Hunter 54
The Hunter 54 is an American sailboat that was designed by Warren Luhrs, John Cherubini and Cortland Steck as a cruiser and first built in 1980. The design was based upon three years of off-shore racing experience.
Production
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1980 and 1983, but it is now out of production.Design
The Hunter 54 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull was designed by Warren Luhrs and John Cherubini, while Cortland Steck designed the rig. It has a cutter rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, folding ladder and dinghy stowage in a watertight compartment, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with a diesel engine of. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
Factory standard equipment included a cockpit-mounted, six-man, life-raft; 120% staysail; anchor and built-in anchor roller; integral solar panel; teak and holly cabin sole; two fully enclosed heads with showers; private forward and aft cabins; a dinette table; refrigerator; dual sinks; gimbaled stove and oven; fiberglass dinghy, with oars and life jackets.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 54 with a high of 42 and low of 66. It has a hull speed of.