Hunter 29.5 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Hunter 29.5 means looking at a 1994-through-1997 Rob Mazza design from Hunter Marine, a 29-foot-6-inch cruiser with a four-foot fin keel and 7,500-pound displacement. Both owner three-cabin and charter four-cabin versions appear regularly, and ex-charter boats are a common sight, so buyers should weigh layout against prior commercial use.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 29.5 was sold in a three-cabin owner arrangement and a four-cabin charter layout, both well represented among resales. Charter units tend to show higher hours and more interior wear but often carry fuller equipment lists. The signature interior minimizes bulkheads and leaves the forward berth open behind a curtain, with wraparound settees reaching the hull sides and a dining table that doubles as chart storage. The aft berth runs across the beam. The cockpit is exceptionally large for the length and paired with a wide swim platform.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
A bimini is commonly fitted, and many boats also carry a swim platform, a chartplotter, and a short-handed sail-handling setup that makes single-person trimming realistic. Less often, buyers will find hot water, a dodger, and a cockpit shower as owner additions. For a cruising buyer the chartplotter and short-handed rigging matter most; the canvas items affect comfort but not structural value.
What to Inspect
The keel is a fiberglass moulding integral to the hull with an internal casting and a bolted lead bulb-wing, so check the bolt interface and any sign of keel-hull joint movement integral fibreglass keel with bolted lead wing. The rudder turns on a fiberglass shaft set through a circular bearing and saving over 100 pounds versus stainless; confirm the bearing seal and shaft integrity, since a degraded bearing is hard to see until play develops fiberglass rudder shaft more than 100 pounds lighter. The backstayless rig depends on swept-back spreaders and high main-shroud tension, so a professional mast tuning check is warranted to reveal pumping or fatigue.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up in the United States and the United Kingdom. For a buyer, the checklist is brief: confirm keel-bolt condition, test the rudder bearing for free play, have the rig tuned by someone who knows backstayless configurations, and decide whether a charter-history layout suits your privacy needs. The 29.5 rewards the cruiser who values space and easy handling over enclosed cabins.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Hunter 29.5. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 16 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $25,000 | — |
| Apr 25 | 2 | $26,500 | +6.0% |
| Jun 25 | 4 | $24,000 | -9.4% |
| Jul 25 | 2 | $21,200 | -11.7% |
| Aug 25 | 3 | $12,000 | -43.4% |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $24,500 | +104.2% |
| Nov 25 | 2 | $26,900 | +9.8% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $29,500 | +9.7% |
| Jan 26 | 5 | $26,000 | -11.9% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $21,000 | -19.2% |
| Mar 26 | 4 | $27,450 | +30.7% |
| Apr 26 | 8 | $22,600 | -17.7% |
| May 26 | 2 | $26,450 | +17.0% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $25,000 | -5.5% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $23,500 | -6.0% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $26,000 | +10.6% |
Where they're listed
Hunter 29.5 listings appear across 2 countries. United States has the most listings with 33 (97.1%), followed by United Kingdom.
Country view
34 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $25,000 | 33 | 8 | 97.1% |
| United Kingdom | $20,299 | 1 | 0 | 2.9% |
Comparable models
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| Hunter Marine 31 | 31.33' | $ 21,200 | 70 | 12 |
| Hunter 34 | 34.42' | $ 23,700 | 50 | 9 |
| Hunter 29.5You are here | — | $ 25,000 | 34 | 8 |
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| Marlow-Hunter 28 | 28.01' | $ 17,937 | 15 | 5 |
| Hunter 280 | 27.75' | $ 23,750 | 14 | 4 |