boatbuildlog

Production model

Hunter 23.5

Built by Hunter

A 23 ft 8 in fractional sloop designed by Hunter Design Team, built from 1992 to 1997. She carries 8 ft 4 in beam, 5 ft 6 in draft and 3,000 lb displacement. Hull form is keel and centerboard.

Narrow and short enough to trailer behind an ordinary vehicle without a permit, which is most of the appeal of a boat this size. Hunter built in Alachua, Florida and aimed at volume production cruising boats with generous accommodation for the length. They are plentiful and affordable on the used market, and the brand continued as Marlow-Hunter after 2012. The figures below come from owners who logged work on this boat here.

What building a Hunter 23.5 actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.

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Builds of this boat

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Boats like this one

Same type, closest in length.

Model Builder LOA Logs
Precision 23 Precision 23′ 5″ (7.14 m) 0
C&C 24 C&C 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) 0
J/24 J/Boats 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) 0
Hunter 23 Hunter 23′ 3″ (7.09 m) 0
Hunter 240 Hunter 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) 0
First 22 Beneteau 22′ 10″ (6.95 m) 0