some of my non-sailing friends think Hunters are great boats with a great
rep. Name recognition, I guess.

Scotty

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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You're a brave man to admit that here.

hey, I was briefly considered a Hunter. But I was younger then.


I'll admit to having briefly considered a Mac,

some of my non-sailing friends think Hunters are great boats with a great
rep. Name recognition, I guess.


As Marc (He sails a Freedom) will attest, the newer DS models from Hunter are
okay looking and quite nice. The fit and finish is pretty good, a LOT better
than Beneteau. A lot of folks probaby dockside condoize them, but they actually
seem to sail reasonably well.

RB

Stop it Bob, you're freaking me out.

SV

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
some of my non-sailing friends think Hunters are great boats with a great
rep. Name recognition, I guess.


As Marc (He sails a Freedom) will attest, the newer DS models from Hunter
are
okay looking and quite nice. The fit and finish is pretty good, a LOT
better
than Beneteau. A lot of folks probaby dockside condoize them, but they
actually
seem to sail reasonably well.

RB

Hi Bob, congrats on the good news. Was out on my slip neighbors 426 DS
on Sunday. He has a FULL cockpit enclosure. It was like sailing a
solarium. Absolutely no sensation of movement until we had to reef as
the wind picked up off of the Ambrose racon. Broad reached back into
the harbor at 10 kn. These boats do move and sail well.



On 01 Mar 2004 23:36:20 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

some of my non-sailing friends think Hunters are great boats with a great
rep. Name recognition, I guess.


As Marc (He sails a Freedom) will attest, the newer DS models from Hunter are
okay looking and quite nice. The fit and finish is pretty good, a LOT better
than Beneteau. A lot of folks probaby dockside condoize them, but they actually
seem to sail reasonably well.

RB

Hi Bob, congrats on the good news. Was out on my slip neighbors 426 DS
on Sunday. He has a FULL cockpit enclosure. It was like sailing a
solarium. Absolutely no sensation of movement until we had to reef as
the wind picked up off of the Ambrose racon. Broad reached back into
the harbor at 10 kn. These boats do move and sail well.


Thanks, Marc. We're dropping Alien in in about 4 weeks or so. You're welcome
aboard any time.
I still prefer your boat to the Hunter, but I can certainly see the DS appeal.
Are you all set for the new season?

RB

On 02 Mar 2004 00:15:41 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

This could be considered a classic definition of "Damning with Faint
Praise"
I still prefer your boat to the Hunter, but I can certainly see the DS appeal.
Are you all set for the new season?
Got a lot still to do. About a dozen technical items and then cleanup,
wax and paint. If the weather cooperates, I'll splash 1st week of
April.

The head project is finished. I rented a special electric hose end
heater from Sealand to facilitate the instalation of their "Odorsafe"
hose. Between that and barbless fittings, an impossible job was made
possible.

RB

This could be considered a classic definition of "Damning with Faint
Praise"
I still prefer your boat to the Hunter, but I can certainly see the DS appeal.

Are you all set for the new season?


Not at all. I don't really care for the Hunter line and probably would never
buy one. BUT...I think the newer boats have made a big jump up in quality and
have Beneteau and Catalina scrambling. Still, I rather have a Catalina.
Beneteau slaps boats together and I would sooner own a Siedlemann.
I have a nice new dodger coming for Alien and a Zip-On awning. I didn't go for
the bimini because it looked awful in the pics and sketches. Other than making
a new hatchboard, putting in a new depth sounder and a little teak work...all
set to go!

RB

Are you getting the canvas from your friend who never showed up to
give me a quote? Tell him he missed out on about 20 k worth of
business. A fellow showed up from Seagate, NJ and wrote up 2 full
cockpit enclosures, 2 biminis and 2 dodgers.


On 02 Mar 2004 13:25:20 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

This could be considered a classic definition of "Damning with Faint
Praise"
I still prefer your boat to the Hunter, but I can certainly see the DS appeal.

Are you all set for the new season?


Not at all. I don't really care for the Hunter line and probably would never
buy one. BUT...I think the newer boats have made a big jump up in quality and
have Beneteau and Catalina scrambling. Still, I rather have a Catalina.
Beneteau slaps boats together and I would sooner own a Siedlemann.
I have a nice new dodger coming for Alien and a Zip-On awning. I didn't go for
the bimini because it looked awful in the pics and sketches. Other than making
a new hatchboard, putting in a new depth sounder and a little teak work...all
set to go!

RB