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Hunter Yachts 29.5

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1994

A masthead sloop designed by Rob Mazza that serves as the foundation for the Moorings 295 charter fleet

Designed by Rob Mazza & Hunter Design Team.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Hunter Yachts 29.5, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Practical Sailor

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 18 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 18
CoastalBluewater

2.15 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.15
LightHeavy

170 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 170
EasygoingPowered-up

17.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.0
TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Draws less than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2384 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Yachts 29.5, as the fleet has seen it

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The Hunter Yachts 29.5 is a masthead sloop designed by Rob Mazza and the Hunter Design Team, built by Hunter Yachts and Hunter Marine from 1994 to the present. It measures 9.0 m LOA, with a 3.2 m beam, 1.2 m draft, and displaces 3401 kg. The Hunter 29.5, also known as the Moorings 295 variant, features a fin with spade rudder hull. Practical Sailor identified the Hunter 29.5 as a suitable production cruiser from the late 1980s or early 1990s for completing the 6,000-mile Great Loop, noting its longer waterline for efficient motoring and deck-stepped mast for easier transit through locks and bridges.7:27

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.0
Displacement / length
170.1
Comfort ratio
18.2
Capsize screening
2.15
Hull speed
7.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1013
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1994
Designer
Rob Mazza, Hunter Design Team
Builder
Hunter Yachts

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