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Hunter Marine 37

Cutter · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1978

A John E. Cherubini-designed cutter featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, built for stable cruising since 1978

Designed by John E. Cherubini.

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

See her sail

The Hunter Marine 37, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Good, Bad, and Ugly

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

1.82 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.82
LightHeavy

294 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 294
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.3
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

  • Draws less than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2964 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 37, 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 37 is a cutter-rigged monohull sailboat designed by John E. Cherubini and built by Hunter Marine from 1978.2:39 With an LOA of 11.3 meters, a beam of 3.6 meters, and a draft of 1.6 meters, it displaces 8073 kg.13:05 Hunter Marine designed the 37 Cutter to prioritize interior volume and ease of handling for families, applying high-volume production techniques to recreational cruising boats.7:51 Aboard *Sailing Good, Bad, and Ugly*, a 1979 Hunter Marine 37 with a 5-foot draft is offered for sale as a turnkey off-grid living solution, featuring a new engine with 120 hours, sails and rigging less than five years old, a watermaker, and an autopilot. *Sailing Miss Lone Star* reviewed a 1996 Hunter 37 that experienced a 70-knot squall at Green Turtle Key, during which a neighboring boat's anchor dragged, pulling the Hunter's mooring block loose and bending its primary anchor.13:45 The crew performed a field repair on the Yanmar 3J-H2E engine's corroded aluminum exhaust manifold using JB Weld and RTV gasket maker after saltwater caused damage.4:06 The crew also noted the necessity of reefing early in the Bahamas due to quickly moving weather systems and the utility of the shallow-draft vessel for accessing remote anchorages.6:37 Hunter Marine faced criticism regarding structural hardware, specifically chain plate corrosion, and sluggish performance in heavy seas.8:45

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 4 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Hunter Marine 37 on video

What they go for

Market signal

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

2seen for sale
US$12,000Median asking

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
38.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.3
Displacement / length
294.3
Comfort ratio
31.8
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1270
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1978
Designer
John E. Cherubini
Builder
Hunter Marine

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Pacific Seacraft 3711.25 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthOriginally launched as the Crealock 37, this cutter features a 38% ballast ratio and a hull speed of 7.06 knots
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The family

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