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Hunter 33.5

Posted by Allen Penticoff | Boat Reviews , Monohull , Reviews

A well-planned economy cruiser

Rich and Carolyn Sutorius of St. Charles, Missouri, sailed a Seafarer 26, Manana , for more than 30 years. We reviewed the boat in the July/August 2019 issue . In 2021, with Rich now retired and Carolyn’s retirement approaching as well, she thought they should move up in boat size when they are able to spend more time aboard at their slip in Boulder Marina on Carlyle Lake in southwestern Illinois.

The cockpit is fairly roomy, but it’s a squeeze to get past the wheel, especially with the bimini up.

This request caught Rich by surprise, but he was not about to argue. They searched around the country for a Hunter in the 33-foot range. Most were iffy prospects and somewhat pricey, considering the difficulties in getting it to their landlocked lake. On my advice (we are friends) he asked several Hunter owners at his own marina if they’d like to sell, and as luck would have it, one said yes, even though it wasn’t technically for sale. Rich and Carolyn renamed the boat Pura Vida and launched her the following spring.

The Luhrs family built boats, both power and sail, for decades. Warren Luhrs, son of Luhrs company founder Henry, began the sailboat company in the early 1970s. He became a long-distance ocean racer with boats like Thursday’s Child , incorporating some of his ideas, like B&R rigging, in the production models. With his passing, the brand was bought by Marlow and the boats are marketed as Marlow-Hunters.

The seatback is part of the locker lid and it is somewhat large and clumsy to deal with, as it must be held up with one hand. A gas strut or spring to hold it open would be helpful.

The Hunter 33.5 was built from 1987 to 1994. Some know the 33.5 as the model 335, as there is a follow-on version designed by Rob Mazza called the Hunter 336 that has considerable updating starting in 1995. One can also find a very similar Hunter in the 34. One review, pre-336, says there were some 600 of the 33/33.5s built.

Several keel configurations were supposedly available: fin keel, bulb wing, elliptical wing, and Collins tandem keel. However, it is believed that nearly all of the 33.5s were built with the shoal draft (4 feet 6 inches) bulb wing keel as the review boat has.

Construction

Hunter Marine employed standard materials and construction methods in line with the boats’ intended price points as economy yachts. The hulls were hand-laid E-glass with polyester resin. They were solid, meaning no core material, with a skin coat behind the gelcoat of chopped strand mat sprayed with a chopper gun to help reduce print-through from the fabrics, such as 24-ounce woven roving, that followed. Decks were cored, some with 4-inch squares of plywood, others with sheets of end-grain balsa. Ballast was external.

The drum for the headsail furler is recessed in the deck—an interesting detail. Ground tackle is also kept off the deck in a locker.

On my arrival at the marina, Pura Vida was tied stern-to at the dock, which enabled boarding via the transom opening as the humped helm seat had been removed and stowed. Getting around is very easy given the wide, clear sidedecks and the uncluttered cabintop that is ripe for sunbathing and lounging. Adequate handholds are available going forward to handle the anchor from a built-in locker.

The cabin trunk is relatively low, facilitating good forward visibility underway. Aluminum toerails edge the deck, with stainless steel pulpits at both ends and double lifelines between them.

There are two small lockers on the transom swim platform and two in the cockpit in each aft corner, which house the batteries. There is only one big cockpit locker, to starboard, and it’s not all that big or deep.

Engine gauges are to starboard of the wheel, but oddly and inconveniently, the engine cut-off knob is located at the top of the companionway steps. Aft of the wheel is

access to an emergency tiller connection and a large removable panel for service to the steering system. Between the mid-boom traveler just ahead of the companionway and the mast is a flat area clear of hardware that is perfect for lounging and sunbathing, as Carolyn demonstrated.

The saloon has a comfy dinette and table that lowers for a berth. Note the stainless steel tube that serves as a deck compression post as well as a much-appreciated handhold.

