The Hunter 356 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Glenn Henderson and introduced in 2000.

[5][6] The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States, starting in 2000, with 500 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder, a reverse transom, a mast-furling mainsail and a fixed fin keel.

The optional shoal draft keel model has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m)[1][3] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 27 hp (20 kW).

[1][3] The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 141 with a high of 150 and low of 135.