Hunter Marine 310

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The Hunter Marine 310, on the water

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

Footage from keeldragger

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 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.13

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 173

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.9

TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 310, 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 310 is a 9.4-meter sailboat designed by the Hunter Design Team and built by Hunter Marine from 1997 to the present. It features a B&R rig with no backstay, a fin keel with a bulb, and a spade rudder. The boat displaces 3855 kg and has a draft of 1.7 meters, with a shoal draft version available at 4 feet. Aboard *keeldragger*, a Hunter 310 named *svRiff Raff* sailed a coastal passage from Los Angeles Harbor to Newport Beach, California, maintaining speeds of 5 to 6 knots under main and staysail, later adding a Yankee jib. *svRiff Raff* also participated in a transit from San Pedro, California, to White Cove on Catalina Island, motor-sailing at 6 to 8 knots in light winds.14:16

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

35.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

B&R

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.9

Displacement / length

172.9

Comfort ratio

19.1

Capsize screening

2.13

Hull speed

7.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1084

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1997

Designer

Hunter Design Team

Builder

Hunter Marine

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The family

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