.
[1][3][5] The Hughes 36 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim.
It has a masthead sloop rig or optional ketch rig, a centre-cockpit, a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a skeg-mounted spade-type/transom-hung rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.
[1][3] The boat has a draft of 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with the standard keel fitted.