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