The rig is a ⁷/₈ fractional sloop, with double swept-back spreaders, double shrouds, and lowers from inboard-mounted chainplates. The backstay splits to free the helm of interference. Although sometimes reported as a B&R rig, it is not a B&R rig. Nonetheless, the swept spreaders do limit how far out the boom can be swung. Pura Vida sports a full-batten mainsail with lazy jacks and a roller-furled 110% headsail. Hunters in general lean toward tall main-driven sail plans with smaller, easier-to-trim jibs, and the 335 is no exception.

Accommodations

Going below, the first impression is a lot of wood and a lot of light. There are plenty of opening hatches that let in light, as well as windows on the cabin trunk sides. The first step is on top of a hinged cabinet/step that has a small handy tool bin under it. This makes a secure place to stand under sail as well. The hatch overhead is a dark acrylic plastic that slides into a sea hood. The way forward unfortunately is not endowed with overhead handholds. A light cream-colored padded vinyl covers non-wood surfaces that lend to the airiness of the cabin.

The gimbaled two-burner stove and double sink are nice features, as is the counter space for meal prep.

The forward cabin has a generous V-berth with cabinets and door—no need for an insert. I found it adequate for changing

clothes with the door closed. The aft “guest” cabin has a larger berth, but it suffers from being athwartship under the cockpit and if two are in bed, it makes the aft person in for the night. Couples may wish to split up and take separate cabins. The aft cabin is a great place to recline and read a book. Below the cushions is access to the engine-cooling through-hull, water strainers, fuel filter, prop shaft, and stuffing box. Other cabinets and engine access are found here as well.

The saloon features a wraparound dining table, which lowers to create a berth for two, while the port settee makes a berth once the back cushions are removed. Storage is abundant. The U-shaped galley takes up the aft star- board area, with plenty of workspace. The head/shower is to starboard with a vanity opposite. The head itself has a big lid over it, which Rich fitted with a hook after it fell on a male friend while sailing.

Pura Vida is equipped with a water-cooled marine air conditioner that has ducting to all three cabins.

At the aft end of the port settee is the nav station, constructed in wood and with space for instruments and charts. You’ll probably want to stand at it rather than sit sideways.

The Hunter 33.5 handles quite well under sail and under power. With a shoal draft fin/bulb-winged keel and spade rudder, it turns quickly. We managed some tacks to windward quick enough that winching in the sheets was unnecessary. The main is a tad oversized and needs to be reefed early to prevent excessive weather helm. In average conditions there was a hint of weather helm and the helm feel was on the light side, but not quite fingertip control. The split backstays are completely out of the way while you are at the helm and there are many places to sit and steer. My favorite spot on most wheel-steered boats is to recline on the leeward seat snugged up against the coaming and steer with an up-and-down motion on the wheel. Some boats can even be steered with your feet, and this Hunter is one of them. Pura Vida has plush pulpit seats that are comfy for passengers, but they are a bit out of reach for a helmsperson.

The aft berth, under the cockpit, is wide but not for the claustrophobic.

The cockpit seats are comfy, with adequate width and height. The tops of them are chamfered and blend into the sitting space. However, they are spaced just a bit too far apart to make for comfortable bracing while heeled. As for napability, I give these seats a 3.5 on the Penticoff Napability Index (PNI) of 1-5, with 1 being terrible and 5 being great. The 33.5’s seats are fine for reclining or curling up, but like many smaller yachts with a wheel, the cutout to get around the wheel takes away some of the napping comfort.

Having sailed downwind the length of the lake, we’d been planning to reef for the windward beat back to the marina as whitecaps were running the length of the lake now. However, we decided to take it even easier. We furled the main and then proceeded under jib alone. It was a pleasant sail. Handling was very neutral and light, with tracking spot on. Heel was minimal while pointing to 50 degrees and making 3.5 knots. It was so pleasant that as we came abeam the marina, Carolyn requested we continue for a while longer.

There are no surprises to sailing the Hunter 33.5 downwind or under power— standard stuff. However, Pura Vida’s folding prop has the usual lag when going from forward to reverse.

For PHRF racing, in fleets around the country most 33.5s rate 144–147 seconds per mile.

As with most boats, the Yanmar diesel is mounted under the cockpit and behind the companionway ladder. Opinions vary as to its accessibility.

