Hunter 320 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Hunter 320 means looking at a 2000-era 31-foot-7-inch coastal cruiser with a near-plumb bow and beam carried well aft, built by Hunter Marine with an in-house design team’s easy-sailing brief. She competes in the same showrooms as the Catalina 320 and the Beneteau Oceanis 311 and 321, and on the brokerage market she reads as a volume coastal boat rather than an offshore passagemaker. The two keel options—a 4-foot-4-inch shoal-draft model and a 5-foot-10-inch deep-keel version—let a buyer match draft to home waters.
Layouts on the Used Market
The signature trait is beam held aft, producing a transverse double berth beneath the cockpit and a separate aft stateroom with a queen berth and its own hatch. Forward is a V-berth behind a louvered door, and the saloon centers on an L-settee with a mast-base table that drops to a double; seven berths are possible. Headroom runs 6 feet 4 inches in the cabin, with a teak-and-holly sole, Corian galley and head surfaces, and a nav station mounted forward of the head. The cockpit seats six and includes its own table and a folding helmsman’s seat that forms a transom step.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats will commonly carry a bimini, cockpit shower, autopilot, furling main, and chartplotter as standard-era fit. Often seen are a spinnaker, a swim platform, and a short-handed setup that suits the B&R rig’s cabin-top sheet leads. Less common owner additions include heating, an asymmetric spinnaker for light-air downwind work, and electric winches. For a buyer, the arch-mounted furling main and autopilot define the easy-handling experience, while a chartplotter and cockpit shower signal a boat used for relaxed coastal hops rather than bare-bones weekending.
What to Inspect
Practical Sailor found that deck hardware areas—winches, stanchions, and fittings—were reinforced with extra laminate but fitted without backing plates anchor, so check for stress cracks or pull-out around those mounts. The hull-deck joint is a 3M 5200-bonded flange under a 2-inch rub rail; inspect the rail for damage that could let the seam weep. Below, engine-water intakes sit under the aft transverse berth, and the cabin sole has lifting panels to a bilge sump with a small electric pump, so confirm those access points and the sump are sound. Also verify the folding helm seat’s hinges and the heavy step action, since the seat is not child-safe to lower.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats typically appear in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For a buyer, the checklist is short: confirm keel draft matches your mooring, look hard at hardware mounts for backing-plate-free stress, exercise the transom step safely, and judge the arch-Bimini sightlines from the helm. A well-kept example delivers uncommon aft-cabin volume and simple rig handling for the coastal cruiser who values space over offshore pedigree.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Hunter 320. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 9 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 2 | $49,900 | — |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $39,500 | -20.8% |
| Jul 25 | 3 | $55,999 | +41.8% |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $39,500 | -29.5% |
| Mar 26 | 2 | $44,500 | +12.7% |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $48,750 | +9.6% |
| May 26 | 3 | $40,000 | -17.9% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $52,500 | +31.3% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $54,262 | +3.4% |
Where they're listed
Hunter 320 listings appear across 3 countries. United States has the most listings with 11 (84.6%), followed by Canada and Italy.
Country view
13 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $40,000 | 11 | 2 | 84.6% |
| Canada | $54,030 | 1 | 0 | 7.7% |
| Italy | $69,524 | 1 | 1 | 7.7% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
11 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina 320 | 32.5' | $ 55,836 | 227 | 43 |
| Hunter 33 | 32.67' | $ 64,950 | 97 | 23 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 321 | 32.64' | $ 47,700 | 80 | 19 |
| Beneteau 323 | 32.83' | $ 64,600 | 40 | 10 |
| Hunter Marine 306 | 29.92' | $ 38,192 | 40 | 7 |
| Hanse 320 | 31.59' | $ 68,945 | 31 | 14 |
| Hunter Marine 310 | 30.83' | $ 35,000 | 26 | 8 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 320 | 30.28' | $ 37,079 | 17 | 7 |
| Marlow-Hunter 28 | 28.01' | $ 17,962 | 15 | 5 |
| Marlow-Hunter 320You are here | — | $ 40,000 | 13 | 3 |
| Bavaria Yachts 320 | 33.42' | $ 37,273 | 11 | 7 |