Hunter 29.5

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Hunter 29.5

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|designer = Rob Mazza and the Hunter Design Team

|location = United States

|year = 1994

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|builder = Hunter Marine

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|displacement = {{convert|7500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|29.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|27.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Yanmar inboard diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|2680|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type/transom-mounted rudder

|rigs = fractional sloop

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|I = {{convert|34.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|10.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|36.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea main = {{convert|230.15|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|175.61|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|405.76|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|phrf = 189 (average)

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The Hunter 29.5 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Rob Mazza and the Hunter Design Team and first built in 1994.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-295|title = Hunter 29.5 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 29 June 2017|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220316174437/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-295|archive-date = 16 March 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4198/hunter-29-5|title = Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 29.5 |access-date = 29 June 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017}}{{Dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=March 2022}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mazza-rob|title = Rob Mazza|access-date = 29 June 2017|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220316174555/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mazza-rob|archive-date = 16 March 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hunter/295|title= Hunter 29.5|access-date= 9 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220316174717/https://sailboat.guide/hunter/295|archive-date= 16 March 2022|url-status= live}}

The design was developed into the Moorings 295 for the charter market in 1994.

Production

The boat was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1994 and 1997, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|title= Hunter Marine|access-date= 16 March 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200730183858/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|archive-date= 30 July 2020|url-status= live}}

Design

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The Hunter 29.5 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder, a fixed fin keel and a walk-through transom design. It displaces {{convert|7500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2680|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine. The fuel tank holds {{convert|20|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|40|u.s.gal}}.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 189 with a high of 198 and low of 183. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.96|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

See also

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