Hunter 49

The Hunter 49 is an American sailboat that was designed by Glenn Henderson and the Hunter Design Team as a cruiser and first built in 2007.

The Hunter 49 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull has a solid fiberglass laminate bottom, with balsa-cored sides. It has a fractional sloop B&R rig rig, a stainless steel arch-mounted mainsheet traveler, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed wing keel. A deep draft fin keel was optional. The wing keel version displaces 32,813 lb (14,884 kg) and carries 12,544 lb (5,690 kg) of ballast, while the fin keel version displaces 35,661 lb (16,176 kg) and carries 11,216 lb (5,087 kg) of ballast. The boat has a draft of 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with the standard wing keel and 7.00 ft (2.13 m) with the optional deep draft keel.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar turbocharged diesel engine of 75 hp (56 kW), with a 100 hp (75 kW) engine optional. The fuel tank holds 150 U.S. gallons (570 L; 120 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 200 U.S. gallons (760 L; 170 imp gal). There is a 52 U.S. gallons (200 L; 43 imp gal) holding tank.

Factory standard equipment included a roller furling self-tacking genoa, full-roach mainsail, anodized spars, an emergency tiller, electric anchor winch, marine VHF radio, knotmeter, depth sounder, AM/FM radio DVD player and CD player with four speakers, dual anchor rollers, hot and cold water transom shower, fog bell and air horn, teak interior and cabin sole, two fully enclosed heads with showers, private forward and aft cabins, a dinette table that converts to a double berth, complete set of kitchen dishes, microwave oven, front-loading refrigerator, dual sinks, three-burner gimbaled liquid petroleum gas stove and oven with a range hood and life jackets. Factory options included a deep draft keel, bow thruster, electric sail handling winch, mast-furling mainsail, a four cabin layout, desk and work bench in place of one aft cabin, air conditioning, ice maker or wine cooler (but not both), bimini top, dodger, clothing washer and drier and leather cushions. The headroom in the salon below decks is 81 in (206 cm).

The design has a hull speed of 8.87 kn (16.43 km/h).

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