Further Details
- Cabins: 3
- Aircon: No
- Heating: Yes
- No of Heads: 1
- Showers: 1
- Water Tank Size: 150 Litres
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Horsepower: 21hp
- Drive Type: Shaft drive
- Rig Type: Bermudan Sloop
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Fuel Tank Size: 60 Litres
- Cruise Speed: 5 Knots
- Top Speed: 6.5 Knots
- Price: £33000
- Location: Dover Marina, Kent
- Year: 2002
- LOA: 30'9" (9.37m)
- Berths: 6
- Keel: Bilge Keel
- ID no.: 38861
- Beam: 10' 4'' (3.15m)
- Draft: 1.24m
- Displacement: 43909 Kg
- Ballast: 1609 Kg
Remarks
An excellent opportunity to acquire a well-equipped Hunter Channel 31, offering a great combination of comfortable accommodation, easy handling and practical cruising capability. Powered by a Yanmar 21hp diesel engine with just 860 hours, she benefits from standing rigging replaced in 2025, 2022 mainsail and self-tacking jib, Eberspacher diesel cabin heating and recent navigation and safety equipment. Last out of the water in October 2025, she is well worth considering for anyone seeking a capable and versatile cruising yacht. Offered for sale as her current owner, who purchased her in October 2025, has decided to retire from sailing. An appealing opportunity for prospective buyers, with early viewing strongly recommended.
Please call our Kent Office +44 (0)1634 571605 for further information or to arrange a viewing.
Accommodation
The saloon benefits from a central table, providing a welcoming space for dining and relaxing, together with a good-sized chart table for navigation and passage planning.
The galley is equipped with a two-burner Plastimo gas hob, oven and grill, plus a fridge new in 2025. Pressurised hot and cold water is supplied throughout, with hot water provided via the engine calorifier or a 240V immersion heater. The heads compartment includes a sink, shower with hot and cold water, and a holding tank. Eberspacher diesel cabin heating provides added comfort during cooler-weather cruising.
Above deck, the spacious cockpit offers generous storage lockers and comfortable seating for up to six people, making it ideal for entertaining and enjoying time afloat.
Mechanical and Rigging
Sails and Spars;
This Hunter Channel 31 has a Bermudan sloop fractional rig with an aluminium deck-stepped mast and boom. It has stainless steel standing rigging that was replaced in 2025 and Terelyne running rigging that has been replaced as required. It has a slab reefing mainsail with lazyjacks and a furling genoa with a Plastimo furling headsail system. Spinnaker pole. All lines are led aft to the cockpit.
Winches:
- 2 x Halyard/sheet Harken winches, self-tailing, 1 electric
- 1 x Mainsail - Dacron Dolphin Sails, semi-battened, new 2022, condition good.
- 1 x Jib, self-tacking, Dolphin, Dacron, Dolphin Sails, new 2022, condition good.
- 1 x Genoa, Dacron, 2004 little usage.
Mechanical systems:
This Hunter Channel 31 is equipped with a Yanmar 2-cylinder diesel engine, 21HP, connected via shaft drive to a 3-bladed folding propeller. The engine is indirectly cooled via a calorifier tank. It has completed 860 hours as at 9th October 2026. It has been well maintained by the owner. It was last serviced in September 2025 by the owner. It has been maintained annually, including all oils, filters, and engine anodes. The yacht features a 90-litre stainless steel fuel tank. It cruises at 5 knots and reaches a maximum speed of 6.5 knots.
Electric Systems:
2 x 12-volt batteries (1 x engine 75AH + 1 x domestic 110AH, age not known, charging from the engine alternator, snd via 240v shore power system with ring main, immersion heater and battery charger.
Inventory
Safety Equipment:
- 3 x Fire extinguishers new, September 2026
- 1 x Fire extinguisher, engine bay, new September 2026
- 1 x Fire Blanket
- 2 x Jackstays
- 1 x Horseshoe Lifebuoy with light
- 1 x Danbouy
- 1 x Manual bilge pump
- 1 x Electric bilge pump
- 1 x Ocean Safety 4-man liferaft 2025
Navigation Equipment:
- Steering compass
- Depth
- Speed/Log
- Wind system
- VHF Radio DSC - B&G with AIS new October 2025
- GPS
- Chartplotter - B&G new October 2025 with electronic charts
- Autopilot
- Radio
- Navigation lights – Deck level
- Masthead Navigation lights
- Clock & Barometer
Deck Equipment:
- Anchor – Bruce with 30 m of 8mm chain and 50m warp
- Anchor Windlass - Lewmar electric
- Lifeline Gates
- Mainsail cover
- Sprayhood - new windows 2024
- Cockpit dodgers
- Boarding ladder
- 6 x Mooring warps.
- 8 x Fenders
Keel/Hull
- Cast iron bilge keels with tiller steering
History & Construction
Built in 2002, this Hunter Channel 31 has a white GRP hull and decks with non-slip surfaces. It has non-slip seats in the cockpit area. Tiller steering with autopilot. Stainless steel stanchions and pulpit. Self-draining cockpit.. It was last out of the water in October 2025, when the hull was polished and the anodes were changed. The current owner has had the yacht for the past year. The owner is selling as he has decided it's time to retire from sailing.
Title Documents:
When preparing these details, we have seen the following documentation:
- Bill of Sale in the owner’s name.
- Previous Bills of Sale
- The invoice showing VAT has been paid at the time of purchase.
- Proof of location on 31st December 2020.
- Invoices for work completed on the vessel.
- British Small Ships Certificate
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Disclaimer : NYB Kent offers the details of this vessel for sale but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of the information contained in the specification or warrant the condition of the vessel or equipment. A buyer should instruct his agents, or surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered for sale subject to no prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.