The Hunter 216 is an American
trailerable sailboat
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Types
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that was designed by
Glenn Henderson Glenn may refer to:
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as a
daysailer and
cruiser
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, and first built in 2003.
The Hunter 216 design, with its
thermo plastic
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hull, was developed into the
Hunter 22-2 in 2010. The 22-2 is a similar boat, but built in more conventional
fiberglass
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.
Production
The design was built by
Hunter Marine
Hunter Marine was an American boat builder, now known as Marlow-Hunter, LLC, owned by David E. Marlow. The company did produce the Mainship powerboat brand. Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range ...
in the
United States
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starting in 2003, but it is now out of production. A total of 250 were built.
Design
The Hunter 216 is an unsinkable recreational
keelboat
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, built predominantly of thermo plastic. It has a
fractional sloop rig, a
plumb stem
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Description
The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up to ...
, an open
reverse transom
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Transom ...
, a lifting internally-mounted VARA
rudder
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controlled by a
tiller
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and a hydraulically operated
lifting fin keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the lifting keel extended and with it retracted, allowing
beaching or ground transportation on a
trailer.
Factory options included a
asymmetrical spinnaker An asymmetrical spinnaker is a sail used when sailing between about 90 and 165 degrees from the angle of the wind. Also known as an "asym", "aspin", "A-sail", or gennaker, it can be described as a cross between a genoa (jib) and a spinnaker. It is ...
,
portable toilet
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, motor mount and a highway trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small
outboard motor
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for docking and maneuvering.
The design has a
hull speed
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of .
See also
*
List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghy, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht ...
Related development
*
Hunter 22-2
Similar sailboats
*
Hunter 212
*
Mistral T-21
The Mistral T-21 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Mistral Sailboats and first built in 1978.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 109. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Producti ...
*
San Juan 21
References
External links
Official brochure
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2000s sailboat type designs
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Sailboat types built by Hunter Marine