[1][4] The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States between 1999 and 2001, but it is now out of production.
[1][2][4][5] The Hunter 380 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass.
It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, a fiberglass mainsheet traveler arch, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed wing keel or fin keel.
[1][4] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3JH2E diesel engine of 36 hp (27 kW).
[1][3] The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 105 with a high of 114 and low of 96.