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J94109

Hunter Horizon 23

Lying

Cornwall

Builder

British Hunter, Rochford, Essex

Year

1994

Price

£13,500

LOA

22' 9"

Sail area

225 sq ft main and self-tacking jib

Brief details

LWL

18' 2"

Rig

sloop

A compact family cruiser, this twin keel version of the Hunter Horizon 23 offers a comfortable interior with very good sailing ability, and particularly easy handling, with a fractional rig with self-tacking jib. The Hunter Horizon 23 packs an amazing amount of space into a small and hence cheap to moor hull. British Hunter called the twin keel versions 'twin fin' rather than 'bilge keel' to emphasise their performance. This is a particularly good example, with a near new outboard engine and recently replaced rigging, on a hull which is in very good condition.

Beam

8' 6"

Cabins

1

Draught

3' 1"

Berths

4

Displacement

2,745 lbs

Engine

Yamaha outboard

Ballast

1,435 lbs

BHP

8

Keel type

'Twin fin' bilge keels and transom-hung rudder

 

Designed by David Thomas, the Hunter Horizon 23 (later renamed the Hunter Horizon 232, with very little change to the actual boat), was a development of the Hunter Duette, itself a derivative of the well known Sonata 'quarter tonner' club racer from 1975.

With a ballast ratio of over 50%, and an efficient and easily handled three-quarter rig, both fin and twin keel versions sail well, without being overly demanding on their crew. Over 200 Hunter 23s were built from 1989 to 1998, most being twin keeled.

The Horizon 23 design was updated slightly to create the Hunter Horizon 232, which uses the same hull, and is very little different, the name change being more a marketing effort than a significant alteration to the design.

 

The accommodation starts with a raised bunk platform in the bows, which although almost 6' long is very narrow at the bow end, and is probably best thought of as either a child's berth, or as stowage space.

Aft of this, in the midships part of the saloon, are two settee berths, each 7 feet long, with the saloon table between, and a fold-down chart table by the port berth.

Aft is the heads compartment and galley, and finally behind the galley is a 6' 8" by 4' 6" (at the wider end) double quarterberth.

Headroom is 5' 8" maximum by the galley, with about 5' 6" in the heads compartment and 5' 4" forward in the saloon

Above: a solar panel is stowed behind the companionway steps, and is lifted out and placed on deck when the boat is moored, to keep the batteries charged.

Photographs October 2009

The heads compartment is to port, with marine WC and washbasin. The door is a folding screen rather than a rigid door, to save space. The seacocks were replaced in 2008/9.

Photographs October 2009, except photo below which is a brochure photo from Hunter

The jib sheets to a curved track forward of the mast, and self-tacks,
making this an exceptionally easy boat to handle.
With a relatively small headsail, there is no need for sheet winches

The outboard installation on the Hunter Horizon 23 is exceptionally neat:
the engine lifting into the locker on the port side of the cockpit

This is a very good example of a Hunter Horizon 23: photographed here the day after she was lifted out at the end of a sailing season. Owned by the present owners since 2005, she is for sale now as they want to buy larger.

Equipment List:

Engine details

Yamaha 8CMH 2-cylinder outboard - new 2006, run approx 80 hours, serviced at 10 and 50 hours.

Fuel tank capacity

22 litres

Propeller

three bladed

Batteries

2 x 65AH

Battery charging

engine alternator with rectifier and portable solar panel

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Fractional sloop, Z-Spars alloy spars with self-tacking jib to track on foredeck. S/S standing rigging new 2008

Mainsail

Hyde Sails, slab reefing

Jib

roller jib

Genoa furling

Plastimo

Spinnaker

Hyde sails cruising chute

Halliard winches

2 x Lewmar on coachroof

Bower anchor

Bruce with 10 metres chain and 24 metres warp

Steering

Tiller

Autopilot

Autohelm ST1000 tiller pilot

Steering compass

Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass

Warps & fenders

4 warps and 3 fenders

Miscellaneous

Sprayhood and dodgers

Navigation Equipment and instruments

GPS

Garmin 152

Log/speed

Autohelm Bidata

Depth sounder

Autohelm Bidata

VHF radio

Compact SX-25

Radio receiver

Sony radio/CD

Anti-theft

Beta Thief 2000 boat alarm

Safety/emergency equipment

Lifebuoy

with floating light

Bilge pump

portable pump

Fire extinguishers

2 plus fire blanket

Interior

Cabin layout

Open plan saloon with heads compartment separated by folding screen

Berths

4 plus possibly two childs berths

Water tank capacity

50 litres

Cooker

Flavel Vanessa two-burner, grill and oven - gas

Coolbox

coolbox plus portable 12 volt refrigerated coolbox

Heads

RM marine WC

These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.

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