Marketing Description
The Hunter Channel 32 is a comfortable cruiser, easily single-handled with good accommodation and performance, often considered a close successor to yachts like the Sadler 32 and Westerly Fulmar. Ruby is a highly desirable factory-built twin keel version, considered one of the best bilge keel yachts of her class, equally at home exploring shallow waters or on longer coastal and offshore passages. Ruby offers a good inventory including a self-tacking jib track, hot water, diesel heating, navigation equipment, sprayhood, and equipped galley. Lying afloat at Conwy Marina, North Wales
Mechanical
Yanmar 2GM20F 18hp inboard diesel engine driving a two bladed bronze propellor via a conventional shaft with rope cutter.
Service history.
- Head removed and re-furbished in 2023 by Dickies of Bangor
- Yanmar impellor replaced April 2025
- Exhaust elbo replaced April 2022
- Last ashore - 19/10/2025
- MMP Shaftseal replaced 2023
- Engine mounts replaced by Dickies of Bangor in June 20211
- Oil and filter changed every October - Last changed 18/10/2025
- Anodes checked August 2025 - 2/3 full.
Eberspacher diesel fired heating
Tankage:
Fuel tank capacity : 45 litres
Water tank capacity : 140 litres (2 x tanks)
Electrical
12 volt electrical system comprising 3 batteries for domestic requirements and an engine starting battery - All replaced May 2023
240v Shorepower
Sterling 20ah Battery charger.
BM-1 Battery monitor
Water System:
Pressurised hot and cold water. Heated by engine calorifier or 240v immersion heater.
Rigging
Fractional rig
Silver anodised, aluminium alloy, deck stepped single spreader mast and boom.
Stainless steel 1 x 19 standing rigging
Adjustable backstay
Solid boom vang
All lines led aft
Genoa furling drum
Self tacking genoa track - Barton traveller replaced in 2023
Slab reefed mainsail with lazyjacks
Sails:
Mainsail with 3 reefing points - Elvestrom (1999) - Serviceable condition
Self tacking jib - Elvestrom (1999) - Excellent condition
Genoa (150%) - Serviceable condition - - Serviced December 2024 to include new UV sacrificial strip
Small cruising chute with snuffer - Excellent condition
Large Sobstad Scooper with snuffer - Excellent condition
Winches:
1 x Lewmar 16 2-speed genoa/main winch
2 x Self tailing Halyard winches
1 x Lewmar standard winch
Navigation
In the cockpit:
Plastimo bulkhead steering compass.
Standard Horizon GPS Chartplotter (can also be moved to chart table) *C-Map charts updated April 2023.
Autohelm Tri-data log / speed / depth sounder.
Clipper GPS with AIS
Autohelm 2000 Tiller autopilot - serviced and new brushes fitted in 2025
Autohelm electronic steering compass.
At chart table:
Clipper AIS Radar display
Garmin GPS
Standard Horizon DSC VHF with antenna (Antenna and coax cable replaced in 2022)
Masthead wind indicator.
Clock and Barometer
Pilot books and charts for Irish Sea region
Deck
Manual capstan windlass
Anchor with Oscillati self righting swivel, 30m of chain, and 30m of warp
Secondary Kobra anchor with chain and warp
Mooring warps
Fenders inc boarding fender step
Boarding ladder
Dinghy davits
Cockpit table
Teak cockpit sole grating
Halyard bags
Side gates in guard wires (port and starboard)
Cockpit cushions
Outboard motor bracket
Safety
Manual bilge pump
Navigation lights including steaming light, tricolour and anchor light
Lifebuoy
Rescue sling
Throw line
Jack stays
Radar reflector
Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
Pilot twin gas alarm + battery secondary alarms
6-man Liferaft - Service required
Mast ascent gear
Canvas
Boom/Mainsail cover.
Cockpit dodgers.
Sprayhood.
Hatch covers
Miscellaneous
Seago inflatable dinghy with oars (stowed under a cover in front of the sprayhood)
Accommodation
The Hunter Channel 32 accommodation offers up to 6/7 berths in 2 cabins plus the saloon, with up to 6'4" headroom.
FORECABIN - Fitted with a vee berth, storage shelves, beneath berth stowage, hanging lockers and opening hatch to foredeck.
SALOON - The spacious saloon is laid out with settee berths either side of a central table with folding leaves, with a pilot berth to port and good stowage provided in a selection of lockers and storage spaces.
GALLEY - Located to starboard is an L-shaped galley, equipped with a Plastimo gas cooker with two burners, grill and oven, twin stainless steel sinks and plenty of storage. 12v Weaco Dometic Coolbox beneath chart table. * Cooker serviced and grill replaced by Dickies of Bangor. Full gas inspection and new sensors in May 2021.
CHART TABLE - The well proportioned forward-facing chart table is located to port and has navigation equipment, an electrical distribution panel and good stowage.
AFT CABIN - Located aft to starboard, the aft cabin is fitted with a large hanging locker, a longitudinal double berth and opening and fixed portlights.
HEADS - The separate heads compartment is aft to port for easy access from the companionway, and is fitted with a marine toilet (c/w Holding tank), washbasin, shower, storage and wet hanging locker.
GENERAL EQUIPMENT - Pressurised hot and cold water supplied via a calorifier with immersion coil. Eberspacher diesel fired warm air heating system. Grey fabric upholstery with complimenting curtains and teak and holly sole boards throughout.
Construction
Hunter Channel 32 moulded and factory completed in 1991 by Hunter Boats Ltd. to a David Thomas design. Hull # 5
White GRP hull, superstructure and decks with moulded non-slip surfaces.
Self-draining aft cockpit with steps down to sugar scoop stern.
Twin cast iron keels.
Tiller steering to semi-balanced rudder.
Hull epoxied by Hunter Boats in 1991. Last antifouled in August 2025.
SSR # 140914
Disclaimer
For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
- Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
- Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
- Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old
Please note that as the broker/agent, we cannot guarantee or warrant the serviceability of any safety equipment included within the inventory, including but not limited to the condition, operation, or service dates of such equipment. It is the responsibility of the buyer to thoroughly inspect and assess the condition of all safety equipment prior to purchase.
NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.
I purchased Ruby in 2009 from Chichester and have regularly cruised the Irish Sea, Bristol Channel, and the Clyde. She is one of the best short handed modern and stiff British cruising boats ever built, with self tacking jib, all lines led back to the cockpit, and mainsheet in reach of the tiller. Masses of storage.