Hunter 20

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|designer = Cortland Steck

|location = United States

|year = 1983

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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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The Hunter 20 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Cortland Steck as daysailer and small cruiser and first built in 1983.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-20|title = Hunter 20 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 28 October 2018|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210523200634/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-20|archive-date = 23 May 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|title= Hunter Marine|access-date= 28 October 2018|last= Browning|first= Randy|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200730183858/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|archive-date= 30 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/steck-cortland|title= Cortland Steck|access-date= 28 October 2018|last= Browning|first= Randy|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2018|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210523200743/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/steck-cortland|archive-date= 23 May 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/20_1981-1983.pdf|title = Hunter 20|access-date = 28 October 2018|author=Hunter Marine |work = www.marlow-hunter.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225707/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/20_1981-1983.pdf|archive-date= 28 October 2018|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 104. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}

Production

The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1983-1984, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Hunter 20 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller, a "pop-up" companionway hatch and a retractable centerboard. It displaces {{convert|1700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centreboard extended and {{convert|1.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

Standard equipment includes a stove and cooler, toilet, life jackets and an anchor.

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee in the main cabin and a dinette table that drops down to form a double berth on the starboard side. The galley slides under the cockpit when not in use. Cabin headroom is {{convert|50|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.

The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 282 with a high of 274 and low of 288. It has a hull speed of {{convert|5.28|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/49/hunter-20|title = Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 20 |access-date = 28 October 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225724/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/49/hunter-20|archive-date= 28 October 2018|url-status= live}}

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: Compared to her comp[etitor]s, the Hunter 20 is small. She is shortest on LOD, has the lowest ballast and the highest D/L (with by far the shortest waterline), and ties for lowest displacement. Nevertheless the accommodations, while not spacious, are cleverly arranged to include a dinette, complete with table and facing seats. A galley slides forward from under the cockpit when needed. Worst features: The forward V-berth does not provide adequate room for two adults to share."