There are many good old boats to choose from in this size range. Many of them are Hunters. Hunters have long been value-oriented production boats rather than top-of- the-line, spare-no-expense boats. Where some find fault with them, others find more boat for less money. I have not sailed a Hunter that I disliked or thought was inadequate for the sort of inshore sailing we usually do.

Listings for the Hunter 33.5 as of July 2022 ranged from $15,000 to $50,000.

There is a very large Hunter owners group online at shop.hunterowners.com for all things mechanical and technical.

Owners’ Comments

Points high and sails well on all points. I thought the hull and rigging were quite good for a relatively low-cost production boat. However, I was very disappointed at the quality of some of the components. The manual bilge pump was the cheapest one they could possibly buy and I had a catastrophic failure the first time I needed to use it. Also, the packing gland housing was made of a plastic material. Apparently, nearly all of the hatches had leaked since the boat was new. Sleeping accommodations were not great. Access to the rear of the engine was difficult.

—John Streatfeild, Guntersville, Alabama

Very small water intake regularly catches weeds and fish and plugs up at the hull. Walk-through and lockers in the swim step on stern are great—but this is still a narrower cockpit that fills up with four people.

—Andy and Sarah Reimer, Nanaimo, British Columbia

This boat is small enough to singlehand and big enough to take on moderate coastal seas. Downwind sailing is better on the B&R rig found on the 335 vs. the Selden rig seen in later models because the spreaders have almost no sweep. There’s a chart table, room for a 16,000 BTU marine A/C, a refrigeration box, and room on the forward bulkhead in the saloon to mount a modern, large flat-screen TV. There is not an option for an anchor roller, nor is there a way to install one on the 1990 335. The plumbing   used Qest fittings, which are not readily available today. The standard Yanmar 2GM20F seems to be underpowered.

—Colby Whitfield, Kemah, Texas

Solidly built, set up for singlehanding, and comfortable belowdecks. Especially like the open transom design. I stow my 7.5-foot dink up against the stern. Passageways belowdecks are narrow/tight. Engine access is a bit awkward.

—Jim Mosher, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

About The Author

Allen Penticoff

Allen Penticoff, a Good Old Boat contributing editor, is a freelance writer, sailor, and longtime aviator. He has trailer-sailed on every Great Lake and on many inland waters and has had keelboat adventures on fresh and salt water. He owns an American 14.5, a MacGregor 26D, and a 1955 Beister 42-foot steel cutter that he stores as a someday project.

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This Hunter 33.5 is ready for you and your family to sail away. With new bottom paint, new fuel tank and loving care, this bright, shiny Hunter has no do-it-yourself list for you after purchase. Just hop aboard and enjoy sailing in local waters or off to the islands. You'll enjoy the fully equipped galley, enclosed shower, sleeping for 4 in two cabins and 3 on salon convertible settees, walk through transom, roomy cockpit with stern seats, and easy sailing with all lines led aft to cockpit.

Special features:

• New 2017 fuel tank

• New 12/2016 bottom paint

• Electric anchor windlass

• St. Croix dinghy davits

If you want a family and couple size sailboat in excellent condition and ready to sail, this Hunter 33.5 is your next yacht.

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Admire from dock the clean, two-toned nonskid decks. Step aboard and walk forward inside double lifelines to stainless steel bowrails holding teak bow seat. Notice large anchor locker with Quick electric anchor windlass, foot pedal aside locker, Rocna anchor with chain and rope rode and spare Danforth anchor. Walk aft and step down under high bimini and dodger into cockpit. Observe teak stern and helm seat that lifts out to open transom to sugar scoop swim platform with swim ladder. Notice the storage lockers on swim platform and in cockpit. You'll appreciate the heavy duty, easy-to-operate St. Croix dinghy davits on stern. Sit comfortably on closed cell cockpit cushions and notice teak cockpit table mounted on binnacle with cupholders. At helm, observe autopilot, chartplotter and large Edson wheel.

Move forward and down 4 steps into interior. You will immediately notice the highly desirable 6' 5" headroom!  Look to starboard for fully equipped galley, and navigation station to port. Proceed forward to observe twin settees: U-shaped convertible settee with table to starboard across from in-line settee. Notice how light and airy the interior is with several opening screened ports and overhead hatches. 

