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Hunter Marine 36

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1980–1983

A masthead sloop with a 44% ballast ratio, designed for stable coastal cruising during a short early-eighties production run

Designed by John E. Cherubini.

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

See her sail

The Hunter Marine 36, on the water

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

Footage from Sail Vessel Khalifa

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelyComfort 27Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.86Bluewater
LightD/L 235Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 17.1Powered-up
TenderBallast 44%Stiff

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Draws less than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2960 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.

Sail Vessel KhalifaThe crew of the catamaran Califa documents their technical maintenance, system upgrades, and ongoing passages while cruising through the Caribbean and Bahamas.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Hunter Marine 36 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Hunter Marine 36 may be fitted out entirely differently.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.1
Displacement / length
234.8
Comfort ratio
27.0
Capsize screening
1.86
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1168
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1980–1983
Designer
John E. Cherubini
Builder
Hunter Marine

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Hunter Marine 37A John E. Cherubini-designed cutter featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, built for stable cruising since 1978Hunter Marine 33A 1977 masthead sloop with a 38% ballast ratio, designed for stability and coastal performanceHunter Marine e36A 10.95-metre cruiser with a shallow 1.52-metre draft, built between 2011 and 2013 for shoal-water accessibilityHunter Marine 36-2An evolution of the 356 featuring a deep 1.96-metre fin keel for enhanced windward performanceHunter Marine 36 VisionA fractional sloop featuring a free-standing rig and wing keel, designed for ease of handling and shoal-water cruising

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