Boat models · Hunter
Hunter 36
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1980-1983 · designed by John Cherubini
Key figures
Comfort26.8moderate
Capsize screen1.86passes for offshore
SA/D17.1cruiser
D/L235moderate
Ballast ratio0.44stiff
Hull speed7.3kt
- Built
- 1980-1983
- Designer
- John Cherubini
- Builder
- Hunter Marine (USA)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin keel with spade rudder
- Length
- 35.9 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.1 ft · 4.9 ft
- Displacement
- 13,500 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Roomy, fairly quick Cherubini-era Hunter for cheap; fine coastal, not an offshore boat
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · spacious interior, decent speed, easy to handle
- Liveaboard
- ordinary · big cabin for the money, but systems are dated
- Offshore passages
- mixed · light production build, owners doubt heavy-weather use
- Loved
- lots of interior volume for a 1980 36-footer · sails well in light to moderate air · low purchase price · Cherubini lines age well
- Gripes
- Hunter build-quality stigma hurts resale · tender, reef early as the wind builds · dated systems and wiring · small cockpit lockers and storage
- Survey for
- wet balsa deck core around fittings · keel bolts and keel-hull joint · chainplate leaks and bulkhead rot · original Yanmar or Westerbeke diesel condition
- Cross-shopped
- Catalina 36 · O'Day 35 · Pearson 365 · Hunter 37 Cherubini
Thin discussion; from sailboatdata.com, sailboatowners.com
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