Proceed forward to head area with curtained vanity to port. Open starboard door to see covered marine manual toilet and full wand shower. Proceed forward through door to master v-berth cabin. Note cedar lined hanging lockers, shelves and drawers under berth.

Move aft through salon past galley to starboard and open door to aft cabin with queen berth. Note cedar lined hanging locker. Also note door to engine compartment.

Return to salon and lift engine cover to observe easy access to engine.

You will enjoy this spacious Hunter 33.5 with lots of room to entertain friends and family in the cockpit and salon. Elegant salon with teak trim and teak and holly sole. Gather around the U-shaped salon and table for games and conversation. Sleep 4 in private bow and stern cabins and 3 on convertible salon settees. Enjoy the privately enclosed shower with cover over toilet, in separate room from vanity. Lots of opening screened ports and overhead hatches throughout interior for fantastic flow through ventilation. Plenty of storage in drawers, hanging lockers, shelves and under settees and berths for longer cruises.

• Roomy cockpit for entertaining

• Spacious salon for entertaining and relaxing

• 6' 5" headroom in salon

• U-shaped settee with table converts to double berth

• Port settee converts to single berth

• Forward double v-berth cabin

• Aft queen berth

• Cedar lined hanging lockers in each cabin

• Opening, screened ports and hatches throughout interior

• Teak and holly sole

• AC powered and DC powered outlets throughout interior

Every chef's favorite U-shaped galley layout with refrigeration, stove and oven, deep stainless steel double sinks, plenty of counter workspace and cabinet storage.

• U-shaped galley starboard of companionway

• Formica countertops give ample workspace

• Origo 6000 alcohol gimballed stove and oven

• NovaCool top loading deep double refrigerator

• Stainless steel double sinks - one oversized

• Pressurized hot/cold water system

• Hood genoa furler

• Split backstay

• Traveller forward of dodger

• All lines led aft to cockpit for single handed sailing

• Two Lewmar 40 winches on coaming

• Lewmar 16 winch on cabin roof

• Double spreaders on mast

• Bosun chair

• Fully battened mainsail

• Navy mainsail canvas cover

• 110% genoa sail on Hood roller furler

• Sitex SVS-460 GPS Color chartplotter at helm

• Ritchie 5" compass mounted on binnacle

• Autohelm tridata in cockpit shows depth and speed

• Raymarine ST4000+ autopilot

• West Marine 550 VHF at navigation station

• Uniden Atlantis 250 portable VHF

• Uniden wireless cockpit microphone for West Marine 550 VHF

• 30 amp shorepower cord and outlet

• Two house group 31 batteries

• One group 24 engine start battery

• Battery selection switch

• AC and DC outlets in cabins

• Hamilton Ferris Powermax 125 amp alternator system with:   

     • Echo charger for starting battery

     • Max charge smart regulator

     • Surge protector

      • Ammeter

• Yanmar 3GM30F freshwater cooled 27 hp diesel engine with 2000 hours

• Raycor fuel filter

• Pressurized fresh water system

• Seaward 6 gallon hot water heater

• NovaCool deep top-loading refrigerator

• Manual toilet

• Lockable whale gusher overboard pump for holding tank

• Quick electric anchor windlass

• Navy bimini and dodger with isinglass

• Clean two-tone non-skid decks

• Double life-lines

• Teak grabrails along side decks

• Stainless steel bow rail

• Bow pulpit with teak bow seat

• Rocna anchor on 50' chain and 75' additional rope rode

• Secondary Danforth anchor on bow

• Quick anchor windlass with bow foot pedal

• Anchor locker with windlass, fresh water deck fill

• 12/2016 bottom paint

• Removable teak cockpit table and cup holder

• Edson large helm wheel on pedestal

• Removable helm seat opens transom to scoop platform

• Swim ladder

• Closed cell cockpit cushions

• 3 cockpit lockers

• 2 lockers on scoop platform

• Magna propane grill

This Hunter 33.5 is ready for you and your family to sail away. With new bottom paint, new fuel tank and loving care, this bright, shiny Hunter has no do-it-yourself list for you after purchase. Just hop aboard and enjoy sailing in local waters or off to the islands. If you've looked at the other 32-34' sailboats for sale at $40-50,000, you'll appreciate how special this opportunity is - clean, maintained and ready to go. Don't let her get away from you!!

