Review of Hunter 336

Basic specs.

The Hunter 336 is a sailboat.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Keel

The Hunter 336 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a long keel.But be aware that even though a Wing Keel keel is very good for speed racing, a fishing nets and the like in the water can easily make you into a troublesome situation.

The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Hunter 336 is about 241 kg/cm, alternatively 1354 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 241 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1354 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Hunter 336 is 2.88.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 79% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Hunter 336 is 37%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 31% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just below average.

Over- / underrigged

The Hunter 336 has more rig than 98% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	34.5 m	(113.4 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	34.5 m	(113.4 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	34.5 m	(113.4 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib sheet	10.2 m	(33.5 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	10.2 m	(33.5 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	25.5 m	(83.7 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	22.4 m	(73.6 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Cunningham	4.6 m	(15.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Kickingstrap	9.1 m	(30.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Clew-outhaul	9.1 m	(30.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.