| Designer: | Hunter Design Team and Rob Mazza |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Builder: | Hunter Marine |
| Draft: | 5feet |
| Displacement: | 65000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 27.75feet |
| Lwl: | 23.58feet |
| Beam: | 9.63feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 180NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 21000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 31.5feet |
| J: | 9.42feet |
| P: | 31.67feet |
| E: | 12feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional B&R rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 190.02square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 148.37square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 338.39square feet |
| Phrf: | 186 (average) |
| Previous: | Hunter 28 |
The Hunter 280 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team in conjunction with Rob Mazza, as a cruising boat and first built in 1995.[1] [2] [3]
The design replaced the Hunter 28 in the company line, which had been produced from 1989 to 1994.[1] [4]
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1995 and 1999, but it is now out of production.[1] [5]
The Hunter 280 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop B&R rig with a full-batten mainsail and 110% genoa, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel or an optional tiller and a fixed fin keel or option shoal-draft wing keel. It displaces 65000NaN0 and carries 21000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 5feet with the standard keel and 3.5feet with the optional shoal draft wing keel.[1]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 180NaN0, with a 90NaN0 optional. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
Standard factory equipment supplied included self-tailing winches, double lifelines, a teak and holly cabin sole, a dinette table that converts to a berth, four opening ports, an enclosed head with a holding tank, shower, icebox, kitchen dishes, anchor, fog horn and life jackets. The boat has sleeping accommodation for six people. Optional equipment included a spinnaker and an LPG stove.[3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 186 with a high of 192 and low of 180. It has a hull speed of 6.512NaN2.[6]
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