[1][2][3] The design replaced the Hunter 28 in the company line, which had been produced from 1989 to 1994.
[1][4] The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1995 and 1999, but it is now out of production.
It has a fractional sloop B&R rig with a full-batten mainsail and 110% genoa, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel or an optional tiller and a fixed fin keel or option shoal-draft wing keel.
[1] Standard factory equipment supplied included self-tailing winches, double lifelines, a teak and holly cabin sole, a dinette table that converts to a berth, four opening ports, an enclosed head with a 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal) holding tank, shower, icebox, kitchen dishes, anchor, fog horn and life jackets.
[3] The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 186 with a high of 192 and low of 180.