1984 Hunter Horizon 26
General Specification
Construction
- GRP construction
- Decks and coachroof original cream gelcoat finish
- Hull painted white down to copper coating (2018)
- Self-draining cockpit
- Anchor locker
- Last surveyed October 2019 (available on request)
Mechanical & Electrical
- Mariner F9.9EL outboard petrol engine (last serviced May 2025)
- Outboard mounted in cockpit well locker
- 2 x Removable HDPE fuel tanks, total capacity 44L
- Tiller steering
- 3 blade propeller
- Bilge blower in engine locker
- 2 x 12v batteries
- 40w solar panel and controller
- New LED lights throughout
- Shore power
Rigging & Sails
- Fractional Bermudan Sloop Rig
- Aluminium spars (reasonable condition)
- Tabernacle lowered via A-frame and Winchmax 3000 remote controlled lifting system (new Dyneema mast-raising winch line September 2025)
- Stainless steel standing rigging, age unknown (certified by N. Shields rigging company in 2018)
- Running rigging mostly replaced over last 6 years
- Mainsail in Stakpak (2016, barely used condition, stackpak 2022 excellent condition)
- Furling Genoa with whisker pole and with UV strip
- Small jib and spinnaker with pole and running rigging
- 2 x Lewmar Genoa sheet winches in cockpit with jamming cleats adjacent
- Lewmar halyard winch at mast
- Lewmar spinnaker halyard winch on coach roof
Accommodation
- 6 berths in 2 cabins
- Double berth in aft cabin
- 2 x single full length settee berths in saloon
- Forward double V-berth (short length, ideal for children)
- Upholstery and headlining in excellent condition
- Galley with Voyager 4500 gas cooker (2 burners, grill and oven), Stainless steel sink with Whale tap (manual cold water supply) in peninsula unit,
- Worktops and stowage including large 2 shelved cupboard under insulated cool box, 2 shelved cupboard with sliding doors behind cooker and shelving units in entrance to aft cabin
- Integral freshwater tank under forward bench seat
- Separate heads compartment including Jabsco sea toilet with outlet to sea or 44l holding bag for inshore and Broads use, wet locker, vanity unit with mirror, storage with battery switch and seacocks and storage shelves behind toilet
- Storage running through saloon and forepeak and 4 lockers behind saloon seat backs
- 2 x long lockers under port and starboard seat bases
- Chart table with sliding 12v cool box under
- Wallas 1300 paraffin heater
- Waterproof cockpit cushions
Equipment
- Boat Safety Certificate until August 2028
- New cockpit cover (2025)
- 2 x boom sun awnings
- Spray hood
Navigation Equipment
- Bullhead compass
- NASA dual speed/depth new 2018
- NASA Clipper wind speed/direction new 2018
- Raymarine Ray52DSC VHF new 2018
- Garmin 128 GPS
- Clock and barometer set
Safety Equipment
- Roving bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
- Tri-colour masthead navigation light and bicolour bow light
- Horseshoe buoy with bracket
- Danbuoy with holder
- Lifeline throwing bag
- 2 x jackstays
- 2 x lifelines
- Rope ladder
- Horn
- 2 x manual fire extinguishers (serviced annually)
- Fire blanket
- CO alarm
- Boatswain’s chair!
Deck Equipment
- Anchor with chain and warp
- Grapnel style folding anchor with chain used as kedge
- Transom mounted stainless steel boarding ladder
- 3 x winch covers
- Tiller cover (varnished tiller)
- Boathook
- Deck broom
- 4 x new fenders and socks (2025)
- Various warps
Remarks:
The Hunter Horizon 26 is a small cruising yacht offering both good spacious family cruising accommodation including an aft cabin and separate heads, all in a compact form as well as good sailing performance.
Among the best performing bilge-keeled yachts on the market and versatile for exploring coastal regions or the shallower waters of estuaries and the Norfolk Broads.
This vessel is well presented and has been well looked after with routine maintenance carried out as required. She is fully kitted out for both off shore sailing as well as the Norfolk Broads where she has spent much her time as well as cruising the north Norfolk coastline.
The owners comment:
“My wife and I have been sailing Friendship for 5 years (on the Broads and along the coast as far as Bradwell in Essex with the Northern Rivers Sailing Club, based near Acle Bridge) since a friend and I sailed her from North Shields to her present mooring. She’s a very comfortable, stable boat at sea, and her ingenious internal layout makes for ease of living aboard for a week or two at least. We have participated in river cruises organised by the sailing club, and several Broadland voyages on our own. She has “dried” perfectly well in Blakeney “Pit”, and loves the brisk, steady breezes around the coast. I find her easy to control single-handedly on the rivers and broads, and a crew of one or two make for an easy life afloat.”
MOORING: It’s understood that a mooring may be available to the purchaser by separate negotiation (direct with the mooring owner) at the vessel’s current desirable northern Broads location.
Please note: Photos provided by the owner (September 2025).
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