Hunter

Hunter Marine is an American boat builder, now known as Marlow-Hunter, LLC, owned by David E. Marlow. The company also produces the Mainship powerboat brand. Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range power cruisers in the 37 to 110 foot range. The company is based in Alachua, Florida.

In the 1800s Henry Luhrs, a German immigrant, outfitted trading ships and owned a chandlery. His grandson, Henry, continued the family heritage on the New Jersey coast, building and repairing recreational and fishing boats. By the early 1960s Henry and his sons, John and Warren, were building over a thousand powerboats a year. Hunter was started in 1973 in Alachua, Florida, as a sailboat manufacturer. The early Hunter boats were designed by John E. Cherubini.

In 1988 the company ran into trouble, as the founder, Luhrs, engaged in protected ocean racing and left the company in the hands of management. The result was production of low-quality boats backed by a short warranty and poor customer service, leading to trouble with dealers and unhappy owners. Luhrs was forced to suspend his racing career and return to directly run the company, carrying out a restructuring, creating new work teams, extending the warranty from one year to five years and hiring Canadian designer Rob Mazza in 1991 to take over design and coordinate the production process. Mazza designed the Hunter 29.5 and its larger follow-up, the 336.

Hunter then utilized the design service of Glenn Henderson and its in-house team until 2010. Hunter is responsible for several market innovations, including their trademark stainless steel cockpit arch and their use of the B&R rig. Hunter also began the construction of sailboats whose hulls make use of bow hollow and stern reflex, marine architecture design elements that maximize thrust under sail.

In 2012 Hunter Marine entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company was sold in August 2012 to David E. Marlow, owner of Marlow Yachts and the name changed to Marlow-Hunter, LLC.

Source: Wikipedia

Hunter Sailboats for sale in the last 6 months

Below you'll find the latest Hunter listings for the last six months. We compare the listing price with boats listed in the past and the color coding indicates if the price is good (green = below the average listing price) or more on the expensive side (red = seller is asking more than the average listing price).

Date Make, Model, Year
Country, State
Price Details
2024-12-02Hunter 23.5 1996
North Carolina
USD 1500Listing
2024-11-28Hunter 450 Passage 2001
Florida
USD 149900Listing
2024-11-21Hunter 28.5 1986
Kentucky
USD 12700Listing
2024-11-21Hunter 33.5 1990
Arkansas
USD 34900Listing
2024-11-20Hunter 41 AC 2005
North Carolina
USD 145000Listing
2024-11-18Hunter 26 1994
Virginia
USD 11000Listing
2024-11-11Hunter 35.5 Legend 1991
South Carolina
USD 22000Listing
2024-11-06Hunter 34 1983
North Carolina
USD 21000Listing
2024-11-06Hunter 27 1980
Texas
USD 4900Listing
2024-11-05Hunter 19 MK II 1994
New York
USD 4000Listing
2024-10-15Hunter 26 1995
Florida
USD 13000
2024-10-09Hunter 26 1995
New York
USD 10000
2024-10-08Hunter 460 2001
Puerto Rico
USD 89000
2024-10-07Hunter 33 Mk II 2004
Connecticut
USD 59950
2024-10-05Hunter 23 1989
Nevada
USD 4800
2024-10-04Hunter 460 2001
Puerto Rico
USD 99000
2024-10-02Hunter 430 1995
Ontario
USD 84185
2024-10-01Hunter 30T 1991
New Jersey
USD 35000
2024-09-24Hunter 33 1980
Florida
USD 54900
2024-09-19Hunter 34 1986
Virginia
USD 22500