Other Hunter Owners

If you haven't encountered SailboatOwners.com, then let us be the first to encourage you to get answers to your questions from a worldwide network of people who own the very same boat you sail. There's a section of that website that's devoted to Hunter and Marlow-Hunter boats, and is divided by size of boat. It's where we go when we're stumped. They also have a section devoted to sailing associations, and HAPS maintains a presence there as well.

On Facebook: HAPS has its own site-- we often arrange meet ups there. There's also a general Hunter Owners site covering owners worldwide, and a number of personal Hunter owner blogs, etc referenced at Pacific Sailors.

Original Parts

But if you're looking for original equipment parts, you'll be contacting HunterOwners.com. Guess where they are located: Seattle, WA. How great is that?

Marlow-Hunter is no longer in business. The US Marlow-Hunter factory was in Alachua, Florida.

The Dealers

In the Puget Sound area, Signature Yachts is the usual ‘goto’ broker with a long history with Hunters. Tori Parrot and her team have taken good care of us for many years. You can find multiple Hunters for sale in their used boat inventory.

A former Hunter / Marlow Hunter dealer for The Pacific Northwest was Specialty Yachts, located on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC Canada.

Hunter then Marlow-Hunter

Hunter Marine was founded by famous boat builder, Warren Luhrs. He started building Hunter sailboats in 1973 with the John Cherubini designed, Hunter 25. They went on to build many different models, Hunters, Hunter Legends and Marlow-Hunters. The history and list are here on Sailboatdata.

David Marlow purchased Hunter in 2012 and Hunter became Marlow-Hunter. It was sold in 2020 to A&M Manufacturing and appears out of business by 2024. Hunters were built in Alachua, Fl.