Changes included the mainsheet traveller moved from the bridge deck to the cabin roof ahead of the companionway.
A small 5"X12" port was added to the starboard side of the rear cabin bulkhead to provide light in the galley, along with other minor design changes.
Total production was just over 400 examples[7] The Hunter 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
It is a cutter rigged sloop with a raked stem, a raised reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.
[1][5] The design features two private cabins, one forward and one aft, a head with a shower, a drop-leaf dinette table, a galley with a two-burner gimbal-mounted stove and an icebox that can be accesses from the cockpit while under way.