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1997 Hunter 430

Kemah, TexasSail43'
$98,998
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Overview

The 1997 Hunter 430 Sloop is a popular American-built cruising sailboat designed for comfortable coastal and offshore passage making. The Hunter 430 was produced during the mid-to-late 1990s and became known for its spacious interior, easy sail handling, and strong cruising capabilities.

Highlights

  • New tri radial main
  • New stack pack with new main
  • Custom poly holding tanks
  • New Cutlass and 3 blade bronze prop
  • Generator / AC

Specifications

Length43'
Beam14'
Draft4' 11"
Year1997
TypeSail
HullFiberglass
FuelDiesel
Fuel Capacity50 gal
Water Capacity90 gal

Engines

Volvo Penta MD22L
0 HPDiesel

Generators

Kohler 9EOZ
0 kW

Description

The Hunter 430 features Hunter's distinctive B&R rig, which eliminates the traditional backstay and uses swept spreaders for support. This design allows for a larger mainsail and simplified sail handling, making the boat manageable for a couple or short-handed crew.

The boat has a center cockpit layout, providing:

  • Excellent visibility underway
  • Increased safety in rough conditions
  • A spacious aft owner's stateroom with a private head
  • Good separation between living and sleeping

Accommodation

The interior is one of the Hunter 430's strongest features:

  • Large salon with ample seating
  • Full galley suitable for extended cruising
  • Spacious aft master cabin
  • Forward guest cabin
  • Two Marie heads
  • Plenty of storage for long-distance cruising

Galley

  • Princess 3 burner propane stove and oven
  • Wet ice chests with Grunert cold plate refrigerator/ freezer system
  • Goldstar 110v microwave oven

Electronics

  • Ritchie compass
  • Standard Horizon Matrix AIS VHF radio
  • Autohelm speed , depth and apparent wind instruments
  • Raymarine E series GPS and chart plotter

Mechanical

  • (2) Manual marine heads
  • Heart 2000 invertor/ battery charger
  • Princess (3) burner propane stove/ oven
  • Pro-Furl jib roller furling
  • Seaward 6 gallon hot water heater
  • Two Marine Air 110v AC and heat systems
  • Grunert cold plate water cooled refrigeration system
  • Whitlock mechanical steering system
  • Shurflo 12v pressure water system
  • Two 12v sump pumps
  • Simpsom Lawrence 12v anchor windlass
  • Lewmar 48ST electric winch

Equipment

  • Cockpit bimini top on S.S frames
  • Westinghouse 32” color LCD TV
  • Clarion 12v stereo CD player
  • Wema tank level indicator gauge
  • S.S. propane BBQ grille

Safety Equipment

  • (2) dry chemical fire extinguishers
  • Rule 12v main bilge pump on float switch
  • Whale gusher manual bilge pump
  • Orion flares and flare gun
  • (8) type II PFD’s
  • One Lewmar 20KG Claw anchor

Additional

2021

Custom poly holding tanks. 25 gal each for forward and rear heads. All new head plumbing with new macerators.

2023

6 gal water heater

2024

Main engine serviced to include Timing belt, water pump, pullies and tensioners. Raw water pump rebuilt. All preventative.

2025

Bottom job. Petite ablative, new Cutlass and 3 blade bronze prop. Bottom is cleaned quarterly and zincs replaced. Last cleaned 7/29

New tri radial main. Genoa cleaned and restitched

New stack pack with new main.

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