Hunter 320
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Hunter 320
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|designer = Hunter Design Team
|location = United States
|year = 2000
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|builder = Hunter Marine
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|draft = {{convert|5.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|8550|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|31.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|28.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|3200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|36.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|34.32|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|12.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Fractional B&R rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|215.87|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|220.98|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|436.85|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 168 (average)
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The Hunter 320 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team and first built in 2000.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-320|title = Hunter 320 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 18 November 2018|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220325200853/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-320|archive-date = 25 March 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/320_2000-2002.pdf|title = Hunter 320|access-date = 18 November 2018|author=Hunter Marine |work = www.marlow-hunter.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181118205834/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/320_2000-2002.pdf|archive-date= 18 November 2018|url-status= live}}
The 320 is a development of the 1997 Hunter 310.
Production
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 2000 and 2002, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa|title = Hunter Marine|accessdate = 5 April 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}}{{cite web|url = https://www.marlow-hunter.com/our-fleet/previous-models/|title = Previous Models|access-date = 18 November 2018|author = Hunter Marine|work = www.marlow-hunter.com|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210523192156/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/our-fleet/previous-models/|archive-date = 23 May 2021|url-status = live}}
Design
The Hunter 320 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|8550|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|28|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|50|u.s.gal}}.
The factory-supplied standard equipment included: 110% roller furling genoa, two-speed self-tailing winches, over-cockpit stainless steel arch-mounted mainsheet, dorade vents, marine VHF radio, knotmeter, depth sounder, hardwood cabin sole, private forward and aft cabins, dinette table that converts to a double berth, chart table, microwave oven, stainless steel sink, two-burner liquefied petroleum gas stove, icebox, anchor four life jackets, hand-held flares and an emergency tiller. Available options included: spinnaker and associated winches, mast-furling mainsail, stainless steel hand rails, autopilot, electric anchor winch and a mainsheet traveller.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 168 with a high of 156 and low of 174. It has a hull speed of {{convert|7.13|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/3934/hunter-320|title = Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 320 |access-date = 18 November 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181119010722/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/3934/hunter-320|archive-date= 19 November 2018|url-status= dead}}
Operational history
In a review for Boats.com, Roger Marshal wrote, "At first glance, the Hunter 320 looks like a normal 32-footer on steroids. It is a big, bulky boat made seemingly even larger by the rounded cockpit and transom step. But walk below and you immediately lose the feeling of bulk. The interior is huge and plush. Beam is carried well aft, giving a transverse doubled berth under the cockpit. The boat has every attribute that you would want in a 32-footer and then some." Marshall concludes, "In all, this is a boat that fulfills its function easily and capably but not one that you would sail long distances offshore in. The boat comes across as a good coastal cruiser that can carry a family and a few friends from port to port."{{cite web|url = https://www.boats.com/reviews/thirty-two-footer-on-steroids/|title = Hunter 320: Thirty-two-footer on Steroids|access-date = 18 November 2018|last = Marshall|first = Roger|work = Boats.com|date = 25 August 2004|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220405020423/https://www.boats.com/reviews/thirty-two-footer-on-steroids/|archive-date = 5 April 2022|url-status = live}}
See also
Related development
Similar sailboats
References
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External links
- [https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/320_2000-2002.pdf Official brochure]
{{Hunter Marine}}
Category:2000s sailboat type designs