Hunter 40 Explained
| Hunter 40 |
| Designer: | Cortland Steck |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Builder: | Hunter Marine |
| Draft: | 6.5feet |
| Displacement: | 174000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 39.58feet |
| Lwl: | 32.5feet |
| Beam: | 13.42feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 79000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 53.75feet |
| J: | 17feet |
| P: | 48feet |
| E: | 13.75feet |
| Sailplan: | B&R rigged Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 330square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 456.88square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 786.88square feet |
| Phrf: | 105 (average) |
The Hunter 40 is an American sailboat that was designed by Cortland Steck and first built in 1984.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Hunter 40, but is now usually referred to as the Hunter 40-1 or the Hunter 40 Legend, to differentiate it from the unrelated 2012 Marlow-Hunter 40 design, which is sometimes called the Hunter 40-2.[1] [5]
Production
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1984 and 1990, but it is now out of production.[1] [2]
Design
The Hunter 40 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a B&R rig masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom with a folding boarding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.[1]
The boat has a draft of 6.5feet with the standard keel and 5feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . It has a hull speed of 7.642NaN2.[1] [6]
Factory standard equipment included a 110% roller furling genoa, four two-speed self tailing winches, AM/FM radio and cassette player with four speakers, teak and holly cabin sole, two fully enclosed heads with showers, private forward and aft cabins, a dinette table, refrigerator, dual stainless steel sinks and a three-burner gimbaled compressed natural gas stove and oven.[4]
Variants
- Hunter 40 Deep Keel
This model displaces 174000NaN0 and carries 79000NaN0 of ballast. The boat has a draft of 6.5feet with the standard deep keel. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 105 with a high of 99 and low of 111.[1] [6]
- Hunter 40 Shoal Draft
This model displaces 179000NaN0 and carries 84000NaN0 of ballast. The boat has a draft of 5feet with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 108 with a high of 102 and low of 114.[1] [7] See also
Similar sailboats
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Hunter 40-1 sailboat specifications and details. 10 December 2018. Browning. Randy. sailboatdata.com. 2018. https://archive.today/20220407153354/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-40-1. 7 April 2022. live.
- Web site: Hunter Marine. 7 April 2022. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20200730183858/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa. 30 July 2020. live.
- Web site: Cortland Steck. 16 March 2022. Browning. Randy. sailboatdata.com. 2017. https://archive.today/20210523200743/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/steck-cortland. 23 May 2021. live.
- Web site: Hunter 40. 10 December 2018. . www.marlow-hunter.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211052717/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/40_1984-1990.pdf. 11 December 2018. live.
- Web site: Hunter 40-2 sailboat specifications and details. 10 December 2018. Browning. Randy. sailboatdata.com. 2018. https://archive.today/20220407153514/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-40-2. 7 April 2022. live.
- Web site: Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 40 . 10 December 2018. Sailing Joy. InterVisionSoft LLC. 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010209/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2340/hunter-40. 11 December 2018. dead.
- Web site: Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 40 SD . 10 December 2018. Sailing Joy. InterVisionSoft LLC. 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211095603/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2341/hunter-40-sd. 11 December 2018. dead.
