BoatsHunter Marine HC 50

Hunter Marine HC 50

B&R · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 2000

A high-performance cruiser featuring a B&R rig and a light displacement-to-length ratio for spirited sailing

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

See her sail

The Hunter Marine HC 50, on the water

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

Footage from Lady K Sailing

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 narrow beam gives 18 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 18
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.21
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 98
EasygoingPowered-up

22.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.1
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

  • Draws more than ~87% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1709 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine HC 50, as the fleet has seen it

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The Hunter Marine HC 50 is a 15.2-meter sailboat designed by Hunter Design and built by Hunter Marine from 2000 to the present. It features a B&R rig, a fin keel with a spade rudder, and displaces 9071 kg. The HC 50 is engineered for offshore performance, distinguishing it from many production Hunter models. It incorporates unique features like side-mounted water ballast tanks, each holding 1,226 kg, to reduce heel, and a gimbaled navigation station.12:58 The anchor chain locker is positioned in the bilge atop the keel to centralize weight.13:51 The B&R rig, characterized by raked-back spreaders and X-bracing, eliminates the backstay but can restrict boom movement during downwind sailing.1:52 Aboard Lady K Sailing, the HC 50 is noted for its ability to achieve sustained speeds over 12 knots on offshore passages.14:18

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1seen for sale
1channel looked into buying
$275,000Median asking

  • Toured at Annapolis Boat Show, owned by a Swedish couple on their third circumnavigation, listed for sale

    from Lady K Sailingseen October 202012:25

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
B&R
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.1
Displacement / length
97.9
Comfort ratio
18.1
Capsize screening
2.21
Hull speed
9.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2411
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2000
Designer
Hunter Design
Builder
Hunter Marine

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The family

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