Hunter Marine 15

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The Hunter Marine 15, on the water

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

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.98 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 154 kg of hull, so roughly 750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 154 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 3.73 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.73

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 30.4

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Beamier than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 384 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 15, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Hunter Marine 15 is a 4.4-meter fractional sloop centerboard dinghy, designed by Chuck Burns and the Hunter Design Team, and built by Hunter Marine from 2008. Originally sold as the Hunter 146, it has a 2.0-meter beam, a 0.9-meter draft, and displaces 154 kg. Hunter Marine, founded in 1973, became the second-largest American sailboat manufacturer by focusing on high-volume production of recreational cruising boats, though production of larger Hunter keelboats ceased after the Alachua facility was sold in 2021.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

30.4

Capsize screening

3.73

Hull

Hull type

Centerboard Dinghy

Construction

ACP

Production

Years built

First built 2008

Designer

Chuck Burns, Hunter Design Team

Builder

Hunter Marine

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The family

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