Hunter 146

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use American English|date=October 2018}}

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|name = Hunter 146

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|designer = Chuck Burns and the Hunter Design Team

|location = United States

|year = 2003

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|builder = Hunter Marine

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|crew = four (maximum)

|trapeze =

|draft = {{convert|3.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centreboard down

|air draft =

|displacement = {{convert|340|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = ACP

|loa = {{convert|14.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|beam = {{convert|6.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = centerboard

|ballast = none

|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|4.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|16.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|7.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|64.91|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|27.48|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|92.39|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Hunter 146 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Chuck Burns and the Hunter Design Team as a novice sailboat and first built in 2003.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-146|title = Hunter 146 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 25 October 2018|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220403235311/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-146|archive-date = 3 April 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/burns-chuck|title= Chuck Burns|access-date= 25 October 2018|last= Browning|first= Randy|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210524170902/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/burns-chuck|archive-date= 24 May 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5740/hunter-146|title = Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 15 |access-date = 25 October 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181026025117/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5740/hunter-146|archive-date= 26 October 2018|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://www.marlow-hunter.com/fiberglass-trailerable-daysailers15-22-feet/the-15-safe-and-versatile-for-everyone/|title = Hunter 15|access-date = 25 October 2018|author = Marlow-Hunter|work = www.marlow-hunter.com| date=8 July 2013 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20220403235325/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/fiberglass-trailerable-daysailers15-22-feet/the-15-safe-and-versatile-for-everyone/|archive-date = 3 April 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hunter/146|title= Hunter 146|access-date= 3 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220403235835/https://sailboat.guide/hunter/146|archive-date= 3 April 2022|url-status= live}}

The design was renamed the Hunter 15 in 2008 and is now referred to as the Marlow-Hunter 15.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-15|title = Hunter 15 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 25 October 2018|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220403235339/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-15|archive-date = 3 April 2022|url-status = live}}