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1993 Hunter 33.5

HULL NUMBER: HUNS0090F293 , DOC NUMBER: 1026596 NAME ON BOAT:   ORION     COLOR: WHITE ,  CONSTRUCTION: Fiberglass Motor: 1993 Yanmar Model 3GM30F , 27 Horse Power  ,  Number Length Over All: 33 Ft. 4 Inches Water Line Length: 29 Ft. Keel: Bulb W/Winglets Draft: 4 Ft. 6 Inches Beam: 10 Ft. 11 Inches Displacement: 11,000 Lb. Ballast: 4,500 Lb. Mast Height: 55 Ft. Spars And Rigging: Fractional Rig, Vang, Halyards Led Aft, Spare Jib Halyard Sails: Main W/Cover, RF 100% Sail Area: 530  Sq. Ft. Steering: Wheel W/Brake Tanks: Fuel 22 Gal. Water 50 Gal. Galley: Dbl Sink, H/C Pressure Water, 2 Burner Stove w/Oven Head: Marine Head, Shower W/H & C Water Electrical: 2 -12 Volt Batteries, 30AMP Shorepower W/Cord, New Battery Charger Electronics: VHF, Depth & Raymarine Knot Meter Accommodations: Sleeps 4 in Two Cabins Equipment: Stern Rail Seats, Grill, Cockpit Cushions, Full Bimini, H/C Cockpit Shower, Life Sling,

Price: $29,500.00   

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Hunter 33.5 vs. 35.5

• Thread starter Capnedo
• Start date Nov 9, 2015
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Hey all, I'm currently an S2 7.9 owner living in Charleston, SC, looking to move up into either a Hunter 33.5 or 35.5, likely from 1989 - 1994 model years. I'm a very experienced sailor and racer for many years on many types and sizes of boats, for what it's worth. These are at the top of my list for all the same reasons many seem to like these boats - interior space, good sailing characteristics, decent sailing to it's PHRF for fun casual racing, open transom with nice "swim deck", storage, fractional rig for easy handling and balance, well designed shoal draft winglet keel, etc. Also, for me, good standing headroom in a boat of this length. This is a biggie for me. I'm 6'2" and am over having to slouch in boats. The 35.5 is supposedly 6'2" interior headroom, while the 33.5 states 6'5", which sounds glorious to me. So...from owners of each and particularly anyone who has been on both...how do they compare? Especially with regards to the interior layout, headroom, etc. Visually, the 33.5 keeps looking like the winner (IMHO) especially with the 3" extra headroom, but I like the outside looks of the 35.5 slightly better and there seem to be more on the used market...and maybe it's a "big" 6'2"? And yes, I do plan to look at both myself, but there aren't currently any near me to casually check out, so I'll have to do some traveling a little closer to pulling-the-trigger time. Any thoughts regarding both would be very helpful!  

Phil Herring

I've got a 1987 Legend 35. the 1989+ 35.5 had the same hull, but an updated deck/cabin, so this may not be a perfectly equal comparison. Anyway, the Legend 35 is a great sailing boat, good performance, sails to her PHRF rating nicely. I race it hard, and cruise it regularly, and find it does both pretty well. I'm 6'2" and can only really stand up fully right at the base of the companion way stairs. Headroom tapers down from there (in all directions!). I'm not really complaining as I like the lower deck/cabin profile, and that way the boat looks. Cheers Chris  

I have to say, Chris, I do like the sleeker lines of the 35.5, much like the Legend 35. It's a big part of what's keeping it in my sights. Like you I'm sure, I've spent an awful lot of time hunching around in boats, even pretty big ones. The 33.5 appears also to have a fairly consistent ceiling line well into the cabin and across, plus, the main cabin is situated further aft than the 35.5, so I have to think I'd be able to stand upright in most of the centerline of the main cabin and off to either side a good ways. I'd love to hear from a tall guy who owns one though! Thanks very much for the feedback!  

