Hunter HC 50

Hunter HC 50

Development
Designer	Hunter Design Team
Location	United States
Year	2000
Builder(s)	Hunter Marine
Name	Hunter HC 50
Boat
Displacement	18,000 lb (8,165 kg)
Draft	5.83 ft (1.78 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fiberglass
LOA	50.00 ft (15.24 m)
LWL	45.00 ft (13.72 m)
Beam	15.00 ft (4.57 m)
Engine type	Yanmar 38 hp (28 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	5,600 lb (2,540 kg) in a lead keel, plus two 2,700 lb (1,225 kg) water ballast tanks
Rudder(s)	internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	58.33 ft (17.78 m)
J foretriangle base	16.50 ft (5.03 m)
P mainsail luff	50.00 ft (15.24 m)
E mainsail foot	21.25 ft (6.48 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Cutter rig
Mainsail area	531.50 sq ft (49.378 m2)
Jib/genoa area	481.22 sq ft (44.707 m2)
Total sail area	1,274 sq ft (118.4 m2)

The Hunter HC 50 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team as a "long distance express cruiser" and first built in 2000. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The HC 50 is a development of the one-off racers Hunter's Child and Route 66, with a design goal of producing a fast cruising sailboat. The HC designation is an acknowledgment of its design ancestry. ^{[1] [3]}

The design designation can be confused with the Hunter 50 CC of 2009 and the Hunter 50 AC of 2010. ^{[1] [2]}

Production

The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States starting in 2000, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

Design

The Hunter HC 50 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of vacuum bag moulded fiberglass, with a foam-core deck. It has a cutter rig, a raked stem, a walk-through open reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 16,000 lb (7,257 kg) and carries 5,600 lb (2,540 kg) of lead ballast in the keel and also 2,700 lb (1,225 kg) of flooding water ballast in each of two lateral tanks, filled with electric pumps. The design has 6.5 ft (2.0 m) stand-up headroom below decks. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat has a draft of 5.83 ft (1.78 m) with the standard keel fitted. ^[1]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 38 hp (28 kW) or optionally of 47 hp (35 kW), both with 90 degree sail drives and folding propellers. The fuel tank holds 150 U.S. gallons (570 L; 120 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 50 U.S. gallons (190 L; 42 imp gal). ^[1]

Factory standard equipment included a fully battened mainsail, 95% roller furling jib on the inner forestay, hank-on light-wind headsail, gear for an asymmetrical spinnaker, aluminum mast tripod support, mainsheet traveler mounted on a stainless steel arch, eight opening deck hatches, four two-speed self tailing winches, 27 in (69 cm) stanchions mounting triple lifelines, anodized spars, fixed bowsprit with an anchor roller and electric windlass, stern "picnic" anchor locker, hot and cold water transom shower, a gimbaled nav station, fully enclosed head with shower, private forward and dual aft cabins, a dinette table, dual sinks, two-burner gimbaled liquid petroleum gas stove and oven, refrigerator and freezer, a water-maker, a fog bell and six life jackets. Factory options included a carbon fiber mast, wheel steering, a knotmeter, GPS, radar, autopilot, depth sounder, air conditioning, electric halyard winch and a bimini top. ^[3]

The design has a hull speed of 8.99 kn (16.65 km/h). ^[5]

Operational history

The HC 50 was named Cruising World's Best Performance Cruiser for 2001, describing it as "a boat that brings such offshore-racing innovations as water ballast and a gimballed nav station into a cruising context." ^[6]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Similar sailboats

• C&C 50
• Marlow-Hunter 47
• Marlow-Hunter 50
• Marlow-Hunter 50 Center Cockpit

References

1. Browning, Randy (2019). "Hunter HC 50 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Hunter Marine". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
3. Hunter Marine (2000). "Hunter HC 50" (PDF). www.marlow-hunter.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
4. Hunter Marine. "Previous Models". www.marlow-hunter.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
5. InterVisionSoft LLC (2019). "Sailboat Specifications for Hunter HC 50". Sailing Joy. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
6. Cruising World Staff (17 October 2001). "Hunter HC50 - Best Performance Cruiser". Cruising World. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

External links

• Official brochure