Hunter 356

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Use American English|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Hunter 356

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|image boat = File:Hunter 356 sailboat Osprey 3679.jpg

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|designer = Glenn Henderson

|location = United States

|year = 2000

|no built = 500

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|builder = Hunter Marine

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|displacement = {{convert|13900|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|hulls =

|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|34.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|loh =

|lwl = {{convert|30.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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

|hull draft = {{convert|6.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Yanmar diesel engine {{convert|27|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}

|appendages =

|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|4000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop

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|I = {{convert|44.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|13.16|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|44.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|15.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sails =

|sailplan =

|sailarea main = {{convert|336.90|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|294.98|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total ={{convert|631.88|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|phrf = 141 (average)

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|successor = Hunter 36-2

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The Hunter 356 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Glenn Henderson and introduced in 2000.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-356|title = Hunter 356 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 1 November 2016|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220306001519/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-356|archive-date = 6 March 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/3935/hunter-356|title = Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 356|access-date = 1 November 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001516/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/3935/hunter-356|archive-date= 19 October 2018|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/hunter/356|title= Hunter 356|access-date= 5 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220306001616/https://sailboat.guide/hunter/356|archive-date= 6 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/henderson-glenn|title= Glenn Henderson|access-date= 6 March 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220306003314/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/henderson-glenn|archive-date= 6 March 2022|url-status= live}}

The design forms a scaled series with the Hunter 306 and the 326. The Hunter 356 design was developed into the 2008 Hunter 36-2.{{cite web|url = https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/326Brochure.pdf|title = Hunter 306, 326, 356 |access-date = 22 November 2018|author=Hunter Marine |work = www.marlow-hunter.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215542/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/326Brochure.pdf|archive-date= 22 November 2018|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-36-2|title = Hunter 36-2 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 7 July 2017|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220306001522/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-36-2|archive-date = 6 March 2022|url-status = live}}