Hunter Sonata

Details

• Make: Hunter
• Model: Sonata
• Engine Make: 24V
• Horsepower: 5
• Drive Type: Sail
• Fuel Type: Electric
• Price: £6,000
• Location: In Gosport
• Year: 1978
• LOA: 7m
• Keel: Lifting Keel

Custom built lifting keel yacht, 1978

Lifting keel, electric motor, the design was loosely based on the Hunter Sonata but with some improvements. She has accommodation for 4 with a porta potti, and comes with a trailer. She underwent a major refurbishment in 2018 including new rigging and sails. One owner from new

An electrical drive system with a 24V P-drive
Folding prop passing through an alternative plug fitted in the outboard well.
The engine drive was a 5hp outboard mounted through a well in the aft locker with a removable blanking plug to keep a smooth profile with the engine removed.

2 x 12v 100ah batteries - 2018
1 x solar panel

The rig is 7/8ths sloop
Upper and lower shrouds
Spreaders angled 10 degrees back from the transverse line.
Backstay.
Rigging replaced - 2018
Roller furling - 2018
Old headsails recut to fit the Furling system.
Running rigging has been replaced with dyneema ropes - 2018

Sails
Mainsail - 2018
110% jib - 2018
150% genoa
70% heavy weather jib
Spinnaker.

Tacktick Depth and Log
Compass

GRP Deck
Tiller steering

Sprayhood