Hunter 280

The Hunter 280 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team in conjunction with Rob Mazza, as a cruising boat and first built in 1995.

The design replaced the Hunter 28 in the company line, which had been produced from 1989 to 1994.

Production
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1995 and 1999, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Hunter 280 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop B&R rig with a full-batten mainsail and 110% genoa, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel or an optional tiller and a fixed fin keel or option shoal-draft wing keel. It displaces 6500 lb and carries 2100 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft with the standard keel and 3.50 ft with the optional shoal draft wing keel.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 18 hp, with a 9 hp optional. The fuel tank holds 20 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 40 u.s.gal.

Standard factory equipment supplied included self-tailing winches, double lifelines, a teak and holly cabin sole, a dinette table that converts to a berth, four opening ports, an enclosed head with a 20 u.s.gal holding tank, shower, icebox, kitchen dishes, anchor, fog horn and life jackets. The boat has sleeping accommodation for six people. Optional equipment included a spinnaker and an LPG stove.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 186 with a high of 192 and low of 180. It has a hull speed of 6.51 kn.