Hunter Channel 31 – 2002 - Attractively priced at £34,500
The Hunter Channel 31 offers exceptionally spacious accommodation within her size range, with a roomy saloon, comfortable sea berths, generous stowage, and a well-proportioned heads/shower. This thoughtful design makes her an ideal offshore cruiser, perfectly suited for both local excursions and longer-distance passage making.
The Hunter Channel 31 is recognised as being one of the stand out CE Cat A (Ocean) yachts of its size range available, designed by David Thomas alongside his numerous other designs including the Sigma range, other Hunter designs and custom one-off competition boats.
Her design ensures she is remarkably easy to sail, even when short-handed. This particular example truly shines, being spotlessly clean and meticulously tidy, a testament to the care of both its current and previous owners. Her robust maintenance record enhances her appeal, including professional copper coating applied in 2021 and new standing rigging fitted in 2019.
Equipped for effortless handling, she features a convenient Stack pack mainsail, a self-tacking headsail, and all lines led aft to the cockpit, making her very user-friendly for any sailor.
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Accommodation
A clever, seaworthy interior created by Ken Freivokh design.
Two Double cabin, six berth layout with seaworthy saloon berths.
A roomy Double aft cabin allowing sleeping either fore and aft or athwartships.
Eberspächer D2 Airtronic diesel warm air heating system fitted in 2021 with Easystart digital controller, outlets to aft cabin & saloon.
Fusion MS-RA55 Marine stereo with cabin speakers
The accommodation is laid out from forward:
Forward Cabin:
Double Vee berth & water tank under
Hanging locker to starboard
Overhead opening deck hatch
Saloon:
Two straight settee berth each side, with storage lockers above
Central drop leaf saloon table with internal bottle storage and drawers on aft face, comfortably seating six
Overhead opening deck hatch
Nav area:
Good sized outward facing chart table with internal chart storage and a hinged upholstered seat
Adjacent main electrical switch panel, 12v and USB charging sockets
Galley area:
Good sized L-shaped galley to starboard with ample storage cupboards & an island unit housing a sink & refrigerated cool box
2 Burner gimballed gas Cooker with Grill and Oven
S/S Sink with mono bloc mixer tap & Hot & cold pressurised water system
Top opening 130L 12v refrigerated cool box, fitted with a new Waeco compressor & cold plate in 2021, Dometic mains adaptor/rectifier.
Aft Cabin:
A large double berth allowing sleeping either athwartships or fore and aft
Open shelving along the hull side, a hanging locker and small seat
2 X opening portlights providing good light levels and cross flow ventilation
Heads:
Jabsco manual sea toilet
Wash basin with hot and cold water supply and pull-out shower head
Shower drain pump
Opening coachroof portlight & overhead vent
Large Hanging locker on aft bulkhead
Mechanical and Electrical Systems
Yanmar 2GM20F 18hp two cylinder indirectly cooled marine diesel
April 2023 New cylinder head fitted with all related parts checked & replaced if necessary, heat exchanger acid cleaned and new exhaust elbow fitted.
Conventional Shaft drive with a new Volvo type dripless shaft seal fitted in 2019 along with a new cutlass bearing
2 Blade propeller (New in 2024)
Eberspächer D2 Airtronic diesel warm air heating system fitted in 2021 with Easystart digital controller, outlets to aft cabin & saloon.
Electrical:
2 X 12v batteries, charged by engine driven alternator or shore powered battery charger.
1 X 105ah Domestic services battery (New in 2023) and 1 X 70ah Engine cranking battery (New in 2024)
Shore Battery charger
Galvanic isolator
240v/16a Shore power connection with shore lead
30w Spectra Solar/PV Panel (New in 2022) with Morningstar RM-1 monitor display
Tankage:
Fuel – 58Lts / 13 Gals
Water – 150Lts / 33 Gals
Sails and Spars
Z Spars Mast & slab reefing boom
Standing rigging renewed in Spring 2019
Roller furling system with new drum fitted in 2019
Z Spars Rod Kicker (New in 2021)
Harken self tacking track
Mainsail stackpack in navy coloured canvas with lazy jacks (Kemp Sails – Feb 2023)
Winches:
2 X Lewmar 16 Two speed self-tailing halyard/sheet winches
Sails:
Mainsail with 2 slab reefs.
Roller furling self-tacking jib (Hyde Sails)
Sobstad Asymmetric spinnaker specifically designed for the Hunter Channel model & called a ‘Scooper’
Navigation Equipment
Within the cockpit:
Raymarine i50 Speed display (New in 2023)
Raymarine i50 Depth display “ “
Nasa Clipper Wind speed & direction display (New in 2019)
Standard Horizon CP300 Chartplotter on removable mount (C-map software updated to June 2024)
Raymarine ST2000 Tiller pilot (New in 2019) with cover
Steering compass
At the chart table:
Simrad Cruise 5 Colour Chart plotter (New in 2020)
Standard Horizon Matrix GX2000E DSC/VHF radio (New in 2020)
Vesper Marine XB-8000 Active AIS transponder (Send and receive) with antenna splitter (New in 2021/22)
Deck Equipment
Delta anchor with chain & warp
Dual bow roller fitting
Midships spring cleats
Tiller steered with varnished tiller and cover
Central cockpit mainsheet
Harken Self-tacking headsail track
Mid saloon hatch
Lines led aft to spinlock rope clutches & jammers
Spacious cockpit Locker
Cockpit cushions
Outboard stowage mount
Stern Bathing ladder
Fenders & warps
Safety Equipment
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Odeo LED Electronic flare
Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
Gas fog horn
Fire Angel CO2 Alarm
Manual and auto electric bilge pumps
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as Liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner’s specific needs.
Vessel’s History/Background
GRP Hull, deck & coachroof built in 2002, and exhibited at the 2002 Southampton boatshow and also the 2003 London Earls Court boatshow, delivered to the first owner in April 2003.
Cast iron fin keel & spade rudder
Significant renewals and updating carried out by the current owner since early 2019, and the previous owner before have included:
• New standing rigging fitted Spring 2019
• New batteries fitted in 2023 & 2024
• Eberspächer D2 Airtronic diesel warm air heating system fitted in 2021 with Easystart digital controller
• Underwater hull stripped & 5 coats of Coppercoat multi-season antifouling professionally applied by Mylor boatyard in May 2021