I've sailed on a hunter in over 20 kts. It was something in the 40+ foot
range.
I can't really recall. It lumbered like a tub. I hated it. No waves, but 3-4
foot
chop.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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he, who had owned the boat for some time, felt doing so under those
conditions
was unsafe. I accepted his judgement.

What does that have to do with the boat? there are C&C owners who won't
sail more than 5 miles from their slip, that doesn't mean the boat is
bad.

Scotty

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27

I looked at one once a long time ago, but dropped the idea when I
learned
the
owner wouldn't sail the boat in 20 knots.

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

I've sailed on a hunter in over 20 kts. It was something in the 40+ foot
range.
I can't really recall. It lumbered like a tub. I hated it. No waves, but 3-4
foot
chop.

The last two times we were out there, we rented Hunter 290s from Club Nautique.
Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design... sails well in moderate
conditions... but not a good choice for reaching back & forth in the Slot! The
lee of Angel Island looked & felt really good after that.

OTOH the C&C 40 (if in good shape) would be a great boat for that area. But
owning one in shares kinda sucks IMHO.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design

far and away the most common reason given by Hunter owners as to why they like
their boat.

Yeah, they forget that sailboat usually implies sailing.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design

far and away the most common reason given by Hunter owners as to why they
like
their boat.

This was a larger one, and it was pretty much the same story. We
mostly stayed below the Bay Bridge. The C&C sailed wonderfully,
even with all that was wrong with it. It was really abused by the
charter company customers and the charter company didn't do much
to fix it up.

"DSK" wrote in message
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Jonathan Ganz wrote:

I've sailed on a hunter in over 20 kts. It was something in the 40+ foot
range.
I can't really recall. It lumbered like a tub. I hated it. No waves, but
3-4
foot
chop.

The last two times we were out there, we rented Hunter 290s from Club
Nautique.
Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design... sails well in moderate
conditions... but not a good choice for reaching back & forth in the Slot!
The
lee of Angel Island looked & felt really good after that.

OTOH the C&C 40 (if in good shape) would be a great boat for that area.
But
owning one in shares kinda sucks IMHO.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King