1980 Hunter Sonata 7 & Trailer - £3,950

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : David Thomas
Builder : Hunter Boats Ltd.
LOA : 6.88m (22ft 7in)
LWL : 5.61m (18ft 5in)
Beam : 2.59m (8ft 6in)
Draft : 0.79m (2ft 7in)
Maximum Draft : 1.5m (4ft 11in)
Displacement : 1,115kg
Keel : Lifting

Construction

• GRP construction
• Paint finish to hull (blue, repainted October 2018)
• Non-slip GRP finish to cockpit, decks and coachroof
• Lifting keel (mechanism located in cockpit)
• Transom mounted rudder
• Anchor locker
• Self draining cockpit
• 2 x cockpit lockers
• Last ashore and antifouled October 2018
• No known signs of osmosis
• Not recently surveyed

Rigging & Sails

• Fractional Bermudan Sloop rig
• Alloy mast/spars
• Hinged mast step
• Mast lowered using custom made wire rope bridal and spinnaker pole
• Plastimo 608-S headsail roller reefing gear
• 2 x winches on coachroof
• Winch handle
• Winch handle pocket in cockpit
• Main and genoa sheet tracks
• Spinnaker pole
• Lazy jacks with sail cover
• Slab reefing mainsail (reasonable condition)
• Roller reefing jib with UV strip (reasonable condition)
• Hank on No1 jib
• Storm jib
• Cruising chute (2016, Jeckells, multi-coloured)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 4hp Suzuki four stroke outboard (serviced and new carburettor 2017)
• Separate fuel tank
• Adjustable outboard bracket
• Tiller steering
• Tiller extension
• 12V battery (approximately 2014, charged by solar panel) with isolator switch
• 12V fused switch panel with integrated volt meter and cigarette lighter socket
• 240V socket with fuse
• 2 x individual 12V charging points (cigarette lighter sockets)
• 12V LED cabin lights
• LED cockpit light
• Small solar panel fixed to deck

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• V-berth in forecabin
• 2 x single settee berths in saloon
• Gas stove (2 burners and grill)
• Gas locker in cockpit locker with Camping Gaz cylinder (not full)
• Stainless steel sink with glass cover (pressurised cold supply)
• Jabsco sea toilet (2013, no holding tank)
• Escape hatch in forecabin
• Mushroom vent in saloon
• Huge amounts of storage space under cockpit sole
• Storage lockers and shelving units in saloon
• 4 x organisers/net pockets in saloon

Equipment

Navigation Equipment

• Bulkhead compass
• Icom DSC VHF aerial with masthead antenna
• NASA Target depth sounder
• NASA Target 2 wind instrument and masthead transducer
• NASA Target speed and distance log
• Navigation lights

Safety Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate (expires 2022)
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit rails
• Stanchions with guardwire
• Transom mounted stainless steel boarding ladder
• Horseshoe lifebuoy with light
• Dicon carbon monoxide alarm (5V battery operated)
• Fire extinguishers (not guaranteed in date)
• Fire blanket

Deck Equipment

• Cockpit tent (2014, Jeckells, little used)
• Sprayhood
• Cockpit spray dodgers
• Samson post
• Rhond anchors
• Mud weight on chain
• Mop
• Brush
• Various fenders
• Various warps

Road Trailer

• Custom built, single axle, braked road trailer with extendable tow bar for slipway launching (major service September 2018 at cost of approximately £2,000)
• Lighting board

Remarks

Designed for both racing and cruising, the Hunter Sonata 7 was built in both fin and lifting keel versions, with the shallower draft of the latter being more suited to Broads sailing. Designed by David Thomas (famed for the Elizabethan, Sigma and many other Hunter's Boats' designs) as a development of his Quarter Tonner Quarto, the Sonata is very seaworthy and fast for her size. The design proved very successful with over 400 Sonatas built by Hunter's Boats in Essex over a 20 or so year period. Sonatas can still be found all around the UK and the design has been adopted as a one-design class in many sailing clubs. For sale due to the purchase of a traditional Broads yacht.