Hunter 356 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Hunter 356 means looking at a 35 foot 6 inch aft-cockpit coastal cruiser from the first of a new generation of Hunters, with a hull by Glenn Henderson and a modular cabin built outside the fiberglass hull. These boats were built from 2000, and the used fleet spans the shoal 5 foot and deep 6 foot 5 inch keel options under a 721 square foot fractional sloop rig.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 356 interior is a solid-teak-woodwork saloon with a teak and holly sole, a convertible dinette for two, an opposite settee, a forward double and an aft queen with innerspring mattress and standard sheets; headroom runs a generous 6 feet 5 inches for the most part. The head has a separate stall shower, and hanging lockers sit forward in pair and aft in one, with drawers in each sleeping space. The galley carries an L-shaped Corian counter, double stainless sink, two-burner propane stove and radiused fiddles that double as handholds; a large navigation table aft and to port takes full-size NOAA charts with bulkhead room above for electronics. Cockpit layouts share generous aft-seat and transom storage, a centerline-folding table, a flip-back helm seat to transom steps and a telescoping boarding ladder, plus a cavernous port locker sized for optional genset and air-conditioning units.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted equipment on the used fleet includes chartplotter, autopilot, bimini, furling main, dodger, swim platform, cockpit shower and heating, and these boats commonly carry a standard hot water heater, Raymarine ST40 depth and speed instruments, VHF radio and a stainless arch. Often-seen additions include hot water, air conditioning, spinnaker, radar, inverter and asymmetric spinnaker, while sometimes-or-owner-upgrade items such as freezer, AIS, short-handed setup and electric winches appear less commonly. The test-boat options listed historically — in-mast furling, LPG oven, refrigerator/freezer, Raymarine ST60 wind — track the owner-upgrade tier rather than standard kit, and a Whitlock rack-and-pinion wheel with small walk-around diameter is standard steering.
What to Inspect
The one documented known issue is the large lockers on the sugar scoop that drain into the bilge, a path worth tracing for water ingress on any surveyed example drain into the bilge. Beyond that, the sealed rudder tube of the drag-link steering system ties deck and hull together with no leaks and no stuffing box, and the composite rudder is impervious to corrosion; the hull-to-deck flange is through-bolted on 6 inch centers over 3M 5200 sealant. The Kevlar layup from stem to keel sump and Baltek coring from boot stripe to sheerline are background points, not flagged defects, but verify the modular cabin sections remain bonded to their grid.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical markets for the Hunter 356 are the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany and Netherlands. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm keel draft matches intended waters, inspect sugar-scoop locker drains to bilge, verify Whitlock steering feel and sealed rudder tube, and check that standard Raymarine and hot-water equipment are present while treating freezer or AIS as possible owner additions.
- Confirm shoal vs deep keel for your draft limits
- Trace sugar-scoop locker drains for bilge flooding
- Test Whitlock steering and sealed rudder tube
- Expect chartplotter and autopilot as common fittings
- Treat electric winches or AIS as less common upgrades
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Hunter 356. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 3 | $ 69,900 | — |
| Feb 25 | 1 | $ 90,500 | +29.5% |
| May 25 | 3 | $ 64,900 | -28.3% |
| Jun 25 | 3 | $ 64,900 | 0.0% |
| Jul 25 | 3 | $ 69,900 | +7.7% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $ 44,000 | -37.1% |
| Sep 25 | 18 | $ 70,699 | +60.7% |
| Oct 25 | 5 | $ 79,777 | +12.8% |
| Nov 25 | 3 | $ 79,000 | -1.0% |
| Jan 26 | 8 | $ 69,471 | -12.1% |
| Feb 26 | 4 | $ 61,750 | -11.1% |
| Mar 26 | 6 | $ 78,500 | +27.1% |
| Apr 26 | 18 | $ 72,400 | -7.8% |
| May 26 | 8 | $ 66,689 | -7.9% |
| Jun 26 | 8 | $ 72,500 | +8.7% |
| Jul 26 | 4 | $ 72,683 | +0.3% |
Where they're listed
Hunter 356 listings appear across 10 countries. United States has the most listings with 56 (72.7%), followed by Canada and Spain.
Country view
77 listings · 10 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 69,900 | 56 | 13 | 72.7% |
| Canada | $ 73,137 | 7 | 3 | 9.1% |
| Spain | $ 68,622 | 3 | 1 | 3.9% |
| United Kingdom | $ 80,867 | 3 | 0 | 3.9% |
| Germany | $ 81,202 | 2 | 1 | 2.6% |
| Netherlands | $ 77,199 | 2 | 2 | 2.6% |
| Australia | $ 62,291 | 1 | 0 | 1.3% |
| France | $ 90,352 | 1 | 1 | 1.3% |
| Georgia | $ 78,500 | 1 | 0 | 1.3% |
| Italy | $ 97,076 | 1 | 1 | 1.3% |
Comparable models
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