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Hunter Marine 340

B&R · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1997

A B&R rigged cruiser featuring a shoal-draft fin keel and spade rudder, designed for stable and efficient coastal sailing

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

See her sail

The Hunter Marine 340, on the water

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

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 21 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 21
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.10
LightHeavy

211 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 211
EasygoingPowered-up

19.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.4
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

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

  • Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2923 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 340, 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 340 is a sailboat model built by Hunter Marine from 1997 to the present, featuring a B&R rig and a fin keel with a spade rudder. With an LOA of 10.3 meters, a beam of 3.6 meters, and a displacement of 5003 kg, it offers a spacious interior and aft cabin suitable for coastal hopping.1:30 Its B&R rig lacks a backstay and requires constant mainsail use.2:15 The Hunter 340, along with other 1990s and 2000s designs, has entered the entry-level price bracket in the used sailboat market.3:19

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Hunter Marine 340 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
B&R
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.4
Displacement / length
210.9
Comfort ratio
21.4
Capsize screening
2.10
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1192
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/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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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Hunter Marine 310A 9.4-metre cruiser featuring a backstayless B&R rig designed for simplified handling and ease of sail trimHunter Marine 34A 10.49-metre cruiser offering a shoal-draft option of 1.30 metres for versatile coastal accessHunter Marine 336A Rob Mazza-designed cruiser featuring a B&R rig and a shallow-draft fin keel for versatile coastal performanceHunter Marine 326A 9.7-metre cruiser with a deep 1.78-metre fin keel, optimised for performance and stability in coastal watersHunter Marine 38A 38-foot cruiser featuring a Glenn Henderson-designed hull and B&R rig, optimized for coastal stability since 2004Hunter Marine 420A 42-foot cruiser with a performance-oriented fin keel and spade rudder, built for efficient coastal and offshore travel

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