Thanks for your response as well, Phil. I may be putting too much on the headroom thing. I'm a shade under 6'2", so the 35.5 headroom is probably fine. Do you have enough knowledge of the 33.5 to compare deck and cockpit as well? I know the 35.5 comes with two cabin top winches and the 33.5 only one, which I'm not crazy about. Other than that, they look extremely similar from what I can tell.  

Great info, thanks Phil. There is a 35.5 for sale about 2 hours from me, which is by far the closest of any of them by a couple more hours. I think you've convinced me I definitely need to get on board one to feel it out in person.  

I owned a 1988 Hunter 33.5 for about 7 years; unfortunately, I lost it during hurricane Katrina 10 years ago. I really liked the boat; it had a big boat feel at an affordable price point, the interior volume & storage was big. I liked the interior layout. I am 6'1" and never felt restricted except for overhead in the aft stateroom. There was much counter space & storage in the galley; it had an Origo alcohol cooktop & oven that I never used. The ice box was huge, but severely under insulated with one side next to the engine compartment. On my boat the water tank was aluminum; the holding tank & fuel tank was plastic/poly. I do recall that the holding tank overboard discharge had a gate valve. The holding tank was under the forward dining seat adjacent to the head compartment. One unfavorable characteristic with these vintage Hunters was a compression post comprised of two 2x4s wrapped in teak. Inevitably the wiring race under the mast would leak & rot the compression post. On all of these boats, you should plan to have the post replaced with an aluminum post wrapped in teak. Also route the mast wiring from outside the mast thru individual thru deck cable outlets. The sail plan had a huge roach main & 115 headsail; therefore, it had a tendency to roundup in gusts of 15, had to reef the main fairly early. The main had a Dutchman / Jiffy reefing setup. The jib furler was a continuous line type furler. The 33.5 had a yanmar 2gm20f 18 HP that was a bit under powered for a 33' boat. The winches were all Barient winches that were no longer manufactured; don't know if parts are still available. There was no anchor roller; however, I did see some that were modified to adapt a roller & windlass on the Hunter Owners Forum. Be careful as many of these vintage Hunters that were kept in water year round were prone to hull blistering / boat pox. Again, I liked the boat. Not suitable for extensive offshore work, but fine for coastal cruising. You should check out further owner reviews here on the Hunter Owner's Website. Let me know if there any other questions.  

One final note is that these boats all have cast iron keels that will rust. I had mine blasted and coated with an interlux epoxy coating. Some owners used a coal tar epoxy product.  

BigEasy said: One final note is that these boats all have cast iron keels that will rust. I had mine blasted and coated with an interlux epoxy coating. Some owners used a coal tar epoxy product. Click to expand

Chris, mine had the shoal "bulb / wing" keel. Was yours the deep fin keel version?  

BigEasy said: Chris, mine had the shoal "bulb / wing" keel. Was yours the deep fin keel version? Click to expand

I think you will like the size of the aft berth on the 35.5, Capnedo, there is enough room for you on the right side. The vee berth will be too tiny. The tall guy seat at the settee is the one facing foward of the sink. The boat features a separate shower stall which also makes a good wet locker. The 35.5's all had shoal draft 4.5 ft wing keel in lead. The 92 and newer models had stern rail seats, salon portlights, an upgraded vanity and wood cabinet doors everywhere. There were over 700 of them. It has a generous water tankage and the sanitary tank can be made to 30 gallons with an access hatch in the aft cabin bulkhead. A bimini will be a little low for you, I think the boom clearance from the cockpit floor must be v close to your stature.  

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1993 Hunter 33.5

• Description

Seller's Description

Standard features

Diesel, Wheel, Marine Head, Bimini, Stove, H/C Pressure Water, Sternrail Seats, Cockpit Cushions, Grill

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

A simlar version sold as the MOORINGS 335. At this time, this and other Hunter’s were available with several different keels including std.fin keel, ‘bulb wing’. ‘elliptical wing’ and ‘Collins tandem keel’.

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