29.5 Hunter Sloop 1995

She is an exceptional boat and offers maximum accommodations, a large comfortable cockpit, and beautiful sailing performance. It exemplifies a boat that appears to have been designed from the inside out rather than from the outside in. Since comfort and cabin space are very important, it makes perfect sense to consider the accommodations first and then design a hull and deck to fit around the interior. The 29.5 has a rather large cockpit for her size that opens at the stern to a molded swim platform. At anchor, this becomes an integral part of the cockpit adding even more useable space. This is one of the 29.5’s more appealing features, and it makes getting in and out of the water or dinghy quite easy.

 Wheel steering is standard with the helm at the aft end of the cockpit, and there are two seats incorporated into the stern rail for passenger seating. Because the side decks are narrow with rigging shrouds at the deck edge, to go forward, the best path is over the cabin trunk.

  Below deck, the cabin is wide open with a fully enclosed head. There is a V-berth forward, and the main saloon features a large U-shaped dinette which comfortably seats four adults. The head and a small hanging locker are to starboard, and the galley is to port with a two-burner non-pressurized alcohol stove, ice box and single sink. Aft and below the cockpit is an athwart ships double berth.

  Auxiliary power is provided by a two-cylinder, 18 hp Yanmar diesel contained in an engine box beneath the companionway steps. This workhorse of an engine dominates the market in boats of this size and is very dependable. Quick access for maintenance is limited but, if necessary, the engine box can be removed easily for more serious work.

  The 29.5 is designed with simplicity in mind, and the large mainsail and small fractional jib certainly make tacking and sail handling a breeze for the short-handed or single-handed sailor. Without a traveler, the mainsheet attaches to the steering console directly in front of the helmsman. Sheet winches are also within easy reach of the helm. The B&R rig features long spreaders that are swept back 30 degrees eliminating a backstay. This necessitates tacking downwind to avoid impaling the mainsail on the spreaders, but I think that most would not find this much of an inconvenience. With the proper tacking angles, this can actually be a faster way to sail downwind.

Updates to boat  

2017  New shaft & cutlass bearing

2018  New faucets in galley & head, new hot water heater, new pressure pump, new hatch in V-berth, new radio

2019  New hatch in salon, new in salon, new exhaust, new port in galley, new port in head

    ALL rigging tuned 2019

2020  New sail cover, new lines for Reep, new furler

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