"Don White" wrote in message
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Ryk wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:48:05 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Anyone familiar with mid seventies Hughes 36 sailboat?
Not much to be found on the net.
From what I can gather...
some Hughes boats came in 'kit' form. You would buy the hull and
finish yourself.
Came equipped with Atomic 4 gasoline engine
Sell for less tham most other comparable boats, but could be good
deal because of this fact.
Any insights would be appreciated...as a friend is thinking of purchasing
one.


I'm sitting here on my 1979 Hughes 35. All factory finish. Original A4
that runs fine. Bought for CDN$40K in 2001. I'm very pleased. Check
that you find the berths comfortable. They are short and narrow. Fine
bow and narrow stern mean it's smaller than you might think for the
length. The fore-triangle is big (14.5x44) so the stock winches are
probably too light. A pair of Lewmar 35STs works well for me.

Ryk


On another newsgroup I was describing the bulging hull shape. (pregnant
whale was the best I could do.) A couple of poster said the correct term
was 'tumblehome'. Sound familiar?

Hard to say without seeing the boat.
"Tumblehome" means the deck is narrower than the widest part of the hull so
you have an initial outward curve from the rail to the widest part of the
hull and then the curve goes to the keel. Mainly for aesthetics I believe.
Not seen too much on newer boats as it reduces interior space.

As for Hughes 36's, there is a fellow writing for Cruising World, "Fatty"
Goodlander, who has completed one circumnavigation in his Hughes 38 and is
now on his second. I don't think he's reported any serious problems with
his boat however I don't know if he's modified it.